Do you want to know how truly effective Gene Upshaw was a union labor leader? Look no further than the fields with the GU 63 marked on them, or the single player from each team who will wear a black armband, or the moment of silence that will also probably happen, and already has at a bunch of exhibition games.

NFL Hall of Famer, and current head of the Player’s Association, Gene Upshaw has passed away at the tender age of 63, according to ProFootballTalk.

Brett Favre, the Green Bay icon and future Pro Football Hall of Famer who retired, then unretired, then found out the Packers truly intended to move on without him, has been traded to the Jets by the Pack.

ESPN is reporting the preseason NFL Power Rankings and here is where our two favorite teams stack up:

Once you start looking for football gifts for your brother, son, father or partner, you soon discover that there is absolutely no dearth of football gifts whatsoever in the market.

A game for which people throng ticket counters for Football ticket is all about two teams of eleven players in each battling it out on a large field against another team to score a goal.

Sports Art is all about creating products or craft items using the sports stars as an inspiration. When a person visits Disney land they find a store that sells T-shirts, mugs, caps and many other items with Disney characters on them. Similarly, in a sports store, we will find equipment and other fun items, which have sports art on them.

The Lions pick third when the draft resumes today and have seven picks left total, two in the third and fifth rounds, and one each in the fourth, sixth and seventh. They still need help at both defensive end and tackle, at running back, and they'd like to add depth at cornerback.

Barring any big news, this'll be my last blog of the afternoon so I can get to my daily work for the paper. But I have to give the Lions high marks for their third-round choices (and maneuvers), and not just because they grabbed the top three players I had slotted for them on my board.

The post Michigan victory Sports Illustrated cover athlete is now the second Mountaineer ever taken as high as the second round of the NFL Draft.

This year's NFL draft is not a deep one in terms of talent. But there are gems here, and winners and losers among the drafters.

NFL fans have a little celebration as today is the day that the NFL schedules are announced. You would think that announcing an NFL schedule would take at most a half hour, well ESPN is making sure that we get our fill of the NFL by having a 2 hour special. Think about that, 2 hours to discuss the schedules of teams that have not drafted, made final cuts or dealt with potential injuries.