National Football League

Barring a miracle, the world will be spared the sight of the Minnesota Vikings losing their fifth Super Bowl game next January in New Orleans. For eight of the last nine years, the Vikings have won the old...

Newness prevails in this division. A new quarterback works for a new head coach in Denver, another new signal-caller finally calls his own plays in San Diego and rookies try to flesh out the offense in Kansas City...

Last year the New England Patriots turned from a 3-11 club into an 11-3 wild-card team and came within a referee's whistle of knocking off Super Bowl winner Oakland in the opening round of the playoffs. So complete,...

THE RANKINGSSir:Notre Dame is the No. 1 college football team in the country. You picked a winner!

BOXING—ALFREDO ESCALERA of Puerto Rico successfully defended his WBC junior lightweight crown for the 10th time, gaining a unanimous 15-round decision over Mexico's Sigfrido Rodriguez in San Juan.