NFL Football TV Schedule

The NFL football season TV schedule for Monday Night Football, Sunday Night Football and Thursday Night Football for the 2012-2013 season will feature exciting games for the fans to enjoy as well as numerous AFC-NFC divisional rivals.

The first half of the NFL prime time TV schedule has provided thrilling games so far on the Monday Night and Sunday Night football schedule each week. IThe NFL Network has expanded its NFL TV schedule to 13 games this season.

In the second half of the NFL TV schedule you will see teams separate themselves as the push for the NFL playoffs get closer.

The Sunday Night football schedule on NBC becomes a “flex-schedule” late in the season as the network will showcase teams playing games that impact playoff positioning.

Check out the remaining NFL football weekly match-ups and game times to plan for your football week.

Game of the Week

San Francisco 49'ers @ Seattle Seahawks (Sunday Night Football-NBC) 12-23-2012

Saturday: Atlanta Falcons @ Detroit Lions (Monday Night Football-ESPN) 12-22-2012

NFL TV Schedule

 2012 ESPN Monday Night Football Schedule

Week 16: Atlanta Falcons @ Detroit Lions (Saturday Night Telecast)

2012 NBC Sunday Night Football Schedule

Week 16: San Francisco 49'ers @ Seattle Seahawks
Week 17: TBD

2012 NFL Network Thursday Night Football Schedule
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The NFL Playoffs Race is heating up as the NFL Football Season  hits the stretch run. Teh Houston Texans, Denver Broncos, New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens have secured a playoff berth in the AFC. The Indianapolis Colts, Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers are battling for the two wild card spots.
The NFC has the Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49'ers, and Green Bay Packers have secured their playoffs berths. The NFC West has the Forty-Niners and Seattle Seahawks playing this upcoming weekend in a game that could decide the NFC West division title as well as a playoff berth for the Seahawks.
The NFC East has three teams in a tie for the division lead. The Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants.
The Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears are still in the wild card chase in the NFC North division.

Hot Trends: Michael Schumacher still in critical condition

PARIS -- Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher was in critical condition after undergoing brain surgery following a weekend skiing accident that has stunned drivers, fans and athletes around the world.

The Grenoble University Hospital Center said the retired racing driver arrived at the clinic in a coma on Sunday and underwent immediate surgery for a serious head trauma.

It was not clear whether the 44-year-old Schumacher was still in a coma but the hospital statement, which was signed by a neurosurgeon, an anesthesiologist and Marc Penaud, the hospital's deputy director, said "he remains in a critical condition."

Schumacher fell while skiing off-piste in Meribel in the French Alps on Sunday morning and hit his head on a rock, according to a statement from the resort. Resort managers said he had been wearing a helmet and was conscious when rescuers first responded to the scene.

The Meribel resort initially said Schumacher had been taken to Grenoble for tests and authorities said his life was not in danger.

But the situation began to appear more serious when the resort said that orthopedic and trauma surgeon Gerard Saillant had traveled from Paris to the hospital in Grenoble to examine Schumacher. German news agency dpa said it was Saillant who operated on Schumacher when he broke his leg during a crash at the Silverstone race course in 1999.

In an email to The Associated Press, Schumacher's manager, Sabine Kehm, said the champion German driver was on a private skiing trip and "fell on his head."

"We ask for understanding that we cannot give running updates on his condition. He wore a helmet and was not alone," Kehm said. Schumacher's 14-year-old son, Mick, was skiing with his father when the accident happened, the resort said.

ESPN F1 reported that Schumacher's wife and children were at the hospital, along with Jean Todt, his former Ferrari team boss and now president of motorsport's governing body, the FIA. Ross Brawn, who worked with Schumacher at Ferrari and Mercedes F1 teams, was reportedly also at the hospital, where a gathering of media and fans was swelling.

As news of the accident spread, Formula One drivers used social media to wish Schumacher a quick recovery.

His former Ferrari teammate, Felipe Massa, who himself recovered from life-threatening head injuries sustained at the Hungarian Grand Prix in 2009, wrote on Instagram, "I am praying for you my brother!! I hope you have a quick recovery!! God bless you Michael."

British former world champion Jenson Button said posted that his "thoughts are with Michael Schumacher at this tough time. ... Michael more than anyone has the strength to pull through this."

Romain Grosjean of Lotus tweeted: "All our thoughts to Schumi and his family! Hope you will recover soon #legend #Schumi."

Support also came from leading German sports personalities, ranging from the NBA to soccer. Dallas Mavericks power forward Dirk Nowitzki said his thoughts were with Schumacher, while Lukas Podolski, who plays for Arsenal in the English Premier League, tweeted: "Bad news from Switzerland: please get well soon, Michael Schumacher. All the best for you, my friend! #getwellsoon #MichaelSchumacher."

Boris Becker, the retired tennis champion now working with Novak Djokovic, posted: "Let us all pray for realschumacher michael for a full and speedy recovery!!!"

In addition to the crash at Silverstone, Schumacher was hurt seriously in a motorcycling accident in February 2009 in Spain when he suffered neck and spine injuries. Those injuries prevented him making a shock comeback that year to stand in for the injured Massa, however he came back to the sport full time in 2010.

Schumacher is the most successful driver in Formula One history, with seven drivers' championships and 91 race wins. After initial success with the Benetton team, he moved to Ferrari and helped turn the Italian team into the sport's dominant force. After initially retiring in 2006, he made a comeback in 2010 and raced for three years with Mercedes

Hot Trends: Formula 1's Michael Schumacher in critical condition after skiing accident

(CNN) -- Michael Schumacher, the most successful driver in Formula 1 history and one of the world's highest-profile athletes, is in critical condition after suffering severe head trauma in a skiing accident in the French Alps on Sunday, hospital officials said.

The 44-year-old German, who retired from the elite motorsport for the second time in 2012, fell and hit his head on a rock, said the director of the Meribel resort where Schumacher was skiing.

Schumacher was in a coma when he arrived at the University Hospital Center of Grenoble and required immediate brain surgery, hospital officials said in a written statement.

Doctors haven't so far released further details about his injuries or prognosis, but an update is expected Monday.

Schumacher won a record seven world titles during his spectacular Formula 1 career and "also holds nearly every scoring record in the book by a considerable margin," according to the motorsport's official website.

He dominated the competition for the best part of a decade, winning five world championships in a row between 2000 and 2004.

Schumacher suffered serious injury once during his career in the high-speed sport, breaking his leg in a crash at the British Grand Prix in 1999. Wearing a helmet

His skiing accident happened while he was off-piste (on unmarked slopes) Sunday morning in the mountains between Georges Bauduis Piste and La Biche Piste, said resort director Christophe Gernignon-Lecomte.

Reputed to be a strong skier, the motor-racing star was wearing a helmet when he hit his head, Gernignon-Lecomte said. Rescuers reached him minutes later and airlifted him to a nearby hospital, he said.

The cause of the accident, which is being investigated by police, remains unclear, according to Gernignon-Lecomte.

Schumacher "was not alone" when he fell, his spokeswoman Sabine Kehm said in a statement. But nobody else was involved, she said.

The accident took place just days ahead of his 45th birthday on Friday. 'A great champion'

Former French Formula 1 driver Olivier Panis visited the hospital in Grenoble but was not able to see Schumacher, CNN affiliate BFM TV reported.

"I will come back tomorrow. Yes, I am worried," Panis told the affiliate

"I know that his family has arrived," he said. "As I am here in Grenoble, I want to come to him and say hello, for old times' sake. He is a great champion and someone very loved in Formula 1."

Schumacher has a wife, Corinna, and two children, Gina-Maria and Mick. His brother Ralf was also a Formula 1 driver.

Schumacher made his Formula 1 debut in 1991 and had won a record seven world titles -- five of them with Ferrari -- by the time he retired for the first time at the end of the 2006 championship.

During that period of temporary retirement, he was involved in a motorcycle crash in Spain in 2009 but escaped without serious injury.

He returned to the Formula 1 track with the revived Mercedes team in 2010, but struggled to repeat his earlier glories.

His best finish was third place at last year's European Grand Prix in Valencia, his only podium position in three seasons with the German manufacturer. 'A very good skier'

Sunday's accident occurred at a popular ski resort in an area known for its challenging slopes above the tree line.

"If you are anything less than a really experienced skier, it's very easy to lose your bearings, because you don't see much in the way of vegetation around you or anything else," said Paul Hochman, a former contributing editor at SKI Magazine. "It's just literally all white, all snow."

British journalist Kevin Garside told CNN that Schumacher is "a very good skier" but acknowledged that he is "fearless" -- like most Formula 1 drivers.

"These people don't recognize fear like you and I do. There is no gene in their body that lets them go slow," Garside said.

"Schumacher wasn't a skier when he joined Ferrari (in 1996), but by the end he was excellent," he said. "Each year Ferrari used to have a media week in the Alps in Italy and they would always have a race -- and it was always Schumacher who won. He was a genuinely quick skier.

"But he was always very mindful of the danger around him," Garside added. "I approached him for an interview at the top of the slope, and he said it would have to be quick as he wanted to check the piste. That meant he wanted to make sure he understood the slopes, the cambers, even though it was only a fun race."

CNN's Elwyn Lopez, Jonathan Mann and Christina Macfarlane contributed to this report.

Hot Trends: Kyle Orton: “I just threw a bad pass”

Posted by Michael David Smith on December 30, 2013, 6:32 AM EST





Cowboys quarterback Kyle Orton threw an interception to seal a loss - and end Dallas's season - late in the fourth quarter on Sunday night. Afterward he said no one deserves blame but himself.

Orton said his pass to Miles Austin at the end of the game was the same play the Cowboys had just run on a touchdown pass to Dez Bryant. But this time it didn't work.

"I just threw a bad pass," Orton said. "Miles ran a great route. It was the same play we scored on the play before, went to Miles this time. I just threw it behind him and the guy made a nice catch of the ball."

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said he thought Orton played well, overall, although Jones is obviously not pleased with the end result.

"It's extremely disappointing for our fans," Jones said. "I thought Kyle Orton, even though he ended up with the two interceptions, I thought if he could play a game, the way Kyle played tonight, I thought we had a good chance to win it, especially backed up by the kind of defense we played tonight. This is very disappointing."

It's very disappointing to everyone in Dallas that the Cowboys are, for the third straight year, 8-8.

Hot Trends: Rapper Kayo Redd, Waka Flocka Flame's Younger Brother, Dead

Rapper Kayo Redd, younger brother of hip-hop star Waka Flocka Flame, died yesterday in Atlanta.

Redd recently released a mixtape, Redd Kisses, and promoted it just hours before he died. The cause of his death has not been officially released; conflicting reports pin it to a shooting in his old neighborhood or suicide. The latter has been reported with an alleged, distraught tweet from Waka that is no longer visible in his feed. Waka Flocka Flame's Home Raided

Waka Flocka took to Twitter yesterday to mourn his sibling, first posting, "God please bless me." About seven hours later, he added, "Ya Big Brother love you Kayo" and posted a 15-second photo montage of Redd. Their mother, Debra Antney, also eulogized Redd last night with a single post: "I just lost another son."

The personal tragedy is the latest in a series for Waka Flocka, who lost another brother in a car accident when he was 13; Antney told that the loss caused the future rapper to act out and blame himself. In 2011, Slim Dunkin, a member of Waka's Brick Squad Monopoly crew and a frequent collaborator, was murdered during an argument in a recording studio.

member of Waka Flocka Flame's Brick Squad crew

member of Waka Flocka Flame's Brick Squad crew

member of Waka Flocka Flame's Brick Squad crew





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Hot Trends: Chiefs should have gotten another chance to boot Steelers into playoffs

Posted by Mike Florio on December 30, 2013, 12:18 AM EST





At a time when plenty of Steelers fans are griping about the decision to wipe what would have been a game-clinching fumble return off the scoreboard in overtime of the contest between the Chiefs-Chargers, all Steelers fans should be complaining about the failure of the officials to miss a blatant foul as the Chiefs tried to win in regulation.

As kicker Ryan Succop lined up on the right hash mark to try a 41-yard field goal with eight seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, seven Chargers positioned themselves on the line of scrimmage to the left of the long snapper. But a new provision added this year by the NFL to Rule 9, Section 1, Article 3 states that "[n]o more than six Team B players may be on the line of scrimmage on either side of the snapper at the snap" when Team A lines up in a conventional field goal formation.

Per a league source with knowledge of the situation, the NFL believes a flag should have been thrown. The league office could acknowledge the error publicly as soon as Monday.

The seven Chargers lined up to the left of the Chiefs snapper in plain view of at least two members of referee Bill Leavy's crew. If the officials had called a penalty for illegal formation, the Chiefs would have had another chance to make what would have been the game-winning kick.

Succop's shot at immediate redemption would have come from 36 yards out, with four seconds on the clock. If good, the Chargers most likely would have had no time left for a Stanford-band attempt to win the game.

While it's impossible to know whether Succop would have made his Mulligan, the point is that he should have had a second chance, due to the San Diego penalty that somehow wasn't called. If Succop had converted, the Steelers would be celebrating one of the most unlikely playoff berths in franchise history, courtesy of Week 17 losses by the Ravens, Dolphins, and Chargers.

Instead, Steelers fans will spend the offseason wondering whether their team could have replicated what the Steelers accomplished in 2005, when Pittsburgh parlayed the No. 6 seed into the long-coveted One for the Thumb.

Hot Trends: Former F1 champion Michael Schumacher critically injured while skiing

FILE: Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher of Germany speeds down a course in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy in 2006.AP





FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 file photo, Mercedes Grand Prix driver Michael Schumacher of Germany, looks on ahead the Belgium Formula One Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps circuit , Belgium. French radio says retired Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has been injured in a skiing accident. RMC radio reported Sunday Dec. 29, 2013 that the seven-time champion had fallen while skiing off-piste at the French Alpine resort of Meribel. The radio quoted resort director Christophe Gernigon-Lecomte as saying that Schumacher was wearing a helmet when he fell and hit a rock.(AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)The Associated Press





FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006 file photo provided by the Ferrari press office, Formula One driver Michael Schumacher of Germany speeds down a course in the Madonna di Campiglio ski resort, in the Italian Alps . French radio says retired Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has been injured in a skiing accident. RMC radio reported Sunday Dec. 29, 2013 that the seven-time champion had fallen while skiing off-piste at the French Alpine resort of Meribel. The radio quoted resort director Christophe Gernigon-Lecomte as saying that Schumacher was wearing a helmet when he fell and hit a rock. (AP Photo/Ferrari, File)The Associated Press

Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is in critical condition after he suffered a head injury in a skiing accident in the French Alps Sunday.

The hospital where he is being treated, The French Mountain Gendarmerie, said the 44-year-old arrived in a coma and underwent brain surgery after sustaining a serious head trauma.

The hospital said Schumacher was wearing a helmet when he had a hard fall at the Meribel resort. In a statement, the resort said Schumacher was conscious when rescuers arrived on the scene.

Additionally, orthopedic and trauma surgeon Gerard Saillant had traveled from Paris to the Grenoble hospital to examine Schumacher. German news agency dpa said it was Saillant who operated on Schumacher when he broke his leg during a crash at the Silverstone race course in 1999.

In an email to The Associated Press, Schumacher's manager Sabine Kehm said the retired driver was on a private skiing trip and "fell on his head."

"We ask for understanding that we cannot give running updates on his condition. He wore a helmet and was not alone," Kehm said. Schumacher's 14-year-old son was skiing with his father when the accident happened, the resort said.

In addition to the crash at Silverstone, Schumacher was hurt seriously in a motorcycling accident in February 2009 in Spain when he suffered neck and spine injuries. He recovered sufficiently from those injuries to make a comeback in F1.

Schumacher retired in 2006 after winning five straight titles with Ferrari following two earlier ones with Benetton. He came back to the sport in 2010 and drove for three seasons for Mercedes without much success before retiring again last year. The Associated Press contributed to this report