Kicking Competition's a 'Blast' for Folk (8/23/2012)
The two have been battling since before the first day of camp at SUNY Cortland, and it's somewhat sad that the competition has to end...

Kickology: Leg Speed (8/23/2012)
"Big leg". "Strong leg". It is not uncommon to see and hear these descriptions used regarding a kicker that gets good distance on the ball. But as any kicker or their coach will tell you, "fast leg" is more accurate...

Brown: 'A Whole New Awakening Here' (8/23/2012)
Many would expect a 10th-year NFL player to have experienced everything the professional game has to offer...

A conversation with Cleveland's Phil Dawson (8/23/2012)
Phil Dawson has to be a freak of nature, or he's simply extremely talented. In his first 12 seasons in the league, he made 10 field goals of 50 yards or longer...

BYU kicker Sorensen's workload way down, but optimism up, heading to season opener (8/23/2012)
Justin Sorensen says with ease, especially at this stage in his college career, 90 percent of kicking is mental...

Vikings rookie kicker Walsh quickly discovers he's an avid indoorsman  (8/21/2012)
Blair Walsh never had been inside the Metrodome before Friday. His first impressions?...

Renaud kicking up a storm for Bombers (8/21/2012)
Mike Renaud has made the seamless transition from question mark to bright spot...

Fans favor Wing (8/21/2012)
On a team full of nationally known college football players, LSU's Brad Wing has become a rock star...

Michigan punter Will Hagerup more careful about where he steps (8/21/2012)
Will Hagerup began at Michigan in 2010 with a heavy burden: He was replacing punting great Zoltan Mesko...

Gano patiently waiting for his turn (8/21/2012)
Through two preseason games, the Redskins' kicking competition has yet to gain any traction...

Punter Reggie Hodges plans to make up for lost 2011 season (8/21/2012)
A year ago, Reggie Hodges was watching the Browns prepare for the regular season, sitting on the sideline, and dwelling on a single thought: He should be out there...

Ryan Donahue leads Lions' punter race by a foot ... or does he?  (8/21/2012)
Ryan Donahue missed half of his rookie season with a strained right quadriceps muscle that turned out to be torn, but the second-year Lions punter found enough learning moments in a limited sample size to say he came back "tons better" this year...

The Revenge of the K-ball (8/21/2012)
Back in the day, one of our first series of posts explored the K-ball used on kicking plays in the NFL since 1999...

Getting her kicks (8/19/2012)
As the only female on Paragould's football team, senior Emily Guinn already stands out...

University of Memphis kicker Paulo Henriques seeks strong senior season  (8/19/2012)
Paulo Henriques didn't feel as if he let his team down last fall, but the University of Memphis kicker knew he didn't want to repeat what was a subpar junior season...

Lawrence Tynes Focused on Improving  (8/19/2012)
New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra once said of statistics that they are like bikinis. "They show you a lot by not everything."...

Kickology: Drop Kicks, part 1 (8/19/2012)
On January 1, 2006, something unusual happened. The setting was an extra point attempt during an NFL game between New England and the Miami Dolphins...

Punters embrace friendly competition (8/19/2012)
Through two preseason games, little separates Panthers punting candidates Nick Harris and Brad Nortman...

Top Tier All American Watchlist  (8/19/2012)
Two solid days (July 7 & 8th in St. Paul, Minnesota; July 28th & 29th in Tampa Florida) of grueling testing in the sweltering summer heat culminated in this group of candidates for a Special Teams All American list which will be determined by their actual 2012 football season performance...

Griz kickers trying to be special again (8/18/2012)
With each field goal attempt during Montana's Thursday morning football practice, the distance grew longer and the teammates got louder...