Matt Stover working as NFL ambassador, hopes to educate young players about financial responsibility (9/6/2012)
When Matt Stover first joined the Cleveland Browns in 1991, he didn't regard football as his permanent vocation...

Born to Kick? (9/6/2012)
Was Jan Stenerud born to split the uprights? Was Morten Andersen born to amass a ton of points over a lengthy kicking career? Was Adam Vinatieri born to come through in the clutch in big games? Probably not...

Panthers kicker Justin Medlock has advice for punter Brad Nortman (9/6/2012)
Kicker Justin Medlock and punter Brad Nortman had talked in recent weeks about the inevitable cuts the Carolina Panthers would have to make...

Tide kickers enjoy big night in Big D (9/6/2012)
Alabama's impressive performance against Michigan wasn't restricted to its offensive and defensive units. Punter Cody Mandell had a big game and distance placekicker Cade Foster made a 51-yard field goal as Alabama decidedly won the kicking game, too....

Much talk about kicking at SDSU (9/6/2012)
Coach discusses not kicking any PATs and possibly not kicking all year...

Ex-Cougars kicker Lindell set sights on NFL playoffs (9/2/2012)
Rian Lindell has a long list of accomplishments on his 12-year NFL resume, but the former Washington State University kicker wants more...

Slips don't always lead to a fall  (9/2/2012)
University of Iowa kicker Mike Meyer slipped a bit on the slick Soldier Field turf late yesterday afternoon. But the junior maintained his focus and succeeded on a 50-yard fourth-quarter field goal, matching a career-high in distance...

John Potter featured among Bills keepers (9/1/2012)
Now that we've cataloged the 21 players the Buffalo Bills released, let's take a look at who they kept...

Doherty has legs for double duty (9/1/2012)
Ron Doherty walked into the Kansas football complex with an icepack wrapped around his right thigh, a fitting look for the guy who will handle double duty as KU's punter and place kicker...

Texans' Graham knows job as kicker has to be earned every game (8/28/2012)
After his first practice as the only Texans kicker Monday, Shayne Graham was taking nothing for granted...

Billy Cundiff came to Redskins knowing the kicking job was his  (8/28/2012)
Just two days after he was released by the Baltimore Ravens, Billy Cundiff joined the Washington Redskins Tuesday with his place-kicking job for the regular season already secured. The Redskins released their incumbent kicker, Graham Gano, on Tuesday, signed Cundiff and handed him their kicking job for the Sept. 9 season opener at New Orleans...

Jets cut Josh Brown, giving Nick Folk kicking job (8/28/2012)
Nick Folk outkicked the competition again...

Carolina Panthers give Olindo Mare boot (8/28/2012)
Maybe now the boos will stop for Olindo Mare. A year after releasing popular placekicker John Kasay and signing Mare as his replacement, the Carolina Panthers have given Mare the boot, as well...

Super-sophomore kickers put Colorado special-team fears at rest (8/26/2012)
Colorado's J.D. Brookhart must have felt like one of the most fortunate special-teams coaches anywhere when a pair of fuzzy-cheeked freshmen, punter Darragh O'Neill and place-kicker Will Oliver, all but fell into Brookhart's lap last year...

Ole Miss football team solid at kicker, punter (8/26/2012)
First-year Ole Miss football coach Hugh Freeze is asked daily about his quarterbacks. And he's quizzed about injuries, the number of true freshman he's going to play, his depth at tight end, his linebackers. The list goes on and on. But until Tuesday morning, nobody had inquired about his starting punter and place-kicker....

Northern Michigan kicker Rockne Belmonte adds punting to repertoire (8/26/2012)
With limited minutes dedicated to special teams during daily practices, kickers and punters find themselves with time to kill throughout the season...

Texans-Saints game features kicker competitions (8/26/2012)
Garrett Hartley's name is etched into New Orleans Saints lore as the player whose kick sent the club to its only Super Bowl...

College kickers facing new rules, strategies (8/26/2012)
When the college football season kicks off this week, fans will notice a few differences. Starting with, well, the kickoff...

Kicker Billy Cundiff was cut Sunday by the Baltimore Ravens, who decided to keep rookie Justin Tucker instead of the former Pro Bowler  (8/26/2012)
Kicker Billy Cundiff was cut Sunday by the Baltimore Ravens, who decided to keep rookie Justin Tucker instead of the former Pro Bowler...

No surprise Ravens want Billy Cundiff to win kicking job  (8/23/2012)
Billy Cundiff continues to get a lot of hate from fans on talk radio and message boards, and we'll see what kind of reception he gets at M&T Bank Stadium tonight when the Ravens play the Jacksonville Jaguars in their third preseason game...