Only two (2) total teams can earn a first-round bye week in the NFL playoffs: the No. 1-seeded team in the AFC, and the No. 1-seeded team in the NFC. Those seeds go to the teams with the best ...

New kickoff rules that went into effect on a trial basis last season are now permanent, but NFL owners tabled the Detroit Lions' proposal to overhaul the seeding of playoff teams. Rich McKay ...

When the final whistle blows on the Lions' Week 18 matchup with the Vikings, there will only be 13 games left in the NFL season. Every snap will count. Legacies are defined in the playoffs.

During the NFL's annual league meeting last week, the Detroit Lions made a proposal to change the league's playoff format. The interesting thing about the proposal is that it didn't get voted down.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell believes owners ... saying he believes there could be a modification to the proposal from Detroit to seed the playoffs by record instead of guaranteeing the division ...

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The Miami Heat and Memphis Grizzlies finalized the NBA playoff field with wins on Friday night. Miami outlasted the Atlanta ...

PALM BEACH, Fla. - New kickoff rules that went into effect on a trial basis last season are now permanent, but NFL owners tabled the Detroit Lions' proposal to overhaul the seeding of playoff teams.