Football

Considering the San Francisco 49ers just released former Pro Bowl kicker David Akers, maybe the team should take a look at high school kicker Jonathan Semerene. The Florida prep school kicker can nail a 70-yard field goal, in the wind.

Remember Sam Gordon, the 9-year-old female version of Tecmo Bo Jackson? So does NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Her Pee Wee football highlight reel and gaudy season stats got the attention of NFL executives. She was invited to the Super Bowl in New Orleans after hanging out with Goodell at a Giants game.

Beyonce scoring the halftime show at Super Bowl XLVII is a celebration in itself, but now seasoned dancers and fans of the superstar can share in the spotlight as she searches for a select few to join her on Feb. 3, 2013.

The first week of bowl games is in the books and, while we all know these games are just appetizers for the big games to come, the BCS games will be hard-pressed to match some of the excitement we’ve already seen. Three of the four games this week were decided in the fourth quarter and featured a lot of stellar individual efforts. Here are all the highlights from the first games of the 2012 bowl s

The New England Patriots have not lost a game since mid-October and seem like a lock for the postseason. Will they get another Super Bowl victory this year?

So this video might not make you cry, but the story probably will. Michael Ferns, a senior at St. Clairsville High in Clairsville, OH, gave up a touchdown one yard from the end zone so that his teammate, Logan Thompson, whose father died two days before, could score instead.

There's a lot of argument over this anonymous clip. Not about the guy doing a forward flip right over the person about to tackle him: That's obviously a display of athleticism. No, some people think it was "staged" and others argue it happened spontaneously...

Football is king in the Ark-La-Tex. Whether we're talking about high school, college or professional sports, almost everyone has something to say about who they think will win. So we thought it would be fun to ask our football 'experts' which teams they think will win the big games of the week...