It's said the NFL is a young man’s game. Even though this has always been true, it’s perhaps even more so in today’s day and age of year in, year out turbulence in the National Football League. There are two kinds of bad football teams: The first is a rebuilding franchise that simply doesn’t have much talent, and the second is a team that has veteran talent that has simply passed the expiration ...

Editor's Note: On Saturday, Feb. 4, The Salem News was granted exclusive access to the St. John's Prep hockey team for its home game against Austin Prep at the Ristuccia Memorial Arena in Wilmington. Sports editor Phil Stacey and staff photographer David Le spent the day with the Eagles players and coaches, witnessing everything from pre-game meetings to being inside the team's locker room ...

The Detroit Lions are, for once, succeeding in their rebuilding effort. How do I know? A good sign of a stable, talented team is when it's easy to predict starters from one year to the next. Three years ago, head coach Jim Schwartz took the Lions into training camp with the notion that every job on the roster was up for grabs. Not just the starters, all  the jobs. Even Matthew Stafford was ...