Indianapolis’ season ended the same way it started. The defense couldn’t get off the field, the offense couldn’t run the ball and there were too many penalties. It wasn’t the closing chapter Tony Dungy or Peyton Manning scripted after what may have been their most rewarding NFL regular season together.

For 2nd year, Indy posts first-round playoff flameout to Chargers.

Back on Oct. 5, Tennessee rallied from a 10-3 fourth-quarter deficit to win 13-10 at Baltimore with the help of a bad call: a blow to the head penalty on Terrell Suggs that actually was a blow to Kerry Collins …

First place we went this morning: Indianapolis Star. Taken aback by this Kravitz column: The Colts are underachievers .

NASHVILLE - I began this NFL season asking the rhetorical question: Is Titans coach Jeff Fisher overrated? Actually, the article was more about Fisher’s longevity with the Titans and his stature around the …

The Arizona Cardinals were no playoff pretenders. Kurt Warner opened with a 42-yard touchdown pass to Larry Fitzgerald and connected with Anquan Boldin on a 71-yard scoring play as the Cardinals beat Atlanta …

Darren Sproles filled in for an injured LaDainian Tomlinson and carried the Chargers to a dramatic overtime victory over the Indianapolis Colts, as his 22-yard touchdown scamper in the extra session gave San …

Just like last year, LT was on the sideline. But that didn’t stop the Chargers from again ousting the Colts in the playoffs.

Peyton Manning and the NFL’s hottest team entering the playoffs are going home for the winter. The Indianapolis Colts’ nine-game winning streak — and their season — came to an end when Darren Sproles’ 22-yard run at 6:40 of overtime gave the San Diego Chargers a 23-17 victory Saturday night in their first-round playoff game.

Once again, I want to hear team president Bill Polian go on his radio show and say it: “We can run the football when we have to run it.” Really? Like on third-and-short? Like fourth-and-short? Like . . . EVER? Before the playoffs, I felt the Colts’ lack of a running game eventually would catch up with them, maybe in the second or third round, probably during a bad-weather game. Instead, it bit them in the first round. They were such a wretched running team this year, when it came down to that third-and-2 at their own 9-yard line late in regulation, they emptied the backfield and didn’t even give the impression they were going to run. This was an offensively one-dimensional team all season.