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The NFL’s top teams, Seattle Seahawks, Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos and New England Patriots, earned their first round bye after topping their respective conferences. Eight teams play over the weekend, Jan 4 (Saturday) and Jan 5 (Sunday), and all want to prove their worth that they belong with the elite.

The National Football League announced the referees made a mistake after failing to give a penalty on the San Diego Chargers for an illegal formation on an unconverted field goal by Ryan Succop during an all-important game against the Kansas City Chiefs last Sunday.

The National Football League will review Peyton Manning's record-breaking feat during the Denver Broncos' 34-14 victory over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday.

The Minnesota Viking fired Leslie Frazier from his head coaching duty after a 5-10-1 season, the team announced on Monday.

Incoming free-agent quarterback Jay Cutler is enthusiastic about the possibility of staying put with the Chicago Bears, the signal-caller said on the Jay Cutler show on ESPN 1000.

The Black Monday continued in the NFL as the Detroit Lions announced its decision to relieve Jim Schwartz from his head coaching duties after failing to make it into the postseason despite winning their six of their first nine games.

After missing the last seven games, star quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be returning under center for the Green Bay Packers when they face rival Chicago Bears in a game that will decide which team will win the NFC North and move on to the NFL Playoffs.

In the biggest game of the season, the Dallas Cowboys may be missing a key piece when they host bitter rivals Philadelphia Eagles in the final week of the regular season. It’s a winner-takes-all match-up too as the victor will move on to win the NFC East and the loser will be eliminated from contention.

The year 2013 has some of the biggest stories in sports.

The week 16 match-up between the Atlanta Falcons and the San Francisco 49ers pegged as pre-season was one of the crucial battles in the tail end of the regular season. Unfortunately, this Monday Night Football game was only important to one team as the Falcons were mired in a very disappointing year.

Star quarterbacks led their respective teams to NFL postseason slots or division titles in the penultimate week of the NFL regular season.

Tim Tebow once owned a 1995 green Ford Thunderbird that he used to drive during his college days at the University of Florida.

Twitter, the popular microblogging Web site, has just released its top Twitter hashtag trends of the year. Check out the most popular tweets of 2013 including the Boston Marathon bombings (#BostonMarathon), 5-year-old leukemia survivor Miles Scott's wish of becoming Batkid, with San Francisco used as Gotham City (#SFBatkid) and the birth of the Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton's son Prince George (#RoyalBaby).

Are there really no good options for Tim Tebow in terms of his professional football career right now?

The San Diego Chargers are still in playoff contention but needs a big upset win over the Denver Broncos, who are aiming for perfection at home this season.

The world came crashing down on Alabama kicker Cade Foster after he failed on a crucial field goal attempt that caused Auburn to steal the 34-28 victory and caused the Tide to lose out on making the national championship game.

Houston Texans’ Andre Johnson is known for his receiving prowess in the NFL. He’s also known for gift giving around this time of year by celebrating with underprivileged children in his annual toy giveaway during the holidays.

With their division rivals winning Sunday night the Dallas Cowboys have no choice but to respond with a Monday Night Football victory against the Chicago Bears if they want to stay in the hunt for the division title.

No team is hotter in the NFL than the Carolina Panthers which has won eight games in a row. The Cam Newton-led squad visits the New Orleans Saints which have yet to lose at home in the 2013 NFL regular season.

It's getting tougher for Tim Tebow to decide what the best thing to do for his career. Should he wait for the National Football League to sign him back or should he go for a television career as a college football analyst with one of the biggest TV networks?

Tim Tebow may be unlucky to land himself another shot at the National Football League, but he still has other things to look forward to.

It’s not the Super Bowl, but it sure is still football. Two teams with the ugliest record in the 2013 NFL regular season meet on Thursday Night Football when the Houston Texans visit the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick created some buzz as of late, though off the field, following reports he suffered broken legs after being involved in a major car accident. The report might be shocking at first glance, but delving deeper into the details of story would tell everybody that it's nothing but a plain made-up story - a complete hoax.

With four weeks to go in the NFL regular season, it appears we have already separated the Super Bowl contenders from the pretenders. Nevertheless, don’t tell that to a slew of teams who are still hoping for a playoff spot and are still mathematically probable to join the cast of postseason teams:

With a victory on Monday Night Football, the Seattle Seahawks will be nearer to home-field advantage throughout the postseason. The New Orleans Saints want to stop them on their tracks and steal the number one seed if they can pull off the road upset on primetime Monday.

Playing without their star quarterback, the Chicago Bears is in a must-win situation when the face the embattled Minnesota Vikings.

The Denver Broncos visit the Kansas City Chiefs in a Week 13 match-up and the result could very well decide who wins the AFC West, and maybe even the entire conference.

No thanks to an injury to star quarterback Aaron Rogers; the Green Bay Packers have not won a game in November. They’ll get one last shot for a win this month when they face division rivals Detroit Lions in an all-important game that could very well decide who wins the NFC North.

Minnesota Vikings has waived A.J. Jefferson off the team, following his arrest for domestic assault charges that his girlfriend has filed on him.