Joe Nedney

Ravens kicker Billy Cundiff became part of an elite group of kickers when he booted a 51-yard field goal with no time remaining in the second quarter of the team’s eventual 23-20 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Cundiff joined former Steeler...

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Frank Gore's spectacular day single-handedly re-established the run game for San Francisco. Gore had touchdown runs of 79 and a career-best 80 yards and finished with 207 yards on 16 carries, and the 49ers beat the Seattle Seahawks 23-10 to take an early...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco 49ers followed Joe Nedney's game-ending field goal with an even bigger bang, swiftly confirming that coach Mike Singletary will be back next year. Nedney kicked a 39-yard field goal as time expired, and the 49ers...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Even without Tom Brady, the New England Patriots find themselves in a familiar position -- undefeated and atop the AFC East standings. Backup Matt Cassel did just enough in his first start to lead the Patriots to a 19-10 win over...

It's well-documented that politicians' hot air, not weather conditions, is why Chicago is called the Windy City. The nickname lived up to both meanings—correct or incorrect—Sunday at litter-strewn Soldier Field, where the goal posts shook more than...

Going into Friday night, Stephen King novels had more suspense than the Bears' depth chart. In lieu of position battles, precision was the focus. That precision still must be in Bourbonnais, at Halas Hall or back at O'Hare. It certainly didn't get...

Soldier Field did not need a scoreboard Sunday. It needed an abacus. Video: Bears fans in 7th heaven over win Points were coming so fast at times in the first half that it appeared even some of the tailgaters outside were completing passes into the...

The Ravens have reached such a low point that the finger-pointing is about to begin. After Joe Nedney kicked a 43-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Arizona Cardinals to a 16-13 win over the Ravens at Memorial Stadium yesterday, the Ravens weren'...

Matt Stover vindicated himself in a troubled season yesterday by kicking a 50-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Ravens past the Cincinnati Bengals, 34-31, at Cinergy Field. A game between two of the NFL's worst teams may have been the most...

The Ravens got the last word with a last-second stand. Stuffing the Titans' Steve McNair on a quarterback sneak, the Ravens prevailed by seconds and inches for a 16-10 triumph over Tennessee last night in the final - and possibly most memorable -...

The Bears saw something they wanted very much to see, the big play.. They also saw something that should concern them, the running game, in their 27-24 exhibition loss to the Tennessee Titans in front of a crowd of 68,768 in Adelphia Coliseum. Coach Dick...