NFL Fans Get Ready for Chilly Title Games
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A major winter storm dumped several inches of snow in Philadelphia on Saturday, forcing hundreds of stadium workers into duty to clear out Lincoln Financial Field before Sunday's NFC championship game between the Eagles and Atlanta Falcons.
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FOXBOROUGH -- Some of them watched playoff football yesterday afternoon and again last night. Some will be back on the sofa or Barcalounger today when the Colts take on the Broncos at 1 p.m.
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From where they sit, amid 70-degree warmth and gentle Pacific breezes, there is no fear of growing cold. Instead, the Chargers have sounded reveille in advance of their 3,000-mile, coast-to-coast trip to take on the Patriots in Sunday's AFC Championship game.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- With subzero temperatures descending and a hated division rival playing in the Super Bowl, Green Bay Packers fans received an unexpected jolt of good news Friday. Brett Favre is back.
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The Rams, Vikings, Jets and Broncos squeezed into the NFL playoffs and found familiar opponents waiting for them.
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You can hear the sounds, and feel the energy, the tension, and the anticipation. College football will decide conference championships and bowl bids tomorrow. That's the main story.
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Video-game fans across the country stood in the chilly November air last night, eagerly awaiting the arrival of &quot;Halo 2.&quot;.
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NEW YORK The AFC championship game will be played 6:30 PM Eastern time next month. That means potentially frosty conditions if Pittsburgh or New England make it that far.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Dec. 19 - Even after Seattle's fumble and turnover in the Jets' end zone near the end of the third quarter, the Seahawks still had a chance to win Sunday in the chilly gloom of Giants Stadium.
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Heading into the playoffs, cold weather teams know for their running game are throwing the ball, and those known for passing are piling up the rushing yardage.
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The frosty weather and even frostier reception the Falcons expect tomorrow in Philadelphia could not have seemed more distant Thursday.
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On Sunday night in Peytonapolis, 57,240 Colts fans marched from their cars to the RCA Dome, battling a bitter December frost, chilling winds and numbing extremities.
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N.F.L. players are prized for their ability to stay calm during the most intense moments of a game. But they are not always good about controlling their pregame jitters.
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The New England Patriots were exhausted after winning their third Super Bowl title in four years, but they got a second wind Monday when they arrived at Gillette Stadium and saw a throng of about 2,000 screaming fans.
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More than a hundred thousand fans are expected to descend on the city this weekend to watch some crew races. A playoff game kicks off on Saturday evening
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FOXBOROUGH -- Fans from all corners of New England converged on Gillette Stadium yesterday morning to send the Patriots off to Super Bowl XXXIX in style.
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Signs emerge of a football frenzy as long-suffering fans see their team destined for the playoffs.