Reality is a no-show in "Second String," TNT's entry in the bad-team-overcomes-adversity genre. Football movies are hard enough to pull off, but when poorly chosen stock footage is blended into a plot ...

PITTSBURGH -- Mitch Trubisky has all but cemented his place as the Pittsburgh Steelers' starting quarterback. He appears to have closed the book on the team's open quarterback competition, leaving ...

For NFL players, the first game of the preseason is a date to circle on the calendar. No, it's not the regular season, and the games don't count for much more than pride. But for guys who have been ...

Few coaches have a more tortuous history with second-string quarterbacks than Kirby Smart. The No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs coach has been on the big stage before at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium on the ...

Like most NFL teams at this point in the season, the Cleveland Browns have had their share of injuries. Unlike most NFL teams, the Browns are 10-4 and closing in on their first trip to the playoffs ...

He has all the promise of an all-pro player without ever actually having to demonstrate it on the field. It is the blessing and curse of being second string. Even if he is thrust into a game and ...

NEW YORK, March 3 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Everyone loves an underdog in sports, including investors it would seem. One group of them recently injected $100 million into a women’s volleyball league, ...

The 2012 NFL campaign is rearing its head, and for now the field is wide open. Summer is the season of optimism in professional football, and in a league that's becoming increasingly offensive-minded, ...