Lionel Messi is Futbol's King, For the 5th Time

Now score it Lionel Messi 5, Cristiano Ronaldo 3.
Messi won the Ballon d’Or trophy on Monday as the world’s best player in 2015, ending Cristiano Ronaldo’s two-year hold on soccer’s top individual honor.
“It’s incredible that it’s my fifth,” said the 28…

The NFL is Mad at Vontaze Burfict and its Gonna Cost Him

Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict was suspended for the first three games of next season as the NFL began handing down punishments on Monday for an ugly wild-card playoff game.
The league also is reviewing the conduct of other players and coaches during Pittsburgh’s 18-16 victory at Paul…

Kickers, Man Kickers!

Somehow, someway, the Seattle Seahawks’ march to a third consecutive Super Bowl remains alive.

Seattle, the No. 6 seed in the NFC playoffs, rallied from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Minnesota Vikings 10-9 at TCF Bank Stadium on Sunday.

Vikings kicker Blair Walsh had a…

Pittsburg Earns Hard Hitting Victory in Cincinnati

Ben Roethlisberger couldn’t throw. Antonio Brown couldn’t stand without help.
And in the end, it didn’t matter. The Pittsburgh Steelers are heading to Denver after the Cincinnati Bengals did what they always seem to do this time of year: they imploded.
Spectacularly.
Chris Boswell kicked a 35…

Goodbye Chicago, Hello Miami

Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Adam Gase was hired Saturday as the Miami Dolphins’ ninth coach since 2004, and he’ll try to end the team’s seven-year playoff drought.
Gase was the NFL’s hottest coaching candidate among assistants, and at 37, he becomes the league’s young coach…