Former Giants Super Bowl hero Mark Ingram’s 28-day run from the law ended Friday with his arrest in a Michigan hotel room.

Correll Buckhalter’s skills as a sage analyst of his profession are a lot like his skills as an Philadelphia…

Vinny Cerrato would have rather spent Wednesday outside in a 23-degree wind chill than inside answering questions about the front office’s role in the Washington Redskins ‘ season.

Neither home team was favored in Saturday’s wild-card games. Both won, with San Diego stunning Indianapolis in overtime 23-17 and Arizona beating Atlanta 30-24. Speedy Darren Sproles scooted 22 yards for the winning score 6:20 into overtime for the Chargers, ending Indianapolis’ nine-game winning streak a day after its quarterback, Peyton Manning, won his third Associated Press NFL MVP award.

San Francisco 49ers coach Mike Singletary reacts to his teams’ play against the Washington Redskins in the fourth quarter at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, Calif.

Right now, the Eagles sure look like the biggest threat to the Giants’ dreams of a second straight Super Bowl appearance. That’s why the Giants likely will be rooting for the Vikings in their wild-card game Sunday.

The Green Bay Packers are contestants in the Campbella s Chunky Soup Click For Cans Contest.

Peyton Manning considers 2008 the most challenging season in his 11-year career. It also proved to be the most rewarding. The Colts quarterback overcame two knee surgeries, uncertainty and an uncharacteristically sluggish start to win his record-tying third Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player award.

Watching the New York Giants over the past month, there has been a common theme on defense. No, not the blitz. It’s been something defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo would like to forget — his defenders chasing an opponent down the field. Seven times in the last four games, Brian Westbrook, Adrian Peterson, DeAngelo Williams or someone else has left the defense in the dust on a play that covered…

The Eagles are fourth in the league against the run this season, their best ever regular-season ranking under defensive coordinator Jim Johnson.

They’ve given up more than 122 rushing yards in a game just three times and have held opponents to a puny 3.11 yards per carry in their last seven games.

But Johnson’s defense will face its biggest challenge of the season Sunday when the Eagles face Adrian Peterson and the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the playoffs.

Peterson led the league in rushing this season with 1,760 yards. He had a league-high 20 runs of 20-plus yards and averaged 4.8 yards per carry. Has rushed for 100-plus yards in eight of the Vikings’ final 11 regular-season games.