Late field goal gives Titans 20-17 win over Texas
HOUSTON (AP) -- Rob Bironas kicked a 53-yard field goal with less than a minute remaining and the Tennessee Titans beat the Houston Texans 20-17 Monday night for their fourth straight victory after an 0-6 start....

Tennessee K Bironas gets Titans past Texans, 20-17
HOUSTON (AP) -- Rob Bironas kept the Titans' unlikely turnaround going with another winning kick against the Houston Texans....

Patriots look ahead to face another unbeaten team
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- The last NFL team to go unbeaten in the regular season gets its second chance in three weeks to stop an opponent from chasing that same goal....

Man admits sending threatening letters to Coughlin
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia say a man has pleaded guilty to sending letters to New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin in which he threatened to expose a fictitious sexual tryst among the coach and two women....

Texans, Titans tied 14-14 at halftime
HOUSTON (AP) -- Matt Schaub threw touchdown passes to Steve Slaton and Andre Johnson and the Houston Texans were tied 14-14 with Tennessee at halftime Monday night....

Judge clears $583,000 Pontiac Silverdome sale
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) -- A judge cleared the way Monday for a Canadian company to pay $583,000 for the Pontiac Silverdome, built for $55.7 million in 1975 to house the NFL's Detroit Lions....

Jets: WR Clowney has Twitter account hacked
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -- The New York Jets say wide receiver David Clowney's Twitter account has been hacked, and a series of expletive-filled tweets are not being written by him....

Favre's on fire, Vikes receivers have a hand in it
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Brett Favre has been fueling Minnesota's passing game with remarkable efficiency, a rhythm reflected by the 40-year-old's career-high completion percentage of 88 posted over the weekend....

Packers, Redskins hardest hit by injuries
The playoff chase has gotten much more difficult for the Packers after they lost two key defensive players to season-ending injuries....

NFL, union approve about half team neurologists
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The NFL and its players union have approved independent doctors to evaluate head injuries for about half of the league's 32 teams as part of a new program....