Football

The Missoula Phoenix Football team open their 2012 season this Saturday night vs their arch rival the Bitterroot Blaze. Before the game, the Phoenix will host their second annual Easter egg hunt with 20,000 eggs! The hunt starts at 5 and the game at 6… both are FREE to all who would like to attend! ...

UM President Dr. Royce Engstrom has announced that former UM associate head coach Mick Delaney will serve as the Grizzlies’ interim head football coach, while Jean Gee has been selected as the school’s interim athletic director. Delaney recently concluded his fourth season as an assistant coach at Montana and working with the running backs, and was the associate head coach. A veteran mentor,

While the surprising news is still sinking in with much of Griz nation, the first interviews with the men at the center of the incident have surfaced.

Big Brothers & Big Sisters held a fundraiser recently. It was a Missoula version of “Dancing With The Stars”. One of the dancers was a former Grizzly football player who went on to play for the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL.

The Denver Broncos traded quarterback Tim Tebow to the New York Jets for a fourth-round draft pick in Wednesday's draft, an ESPN source says.

Free agent quarterback Peyton Manning will reportedly sign with the Denver Broncos. Representatives of Manning and the team are finalizing the structure of a contract reported to worth $90 million over five years.

4 time Superbowl winner Rocky Bleier was in town this past weekend.

The Ovando and Helville communities are pulling together for one of their own.  The residents are holding a pot luck dinner and silent auction/auction this Friday for Todd Voss.

University of Montana head football coach Robin Pflugrad signed 23 new athletes yesterday to play Grizzly football, seven of which are from Montana.

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!... And your input too. Hey, with the long, plentiful commercial breaks, extended halftime and everything else, the big game is typically at least a V-hour time investment, so you want it to be memorable, right? Here's my best (and worst) V Super Bowls. I'd love to know yours!

Even if you wouldn't know a quarterback from quarter-pounder with cheese, you can still enjoy watching the biggest game in football. Just follow these simple tips to ensure that your Super Bowl experience is a winning endeavor.

While the Giants and the Patriots prepare to tangle in the Super Bowl, the rest of us continue to prepare for one of this country’s annual rites: the Super Bowl party.