The NFL systematically has marginalized the kickoff over the past decade. And for good reason. It was, as league officials admitted, the most dangerous play in the game, with high-speed collisions ...

The new kickoff formation has made it even harder to recover onside kicks. Which makes it even harder for a team trailing by multiple scores to close the gap. Which is going to renew discussions about ...

A clean recovery by Hank Baskett could have changed Super Bowl XLIV, Peyton Manning’s legacy and the Colts’ place in NFL ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- No wonder the normally stone-faced Nick Saban was smiling. And it paid off. He called an onside kick just after Adam Griffith's tying field goal in a pivotal moment of the Crimson ...

to boost the percentage of returned kicks and make one of the league's most dangerous plays safer. The league is continuing its efforts to refine the play by tweaking its kickoff rule ahead of the ...

During the late stages of the Steelers' 27-20 Week 9 win over the Colts, CBS Sports analyst JJ Watt addressed one of the NFL's current biggest in-game issues. Indianapolis had just scored to trim its ...

Cash Jones has been practicing what to do on a surprise onside kick since he first got to Athens five years ago. But as his college football career is coming to an end, he never thought Kirby Smart ...