pregame hype

After the San Francisco 49ers knocked Detroit from the unbeaten ranks 25-19 Sunday in a game that matched the pregame hype, both coaches bumped each other in an emotionally charged exchange.

Shane Vereen ran for a career-high 193 yards and three touchdowns on 42 carries and Mike Mohamed intercepted a pass from Andrew Luck at the 3 with less than 2 minutes left as California spoiled No. 14 Stanford's Rose Bowl hopes with a 34-28 victory in the Big Game on Saturday.

What was billed as the biggest Big Game in years lived up to the pregame hype, with Stanford's Heisman Trophy...

With all the pregame hype done at the new Cowboys Stadium, and the largest crowd for an NFL regular season game, Tony Romo ran it in himself to put the Dallas Cowboys ahead 24-20 going into the fourth quarter in the nearly $1.2 billion showplace Sunday night.

Romo scored on a third-down keeper from 2 yards with 3:35 left in the third quarter, a play after throwing a pass that was too hot for...