The New York Jets had a few days off to celebrate their big win at New England and get away from football for a little while.
The break's over now. Next stop: undefeated Tennessee.

The last time Marvell won a playoff game Billy Saia was the coach and his Mustangs went on to win the Class A state championship.
 

Albert Pujols views MVP voting a little differently these days.
"You have to consider everything. You have to put all the numbers together," the St. Louis star said Monday after powering past Philadelphia slugger Ryan Howard to win the award for the second time.

Class 2A
First Round
Bearden 54, Hackett 12
Bigelow 55, Hartford 12
Carlisle 35, McCrory 8
Cross County 44, Ola 7
Dierks 48, Conway Christian 22
E. Poinsett Co. 44, Horatio 0
Hazen 26, Danville 7
Marked Tree 40, Clarendon 26
Marvell 20, Union Christian 13

-  With senior starter Casey Dick still recovering from last Saturday’s concussion, his bigger, little brother, redshirt freshman Nathan Dick, finished his second and final bye week hard practice in pads Thursday quarterbacking the Razorbacks.

Fayetteville will try to turn a poor seed into a state championship for the second year in a row.
The Bulldogs (5-5) are seeded sixth from Class 7A's West conference heading into the postseason, the lowest possible seed a team can receive in this year's expanded playoffs. But, in 2007, Fayetteville was seeded fourth from the West and went on to win the 7A championship.
This week Fayetteville takes on Little Rock Catholic (6-4), the No. 3 seed from 7A Central.

Matt Holliday hardly could have expected to land with the low-budget Oakland Athletics.

Evan Longoria won the American League Rookie of the Year award Monday by unanimous vote, and Geovany Soto ran away with the NL honor.

A great victory for the players and a proud moment for Helena-West Helena.

Move over, Latrell Sprewell. At long last, you've got competition as poster boy for the "out-of-touch" athletes movement. All it took was the threat of a visit from the taxman.

Jacksonville receiver Matt Jones snapped back at Joey Porter on Thursday, a day after the outspoken Miami Dolphins linebacker questioned how Jones could still be playing despite having a felony cocaine charge against him earlier this year.

One by one, Arkansas' new wide receivers are showing their promise.

Jake Peavy probably will be traded by the San Diego Padres before the winter meetings next month

Most college football freshmen hear something like this from their coaches.
“Hey, kid! This isn’t high school anymore.”
 

LSU won't be repeating as national champion. Lopsided losses to Florida and Georgia sealed that deal.