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Longtime NFL play-by-play announcer Al Michaels, shown here with Kirk Herbstreit on Amazon Prime's "Thursday Night Football," may be left off of NBC's NFL playoff coverage. (Photo courtesy of AWFULANNOUNCING.COM)
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Michaels may not call a single playoff game

It looks like the man that some say is the best play-by-play man in NFL history won’t be on NBC’s playoff coverage. Al Michaels, it’s reported, won’t be on any of the three playoff games that the NBC family of

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A broken index finger on his throwing hand will sideline Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert (right), who will miss the rest of the season after having surgery. (Photo courtesy of WEIS.COM)
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Justin Herbert will have surgery, out for season

As if Los Angeles Chargers fans needed another reason to tune out, well, now they have one. The franchise announced on Tuesday that quarterback Justin Herbert will miss the rest of this season, opting to have surgery on a broken

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Hunter Henry (right) had two touchdown catches, Bailey Zappe (not pictured) threw three touchdown passes, and the New England Patriots beat Pittsburgh, 21-18, on Thursday night, in Pittsburgh. (Photo courtesy of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Patriots upend Steelers, 21-18

Pittsburgh just took on its sixth loss of the season. New England shouldn’t get too excited, but Bailey Zappe looked far from awful in a somewhat unexpected road win. And “Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime” got a better football

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Aaron Rodgers (above) returned to practice, albeit non-contact, with the New York Jets on Wednesday, 11 weeks after surgery for a torn Achilles he suffered on the fourth play of the season against the Buffalo Bills. (Photo courtesy of TIME.COM)
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Rodgers back for non-contact practice

Big news out of New York today, and it doesn’t involve another lawsuit against a certain former President. The most talked-about torn Achilles this side of Kirk Cousins – that one belonging to New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers –

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San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle (above, right) plays with Seattle fans after a recent win. The 49ers (7-3) play at Seattle (6-4) Thursday night in a big NFC West Division game. San Francisco has won three straight games in a rivalry that has become one of the NFL's most intense, if not THE most intense. (Photo courtesy of MARINIJ.COM)
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Weekend NFL schedule, and TFB picks

So, just how much do the San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks hate each other? Well, “hate” is such a strong word. “Strongly dislike,” “bitter enemies,” um… “want to push the other one off the top of the stadium.”

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Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes (right) tries to avoid Philadelphia's Fletcher Cox (left). (Photo courtesy of YAHOO!)
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Eagles deal Chiefs their third loss of season

The best revenge is served… nine months later? No, that would be gotcha pregnancies. The best revenge in pro football is served A YEAR later, as in the next SUPER BOWL later. The Philadelphia Eagles couldn’t do that to the

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Seattle quarterback Geno Smith (left) avoids pass rush. Smith and the Seahawks (6-3) will play at the L.A. Rams (3-6) today. (Photo courtesy of SPORTS.MYNORTHWEST.COM)
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Week 11 NFL schedule

The National Football League’s eleventh week began with Cincinnati at Baltimore in a game that sounded like it would be one of the best games of the season: in Baltimore, Joe Burrow vs. Lamar Jackson in a Thursday night duel

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