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Robert Griffin III threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Pierre Garcon early in the fourth quarter, and the Washington Redskins held on to beat the New York Giants, 17-16 in Landover, Md. on Monday night.

Sadly, we’ve come to the end of another exciting regular season in college football. Unless you are Notre Dame or Alabama, you are left wondering what might have been. Yet, despite the sadness inherent in the end of the season, there was still a lot of excitement this week—and of course bowl season still ahead of us. Here are all the highlights from this week in the Top 25:

Casper (Wyo.) Police Saturday revealed additional details that emerged in Friday's murder-suicide at Casper College.

As reported earlier, a member of the Kansas City Chiefs committed suicide Saturday morning. While no motive has been released, the player's name and more details in the tragedy have emerged. Linebacker Jovan Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend before driving to the Chiefs' practice facility at Arrowhead Stadium and shooting himself in front of Coach Romeo Crennel and manager Scott Pioli... Read

When a successful quarterback goes down with an injury, he has every reason to expect his job back when he returns. Alex Smith, though, is riding the bench.

Most major college football conferences will anoint their champions this weekend, and Major League Soccer will award the 2012 MLS Cup. Here's what to watch this weekend:

Ever wonder just how efficient your state government is? It can be tough to figure, as there really aren't too many tools out there that provide up-to-the-minute report cards on our local leaders.

Several teams can clinch playoff spots this week, as the NFL enters the stretch run of the 2012 season. Here's a preview of this week's games:

The holiday season presents a bit of a greeting conundrum. Do you say "Merry Christmas" or "Happy holidays"? This decision weighs particularly heavily on retailers, who want to use verbiage that encourages the widest swath of Americans to spend money at their stores.

Some of the biggest offenders in Major League Baseball's so-called "steroid era" are set to be on the Hall of Fame ballot this year. Should they make it in?

Cam Newton threw two touchdown passes and ran for two more scores, and the Carolina Panthers beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 30-22, in Philadelphia on Monday night.

McDonald's seems to be following the old "toss enough stuff at the walls and see what sticks" adage, as the burger chain recently announced that it will be testing three new variations of its infamous Quarter Pounder: habanero ranch, deluxe and bacon cheese, starting this week.