Packers fall to Bears as Green Bay honors Brett Favre   On this most holiest of football nights, the gods of football looked down upon Lambeau Field and decreed, LET THERE BE MUD. The Green Bay Packers welcomed in the Chicago Bears for the latest in their long-running rivalry, but the game, which the Bears won 17-13, was of secondary importance on this Thanksgiving night. The evening was … [Read more...]

What to Watch, Week 13: Let's decide some division races, shall we? We’re going to do a little different format this week simply because there are too many great games this weekend to pinpoint just three. It is, as you all know, the weekend that decides several conference championship games and could decide whether teams are in or out of the college football playoff. With that said, here’s … [Read more...]

What we’re thankful for in hockey, 2015: Puck Daddy Edition (Ed. Note: It’s Thanksgiving in the U.S., a.k.a. “Real Thanksgiving”, which means it’s once again time to reflect on what we’re thankful for in the world of hockey. Here are the editors and writers from Puck Daddy and Yahoo Sports, offering their picks for this year. As always, we give thanks to you, the reader, for supporting this … [Read more...]

Shuffle Up: Everything collapses on Philip Rivers Okay, here are the Shuffle Up rules. We are talking rest-of-season value. Everything to this point is an audition. If you want leaders to this point, you’ll find them elsewhere. If you want Week 12 rankings, click over here. Today, we do quarterbacks, just quarterbacks. Next week, new position.  [Yahoo Daily Fantasy: $10 could win you $50K in … [Read more...]

The Detroit Lions already ruined Thanksgiving for everyone — again As if the Detroit Lions haven't ruined enough of our Thanksgivings already, cornerback Darius Slay has finally provided the last straw necessary to remove them from our annual turkey day festivities forever. That's right: Slay hates turkey. Like, really doesn't like it. He described it as "nasty." Four times. [Yahoo Daily … [Read more...]

Does Marshawn Lynch's sports hernia surgery end Seahawks' playoff hopes? Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch is expected to undergo surgery on a sports hernia Wednesday morning, according to the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, leaving Seattle's playoff hopes in serious peril.  #Seahawks RB Marshawn Lynch is set to have surgery on his sports hernia tomorrow morning, source said. Expected to be … [Read more...]

Northern Illinois loses to Ohio, blows chance to clinch MAC West title Ohio played the role of spoiler on Tuesday night. Northern Illinois had the chance to clinch its sixth straight MAC West division title, but fell at home to the Bobcats, 26-21. Both team started the game playing with their backup quarterback and ended the game playing with their third-string quarterback. Despite this, … [Read more...]

5 takeaways from the Week 13 College Football Playoff rankings The College Football Playoff committee unveiled the fourth installment of its rankings on Tuesday night. Here are five takeaways from the latest offering: 1. Notre Dame needs help Notre Dame had an extremely underwhelming performance in a 19-16 win over Boston College at Fenway Park over the weekend, and the committee rightly … [Read more...]

LeBron James is really leaning into this mustache thing We're nearing the end of November, which means we're nearing the end of Movember, an annual monthlong charitable effort in which men cease grooming their upper lips to raise awareness of and money for research into/treatment of men's health issues like prostate cancer and testicular cancer. LeBron James got his Cleveland Cavaliers … [Read more...]

NFL Power Rankings: The Kansas City Chiefs have good shot at history If you thought the Kansas City Chiefs' season was over at 1-5, history was on your side. Since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970, the only 1-5 team to make the playoffs was the 1970 Cincinnati Bengals. They were actually 1-6, in a 14-game season, and won out to make the playoffs. That's pretty amazing (also, as a side note, that … [Read more...]