Detroit Lions kicker Jake Bates’ success in the UFL provided a path to the NFL. Gregory Shamus / Getty Images The spring football league that pioneered the dynamic kickoff concept now used in the NFL ...

Jets kicker Nick Folk (6) celebrates with teammates after narrowly hitting a 56-yard field goal as time expired to beat the Falcons on Sunday. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Nick Folk had already atoned for ...

Four-point field goals are coming to football soon. No, not in the NFL (at least not yet), but to the United Football League (UFL), formerly known as the XFL. The UFL announced Tuesday a number of its ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — The UFL won't allow punts after a team crosses the 50-yard line until late in each half and is making all field goals 60 yards or longer worth four points in the innovative spring ...

SEATTLE — Jason Myers kicked a franchise-record six field goals, including a 56-yarder with 29 seconds left, and the Seattle Seahawks outlasted 44-year-old quarterback Philip Rivers and the ...

ATLANTA (AP) — A Los Angeles Rams team that spent most of the season competing for the best record in the NFL now is third in its division, saddled with a two-game losing streak and bound to open the ...

Everyone in and around the husky football program always knew that kicker Grady Gross had one of the biggest legs in the country, but he rarely got the chance to show it off. Earlier this week, the ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) Nick Folk had already atoned for his first field goal miss of the season. With the game on the line, he kicked the New York Jets to a comeback victory. Folk lined a ...