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Brian Urlacher and D.J. Moore each collected turnovers to stifle potential second-half touchdown drives, and the Chicago Bears beat the Detroit Lions, 13-7, in Chicago on Monday night.

The New Orleans Saints won their second-consecutive game, defeating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 35-28, on Sunday, in Tampa, Florida, in an NFC South Division match-up.

Week 7 of the 2012 NFL season features a meeting between the teams with the two best records in the AFC (the only two above-.500 teams, in fact), plus numerous divisional battles. Here's a preview this week's action:

All kids between the ages of six and fifteen can show off their skills for free once again this year.

We're approaching Week 6 of the 2012 fantasy football season, and unless your team is protected by some sort of magical force field, you're probably dealing with a few key injuries. No fantasy owner would think less of you for shedding some tears over the state of Cedric Benson's foot or Aaron Hernandez's ankle. Still, don't spend too much time in the fetal position—even the most competitive leagu

A rematch of last season's NFC title game highlights the action for Week 6 of the 2012 NFL season. Here's a preview of all of this week's games:

Arian Foster ran for 152 yards and a touchdown, and the Houston Texans beat the New York Jets, 23-17, in East Rutherford, N.J. on Monday night.

Drew Brees broke a long-standing NFL record, and several other teams won close games in the closing minutes on Sunday. Here's a recap of all of this week's games:

Sam Bradford threw two touchdown passes and the Rams' defense sacked Kevin Kolb nine times, as St. Louis beat the Arizona Cardinals, 17-3, on Thursday night.

The start of the Major League Baseball playoffs, the return of an old college-football rivalry and an NFL rivalry with a new uniform highlight this weekend's sports calendar. Here are some of the best events to watch this weekend:

Three unbeaten teams remain, plus an old rivalry enters a new stage, as the NFL enters its fifth week of the 2012 season. Here's a preview of all of this weekend's action:

A football packed weekend comes to an end.

The New York Giants missed a chance to secure a divisional win, while Arizona and Atlanta each needed late field goals to remain unbeaten. Here's a recap of all of Sunday's action:

Cary Williams returned an interception 63 yards for a touchdown, and the Baltimore Ravens held on to defeat the Cleveland Browns, 23-16, in Baltimore on Thursday night.

Hallelujah football fans! The NFL and the locked-out officials have reached an agreement to end the lockout, and return the Ed Hochuli's of the world back to the football field. After 48 hours of non-stop negotiations, the two sides finally came to a concurrence. Bye, bye replacement officials. It was anything but fun. The tentative deal includes...

The referees have been locked out of games so far this season and it has shown with plays being on the suspect side.  From fake pass interference calls to calls flat out being missed, there have been mis-steps on the part of officials in NFL games...

The beauty of fantasy football is that owners can ignore such petty issues as referee-union disputes and terrible replacement-official calls.

Despite the owners posture of "no more compromise," ESPN's Chris Mortensen is reporting that serious progress has been made between the NFL owners and locked-out officials. How much progress? The possibility of locked-out referees returning this week is not out the realm of possibility.

Bye weeks begin as the NFL enters its fourth week of the 2012 season. Here's a preview of all of this week's action:

As you may have heard, hobos and miscreants are in charge of refereeing NFL games now! Or, rather, the NFL has decided to use high school referees as replacements while it negotiates with the actual referees' union, which has led to the occasional minor controversy. And while Monday's night's disastrous ending to the Packers-Seahawks game is probably the pinnacle (or nadir) of this sad saga, there