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The Patriots escaped with a miracle win against the Browns in Week 14, but it was a Pyrrhic victory, as Rob Gronkowski was lost for the season. Now the Pats travel to Miami to face a resurgent Dolphins team that narrowly avoided a miracle ending of its own, thanks to …

At 7-6, both Baltimore and Detroit have realistic playoff shots, but both teams need a win to stay a step ahead of the competition. Can Baltimore overcome their poor performance on the road to get a win? Matt Ufford and the crew preview the game and make their picks.

The Week 15 slate of NFL games isn’t the sexiest you’ll see all year, but 14 of the 16 games on the schedule have playoff implications. Uffsides previews four of the best ones, and also Washington-Atlanta, because even tire fires can make the news.

Dan Rubenstein reviews the names, stories, and numbers to pay attention to when tuning into the 2013 Russell Athletic Bowl between Louisville and Miami. Photo Credits: Andrew Weber/USA Today Sports Charles LeClaire/USA Today Sports Kim Klement/USA Today Sports

Dan Rubenstein weighs why Nick Saban would and wouldn’t consider the Texas job, should it become open. Photo Credits: Matthew Emmons/USA Today Sports Tim Heitman/USA Today Sports Spruce Derden/USA Today Sports Randy Sartin/USA Today Sports Casey Sapio/USA Today Sports Pat Lovell/USA Today Sports

Dan Rubenstein reviews the reasons why the Ducks and Longhorns playing inside a dome is worth all of your time. Photo Credits: Brendan Maloney/USA Today Sports Scott Olmos/USA Today Sports Matthew Emmons/USA Today Sports Ron Chenoy/USA Today Sports

Jameis Winston will be the 2013 Heisman Trophy winner, thereby gaining him lifelong acclaim in Tallahassee. But who are the best of the rest? (Answer: not AJ McCarron.) Photo Credits: Jeremy Brevard/USA Today Sports Timothy T. Ludwig/USA Today Sports Steve Mitchell/USA Today Sports Peter G. Aiken/USA Today Sports John David …

Hunter Mahan respects and embraces the responsibilities that come along with being in the limelight. Join us as we spend the day with the five-time PGA Tour champion at Under Armor Headquarters and then famed Fenway Park during this year’s World Series.

Are you in the fantasy playoffs? Did your team lose Adrian Peterson or Rob Gronkowski? Don’t worry, Matt Ufford has best waiver pickups of Week 15 in the early edition of Keepers. Photo Credits: Mitch Stringer/USA Today Sports Geoff Burke/USA Today Sports Brace Hemmelgarn/USA Today Sports Kyle Terada/USA Today Sports …

Just after the World Cup draw that placed the United States into a Group of Death with Germany, Portugal, and Ghana, KICKTV’s Jimmy Conrad spoke to USA forward/midfielder Clint Dempsey about Group E, representing his country at the captain, and going up against the country that knocked the U.S. out …