If the NFL regular season is a 17-week slow burn, the playoffs are the final episodes where every storyline collides at once. There are no do-overs, no series, no “best of seven.” One bad throw, one missed block, one tipped pass, and months of work disappear. Here’s how the NFL playoffs work, step by step, explained in a way that actually makes sense, and will have you sounding like a pro by kickoff. Courtesy of Programming Insider Two Conferences, Two Separate Roads The NFL

Christmas has passed, the schedule has thinned, and the NFL has entered its most revealing phase of the season. The pageantry fades. The narratives tighten. The excuses disappear. What remains is football in its most honest form, cold, calculated, and consequential. This is the stretch where teams stop dreaming and start confronting reality.

December football has a way of revealing everyone’s true character. The weather turns cold, playoff races tighten, and suddenly teams show whether they’re built for December magic or destined for a lump of coal. Week 15 delivered all the chaos Santa could ask for: season-ending injuries to superstars, blown leads, comeback wins, and enough emotional whiplash to make even the most patient elf snap. With that in mind, it’s time for the Sports Girls Club Naughty & Nice Power

Philip Rivers walking back onto an NFL field in 2025 felt a little surreal, almost like someone hit rewind on a football movie. At 44 years old and nearly five years removed from his last snap, the Colts brought him out of retirement, hoping for one last spark. They were slipping out of the playoff race, injuries were piling up, and they needed someone who could steady the offense and get everyone in the right place. If nothing else, Rivers’ experience and leadership made him

Move over, Marvel, step aside, Barbie Land, the real cinematic event of the season is the NFL Holiday Cinematic Universe, where quarterbacks become small-town love interests, coaches learn the true meaning of Christmas, and at least one team experiences a third-act collapse that would make even Hallmark writers say: “Okay, that’s too dramatic.”

Detailing why Lane Kiffin left Ole Miss to take the new head coaching job for the LSU football team and what the means for both of the programs and the SEC now.

Ahhh, the holidays, a time of cheer, hot chocolate, and watching your team blow a fourth-quarter lead with seasonal joy…As the holidays approach, NFL fans everywhere are doing what they do best: pretending everything is fine, their team isn't 2-9 (cough...Jets...cough), and they are totally making the playoffs...right, Chargers fans? But don’t worry, Sports Girls Club is here with the perfect gift for every fan!

The Game, it’s all anyone ever talks about. As Thanksgiving nears, people know that one of the biggest rivalries is coming. The University of Michigan and the Ohio State are set to play each other on November 29. With the biggest game of the year just a few days away, let’s take a look at these universities and where the rivalry began. 

The Bengals got the update everyone has been waiting months for. Joe Burrow is finally close to returning after a turf toe injury that needed surgery back in Week 2. He practiced fully last week, the videos looked good, and head coach Zac Taylor said he expects Burrow to play on Thanksgiving night against the Ravens.

Just like your Spotify Wrapped, the NFL season provides chaos, breakout stars, heartbreak anthems, and a few unexpected number 1 hits. So far, the 2025-26 season has been a fever dream of surprise contenders, dramatic collapses, far too many cases of turf toe to count, and viral rookie breakouts. If this season were a playlist, every team would be a different genre - some chart toppers, some deep cuts, and some absolutely sitting in your "crying in the shower" rotation.

The New England Patriots have been on a high this season with their star quarterback, Drake Maye. Many refer to their successful seasons as the Brady era, when they were on a high from all the wins and championships. Let’s take a look at the Patriots' season and some of their star players. 

The Seahawks were supposed to be rebuilding. Instead, they’re rebuilding your playoff predictions. If you told anyone (especially me) in August that Sam Darnold would be quarterbacking a 7–2 Seattle Seahawks team, they’d probably ask what you were drinking...and if it came in Seahawks blue.

It’s not every day that a move leaves the entire NFL community speechless, but that’s exactly what happened when the New York Jets traded cornerback Sauce Gardner to the Indianapolis Colts on the NFL's Trade Deadline Day. The news broke on what was already an emotional day for the Jets organization, and it immediately became one of the biggest shocks of the 2025 season.

With the National Football League heading into week nine, there have been some quarterbacks who have started to make their mark. Most importantly, the rookies have been showing why they’re so important to their franchise. Let’s take a look at some of the best rookie quarterbacks so far and their progression in the NFL. 

Last week, baseball fans were treated to the best two words in sports: Game 7. For many, the end of this World Series didn't just sting. It rekindled memories of past pains and reopened the wounds of some of the greatest collapses in sports history. Because in sports, the agony lingers longer than the celebration. Sometimes the pain is about more than the final score, as one team's triumph is forever linked to another's heartbreak.

Making a Super Bowl prediction this far out is a dangerous sport of its own. It’s like buying Halloween candy in August, too early, slightly delusional, but weirdly satisfying. Still, optimism is the fuel of football season, and I’m ready to ride the chaos train all the way to February. So here it is: Super Bowl LX, Detroit Lions vs. Buffalo Bills. And this time, the Lions actually finish the job.

The football world has been mourning the loss of Nick Mangold; one of the most respected, memorable, and adored players in New York Jets history. At just 41, Mangold passed away from complications with kidney disease, less than two weeks after he publicly shared what he was going through as he looked for a transplant.

College football used to be about geography. Rivalries were born out of proximity and state lines, as teams repeatedly battled familiar foes and nearby schools. Now in the era of super conferences, those regional bonds are being redrawn and, in some cases, erased entirely. Tradition has been put aside in the pursuit of better media deals and bigger television markets.

Week 6 in the NFL reminded everyone why you can never take a Sunday off. A few teams entered the weekend as heavy underdogs according to the odds, but by Sunday night, the betting lines didn’t matter. Underdogs not only covered the spread, they won outright, leaving fans, sportsbooks, and fantasy football teams in shock. Here’s a look at the biggest surprises that shook things up this week.

We've hit the midpoint of the 2025 SEC College football season, and the vibes are immaculate...