With one week remaining in the regular season, the National Football League's playoff picture has come into sharper focus with only a few more pieces of the postseason puzzle to be put into place.

Tim Tebow would have done whatever Rex Ryan asked — if the New York Jets coach had asked him.

Counted out by their own coach six weeks ago, the Washington Redskins and Robert Griffin III are on the brink of their first division title in 13 years.

Australia's chairman of selectors John Inverarity says captain Michael Clarke has a 50-50 chance of playing in the second test against Sri Lanka, which starts at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Boxing Day.

Atlanta's Matt Ryan threw four touchdown passes and the Falcons clinched a first-round National Football League playoff bye with a 31-18 victory over the Detroit Lions on Saturday.

The New York Jets looked like a team without a flight plan on Friday with rumors swirling about trading quarterbacks Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow and coaches leaving town.

Mark Sanchez's tenure with the New York Jets appears in jeopardy as the National Football League team said on Monday it is benching the struggling quarterback in favor of Greg McElroy.

Chris Johnson went 94 yards for the longest touchdown run in the NFL since 2006 as the Tennessee Titans beat the Jets 14-10 on Monday to eliminate New York from playoff contention.

The New England Patriots silenced their “End Zone Militia” on Sunday, taking the muskets away from the Revolutionary War re-enactors who fire into the air to celebrate every score.

The San Francisco 49ers earned a playoff berth by withstanding a stunning comeback by New England from a 28-point deficit to beat the Patriots 41-34 on Sunday night in the rain.