Welcome to a very special edition of Hamm’s Pigskins of the Week. This week, I’m awarding the Pigskins of the Year from a very special 2011 season (even if Kyle Williams did ruin it!). It was especially hard naming the Pigskins of the year with so many b

With a healthy Jay Cutler, the Bears were enjoying a better season than the New York Giants. The Bears were NFC N

INDIANAPOLIS — The Giants were living proof this season that it isn’t how you start, but how you finish. And boy, what a finish it was. If anyone had suggested as late as halftime of their Christmas Eve game against the Jets that Tom Coughlin’s team woul

YOU’VE heard, perhaps, there’s a football game Sunday evening? On television from Indianapolis? New York Giants vs. New England Patriots? A lot of betting on it? Well, here’s a spoiler: The Giants win. I’m not kidding. This is no prediction based on an i

FOXBOROUGH - Matthew Slater has never underestimated the importance of special teams play on the outcome of a football game. “We take a lot of pride, preparing for the kicking game,’’ Slater said yesterday after the Patriots held their first practice in

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Kyle Williams leaves the locker room at the 49ers NFL football headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. , Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. The 49ers lost to the New York Giants in the NFC championship game on Sunday. Williams fumbled a