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As I write this, there are 12 excruciatingly long days until the start of the 2007 NFL football season. This year, the best-dressed Macs will have spiffy new dashboard widgets to help us follow our fantasy picks, favorite teams, league stats, and every game nuance we can think of. Here are the top five widgets every football fan needs to have:
NFL Kickoff 2007 Countdown 4.0 - If you need to know right down to the nanosecond how long it is before kickoff, this widget is for you. Okay, it doesn't offer quite that much detail, but it will get you within the minute range. The rest you can figure out on your own. WagerWidget - If you like a friendly bet to go with your game, the WagerWidget gives you point spreads, odds updates, and other tips you might need to know before you make that call to Johnny NoFingers. Apple's widget directory - There's all sorts of goodies lurking here, like news feeds for the Cowboys and Raiders. Fantasy Control - If you've got a fantasy football team of your own, than this you need this. It offers real-time news and analysis for teams all across the league. (NOTE: Requires the Yahoo Widget installer for Mac) Football Widget 1.1.2 - The granddaddy of all widgets, this cool tool keeps you up to date on everything you need to know: Current scores, previous weeks' results, conference standings and more.
Sky Sports Football News Widget - In the interest of fairness, this one's for the Brits among us. I hear your teams play football with their actual feet. What's up with that? Football Bills' Everett Sedated After Neck Injury 2 hrs 15 mins ago - Bills reserve tight end Kevin Everett will be sedated for a day or two as doctors evaluate the extent of a severe spinal injury that could leave him paralyzed.Everett is in the intensive care unit at Buffalo's Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital after a four-hour operation performed hours after he was hurt in a season-opening loss to Denver, Eric Armstead, a partner of the player's agent Brian Overstreet, told The Associated Press on Monday.
Bills' Everett Under Sedation 2 hrs 16 mins ago - Bills reserve tight end Kevin Everett will be sedated for a day or two as doctors evaluate the extent of a severe spinal injury that could leave him paralyzed.Everett is in the intensive care unit at Buffalo's Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital after a four-hour operation performed hours after he was hurt in a season-opening loss to Denver, Eric Armstead, a partner of the player's agent Brian Overstreet, told The Associated Press on Monday.
Bills' Everett Has Serious Neck Injury 4 hrs ago - Bills reserve tight end Kevin Everett will spend one to two days under sedation as doctors evaluate the extent of a severe spinal injury that could leave him paralyzed.Everett is in the intensive care unit at Buffalo's Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital after a four-hour operation performed hours after he was hurt in a season-opening loss to Denver, Eric Armstead, a partner of the player's agent Brian Overstreet, told The Associated Press on Monday.
Kickers Key Opening Wins 13 hrs ago - Jason Elam didn't get the luxury that Mason Crosby and Scott Suisham did. It hardly mattered.The Denver Broncos' veteran kicker had to sprint onto the field with the final seconds ticking off Sunday in Buffalo, where he kicked a 42-yard field goal at the gun for a 15-14 victory over the Bills.
Phillips Gets Win in Dallas Debut 17 hrs ago - Wade Phillips threw a soft uppercut and smiled widely. He did it early, when his first gamble as coach of the Dallas Cowboys worked out - then again in the closing minutes, following a touchdown that also made him let out a big sigh of relief.Marion Barber got things rolling with an 18-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-1, Terrell Owens added two highlight-reel touchdown catches and Tony Romo made up for an interception with a 51-yard touchdown pass to Sam Hurd for a 45-35 victory over the injury-depleted New York Giants on Sunday night.
Bills TE Has Surgery After Spinal Injury 17 hrs ago - Buffalo Bills reserve tight end Kevin Everett had surgery Sunday after injuring his spine on a kickoff against the Denver Broncos, and there is concern about whether he will be able to walk again."He's had some sparse movement," Everett's agent Brian Overstreet told The Associated Press in a phone interview late Sunday.
Romo Helps Phillips Win Cowboys Debut 17 hrs ago - Wade Phillips threw a soft uppercut and smiled widely. He did it early, when his first gamble as coach of the Dallas Cowboys worked out - then again in the closing minutes, following a touchdown that also made him let out a big sigh of relief.Marion Barber got things rolling with an 18-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-1, Terrell Owens added two highlight-reel touchdown catches and Tony Romo made up for an interception with a 51-yard touchdown pass to Sam Hurd for a 45-35 victory over the injury-depleted New York Giants on Sunday night.
T.O. Puts Cowboys Ahead of Giants 31-19 18 hrs ago - Terrell Owens made an acrobatic one-handed grab in the end zone on the opening drive after halftime and the Dallas Cowboys led the New York Giants 31-19 after the third quarter of the season opener Sunday night.Owens was held without a catch in the first half, when he and Tony Romo seemed badly out of synch on several plays. They must have worked something out during the break, connecting on two straight plays to get into the end zone.
Romo Gives Cowboys 17-16 Lead on Giants 19 hrs ago - While Tony Romo and Terrell Owens couldn't get in synch, tight end Jason Witten had five catches with a 12-yard touchdown and the Dallas Cowboys pushed ahead of the New York Giants 17-16 at halftime Sunday night.Witten's score converted a third-and-11 with four minutes left in the first half and put the Cowboys up 17-6. That TD drive was set up when Jacques Reeves intercepted a pass thrown by Eli Manning and returned it 18 yards to the Giants 23. 19 hrs ago - Kevin Everett had surgery Sunday evening, hours after the Buffalo Bills reserve tight end showed no signs of movement after sustaining a severe neck injury in the team's season opener against Denver.Bills spokesman Scott Berchtold said he was informed by the team's medical staff the player went into surgery at a Buffalo hospital at about 8 p.m. Berchtold said he had no further information, and didn't know whether Everett had shown any signs of movement since he was driven off the field in an ambulance.
Eli, Giants Lead Cowboys 6-3 After 1st 20 hrs ago - Eli Manning wasn't bothered early by the Dallas Cowboys' restructured and supposedly more aggressive defense brought in by new coach Wade Phillips.Manning hit Plaxico Burress in stride for a 60-yard TD pass on the third play of the game - and hit a streaking Amani Toomer on what would have been another score if the receiver hadn't stepped out of the back of the end zone - and the New York Giants had a 6-3 lead after the first quarter of the season opener Sunday night.
LT, Chargers Beat Bears in Sloppy Opener 21 hrs ago - Maybe this wouldn't be such a good Super Bowl matchup, after all. At least not the way the Chicago Bears and San Diego Chargers looked on Sunday. LaDainian Tomlinson and the Chargers finally took control of a sloppy season opener, with the reigning NFL MVP throwing for one touchdown and rushing for another in a 14-3 win over the defending NFC champion Bears.It's clear these two teams, each with high expectations, have some work to do.
Alexander Leads Seahawks Over Bucs 21 hrs ago - Beware, the Seahawks' stars are well again. And so is a remade, hard-hitting defense. Shaun Alexander, playing pain-free for the first time since he broke his foot 12 months ago, ran for 105 yards and one touchdown Sunday in a 20-6 victory over Tampa Bay.Matt Hasselbeck was sharp in his first game following a mediocre season that included two broken fingers.
Kitna's Late TD Lifts Lions Over Raiders 21 hrs ago - Jon Kitna backed up his big boasts with a clutch fourth-quarter comeback and a couple of key defensive plays by Dewayne White.Kitna threw a go-ahead, 32-yard touchdown pass to Shaun McDonald with 4:15 remaining and White forced two late turnovers that helped the Detroit Lions rally to beat the Raiders 36-21 Sunday after blowing a 17-point lead.