DeMarco Murray

Tony Romo tossed three touchdown passes as the Dallas Cowboys defeated the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants 24-17 in the NFL season opener on Wednesday.

(Reuters) - Tony Romo passed for three touchdowns and scored another as the Dallas Cowboys kept their NFC East title hopes on track with a 31-15 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Saturday.

(Reuters) - The Dallas Cowboys signed veteran running back Sammy Morris after putting rookie DeMarco Murray on the season-ending injured reserve list with an ankle injury, the team said on Tuesday.

(Reuters) - Dallas Cowboys rookie running back and top rusher DeMarco Murray is out for the season after suffering a fractured right ankle and high ankle sprain in Sunday's loss to the New York Giants.

The Green Bay Packers continued their march toward perfection with a 46-16 rout of Oakland as Houston and New Orleans secured NFL playoff berths.

(Reuters) - The Dallas Cowboys squandered a 12-point lead in the final six minutes to suffer a gut-wrenching 37-34 defeat to the New York Giants on Sunday that left the teams tied atop the NFC East.

ARLINGTON, Texas - Win big, win small; win pretty, win ugly. Tony Romo learned long ago that victories are the only thing that matter in the NFL.

The Chicago Bears seek to continue their playoff push when they open a stretch of four straight games against American Conference opponents, starting with San Diego Sunday at Soldier Field.

Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdown passes to spark the unbeaten Green Bay Packers over Minnesota 33-27, boosting the reigning Super Bowl champions to 7-0 on the season.

Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdown passes to spark the unbeaten Green Bay Packers over Minnesota 33-27, boosting the reigning Super Bowl champions to 7-0 on the season.

Cheyenne's trio of talented running backs are rushing the Desert Shields back into prominence. On a side wall in the Cheyenne High School weight room hangs a tribute to the former players in the football program's hall of fame. There is a portrait of each of the athletes whose performances helped the North Las Vegas school become one of the Las Vegas Valley's most feared teams. The group of 11 includes former NFL players Ed Hartwell and DeShone Myles, one of the program's best all-time athletes in Lawrence Turner, and arguably its best player in lineman Lynn McGruder.

Southern Nevada high school football is beginning to get recognition. One benefit Southern Nevada enjoys from years of explosive population growth is there are more high schools and a larger pool of young athletes to draw from for high school sports. In terms of football, the talent pool is still not as deep as it is in far more populous communities in California, Texas and elsewhere. But the improvement shown locally has been significant enough to draw attention from major college recruiters and national publications and websites that track high school achievement. That is all the more remarkable because Southern Nevada doesn't have a major pro football team to inspire youngsters, and the collegiate squad at UNLV has struggled for years.Much of the credit for recent national attention to high school football belongs to Steven Jackson, the Eldorado High standout running back who went on to set records with Oregon State University and with the St. Louis Rams of the National Football Lea

DeMarco Murray has yet to play a down of NFL football, but the former Bishop Gorman High and Oklahoma star already has had a small taste of the life of a professional athlete.

Jones throws for 429 yards, 3 TDs to help Oklahoma beat Connecticut 48-20 in Fiesta Bowl. Watching film of their two previous, disastrous trips to the Fiesta Bowl back at the team hotel, Oklahoma's players didn't cringe, didn't get that here-we-go-again feeling.

Nebraska plans to get rough, not huff and puff, against Oklahoma's speedy offense. Nebraska's defense better be ready to pick up the pace Saturday if it hopes to keep up with No. 10 Oklahoma in the Big 12 championship game.

Nebraska's defense, Oklahoma State's offense dominate AP's All-Big 12 team. Nebraska and Oklahoma State dominated the All-Big 12 team released Thursday by The Associated Press with six players each.

No. 14 Oklahoma could turn No. 10 Cowboys' 3-back set against them in Bedlam rivalry. One day this summer, Dana Holgorsen concocted a scheme that would add Kendall Hunter's running ability to the spread passing game that he planned to bring to Oklahoma State.

Michigan State, Ohio State rally to keep Big Ten a three-way race for title. No. 8 Ohio State and No. 11 Michigan State rallied to win and kept the chase for the Big Ten title a three-way race.

No. 16 Oklahoma rolls to 20th straight win over Baylor, 53-24 to keep Big 12 title hopes alive. DeMarco Murray had another all-around big game, Ryan Broyles became the first Oklahoma receiver with more than 100 catches in a season and the 16th-ranked Sooners stayed in contention for another Big 12 title with their latest victory over Baylor.

Michigan State, Ohio State rally to keep Big Ten a three-way race for title. No. 8 Ohio State and No. 11 Michigan State rallied to win and kept the chase for the Big Ten title a three-way race.