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Manchester United remains the most valuable team in sports, but the Cowboys are still the richest NFL franchise.

Here are the complete betting lines for all the 2012 NFL Week 1 games, including the point spreads and totals. These are the consensus odds from multiple sportsbooks in Las Vegas.

The Packers won the NFC North last year, but the Bears, Lions and Vikings are now all in the hunt for first place. Here’s a preview and prediction for the division in the 2012 season

News comes today that Valentine, after some deliberation, will be keeping his job as Boston Red Sox Manager. The move shocks some fans who have been calling for his resignation since the beginning of the season, where the team started off 4-10 and have been in the cellar in the always-competitive American League East since before the All-Star break.

An NFL fan fell to his death while attending a Houston Texans preseason game on Thursday. The 25-year-old fan fell an estimated 60 feet off an escalator at Reliant Stadium in Houston. The death is being considered accidental.

Here are five free apps that could help you win your fantasy football league.

Chad Johnson has finally broken his silence, using Twitter to address the incident that ended his career with the Miami Dolphins and his marriage to reality star Evelyn Lozada.

Electronic Arts Inc. said in a statement Thursday that "Madden NFL 13," the latest iteration of its iconic football video game franchise, sold about 900,000 in its first 24 hours on retail shelves. Citing "internal estimates," EA said the sale was a 7 percent increase from last year's launch, making it the highest-performing launch title for the franchise for the console generation.

Here is a list of the top 10 player ratings at each position for Madden NFL 13. Aaron Rodgers, Calvin Johnson and Maurice Jones-Drew lead the rankings for their respective positions.

When news broke Sunday that Terrell Owens had been cut by the Seahawks, fans and football pundits alike assumed it was the end of a long, controversial career.

It may come as no surprise that during their relationship, Johnson kept direct messaging other women on the social networking site, and had several affairs, according to reports

The trade rumors circling Maurice Jones-Drew have only intensified as his holdout from signing a new contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars had continued. Now that the running back has communicated through his agent that he’d be open to a trade, the conversations have reached a fever pitch even before the NFL season has officially begun.

Here are the NFL over/under win totals for the 2012 season. The Patriots and Packers are projected to lead the league in wins.

The Dallas Cowboys defense might be in rebuilding mode.

On Thursday, Shannon Eastin will officially become the first female NFL referee when she serves as the line judge for the Green Bay Packers-San Diego Chargers preseason game.

The 38-year-old wide out is getting another chance with Seattle.

Some NBA owners don;t want players participating in the Olympics

Former NFL star Terrell Owens has had a tough run since his last appearance in the league. This year, he was even released by a team in the Indoor Football League.

Brees has reportedly stated he won't show up to training camp if the Saints don't offer him a long term deal. New Orleans risks alienating not only their best player, but one of the game's best leaders at a time when that's exactly what they need.

The New Orleans Saints 2012 NFL season will be getting off to a running start - literally. The Sept. 8 matchup between the Saints and the Washington Redskins will be preceded by the Ochsner Back To Football 5K, a 5K race to benefit the 2013 New Orleans Super Bowl XLVII Host Committee.

NFL attendance has fallen almost five percent in the past five seasons and now the NFL is doing something to try to reverse the trend.