NFC West

After beating the Pittsburgh Steelers last weekend, the Ravens have touched down in Seattle, where they will play the Seahawks on Sunday afternoon. The Seahawks were a playoff team a season ago (mostly by default, though, because they won the woeful NFC...

The conference call with San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh just wrapped up after about 25 minutes, and here are a few tidbits from the interview. *Harbaugh seemed to be taking an indirect shot at the schedule-makers for making the 49ers fly across...

Writers from around the Tribune Co. discuss the surprising Detroit Lions, who have gone from a 0-16 season in 2008 to a 4-0 start this year. Check back throughout the day for more responses and weigh in by voting in......

I was distracted by softball last Sunday. And then sore, very sore, on Monday. We lost our benefit softball doubleheader to the Pates Oldtimers Blue. I think the scores were 13-11 and 18-14. My memory is vague because I got knocked to the ground by one of...

Well, I finally feel rested. If you've been following along, you know it has been an exhausting, and yet an exhilarating weekend for yours truly. In Philly until 1:30 Friday night/Saturday morning. Home around 3. To bed around 4:30. Up at 8. Radio show at...

The San Francisco 49ers haven't been to the NFL playoffs since 2002, but they could be ending that drought this season in record time. Yes, the 49ers could actually clinch the NFC West before Thanksgiving. Mike Sando of ESPN.com has......

No Allentown Halloween parade today. No Bethlehem Halloween parade today. But there is one parade going on today; there's one in St. Louis. I will be there in spirit, even if I spend this Sunday going from Norwich, NY where I spent the night after the...

In a scene straight out of college, Pete Carroll stood in the middle of a pile on the midfield logo, jumping up and down with his players celebrating in unison.       The labels stuck on the seven-win Seattle Seahawks - jokes, lightweights, laughingstocks...

A year ago, the New Orleans Saints rode the raucous enthusiasm of the Superdome through the NFC playoffs to the first Super Bowl title in franchise history.       Hope they waved goodbye to the Superdome on their way out of town earlier this week. There's...

Seahawks quarterbacks Matt Hasselbeck and Charlie Whitehurst split reps in Seattle's first practice in preparation for its NFC playoff game against New Orleans.       Coach Pete Carroll had said on Monday that the duo would split reps early in the week...

One-time bust Mike Williams has found a home in Seattle. And instead of testing free agency, Williams decided sticking around with the Seahawks was the better move.       Williams and the Seahawks announced agreement on a three-year contract extension...