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The first Sunday of the 2013 NFL season means packed sports bars and optimism...unless you live in Jacksonville. (At least you have sunshine?) Here's our animated GIF wrap-up of Week 1 moments that didn't affect the scores of the games but may have led to some therapy for the players involved.

The NFL begins its 2013 season this week with all 32 teams in action. Week 1 is stacked with intriguing games. Here's what we'll be watching:

It seems the big question this pre-season for the New England Patriots has been whether or not QB Tim Tebow would make the final 53 man roster. We just got that answer.

The New England Patriots have made their final two cuts to get down to the league-mandated 75-man roster and quarterback Tim Tebow is still a member of the team.

If we could just bottle this time of year up and let it loose during cabin fever in February. Summer is still in full swing , the baseball pennant races are heating up and the NFL is gearing up to kickoff their season! Get extra batteries for the remote control!

Football is a contact sport, even if you’re one of the reporters covering the game.

The NFL regular season kicks off in about three weeks and many across Central Maine will be playing in their weekly office pools. We here at B-98.5 are taking your weekly office pool, to a whole new level! Sign-up now to play the B-98.5 Pro Football Pick'em Contest!

Yesterday I picked who I thought were going to win each divisions in the NFL’s AFC , so today ,let’s take a look at the NFC Divisions. These maybe a little tougher but we’ll start in the East.

Watch 5-year-old cancer survivor, Ryan Encinas, rush for a touchdown during the Cleveland Browns' 'Family Night' practice. Ryan is celebrating two years in remission from cancer after responding well to treatment. He was selected to participate by the 'Littlest Heroes' program.

Nat Geo’s fourth annual ‘Big Cat Week’ will air this November and will be titled ‘Man vs. Cheetah’ and will feature two NFL speedsters racing against a cheetah. Four legs against two, the fastest in the NFL against the fastest in the animal kingdom.

Several published reports are circulating today that New England Patriots' tight end Aaron Hernandez could be arrested in connection with the death of a Boston man.

Former Jets backup quarterback and media lightning rod Tim Tebow has found a new home in the National Football League.

Pat Summerall, the voice of the NFL in the 1970s and 1980s and who announced 16 Super Bowls, died Tuesday, April 16. He was 82.

The Denver Broncos are making some big moves this NFL off-season, and on Wednesday they may have made the biggest move of all: signing Wes Welker to a two-year deal.

Wide receiver Wes Welker is leaving our New England Patriots. Free agency began yesterday and reports say Welker was not happy with the Pats initial offer and has now accepted a 2 year, $12 million deal with the Denver Broncos.

At the recent NFL Scouting Combine, at least one player claims that he was asked, essentially, whether or not he was gay. Now an NFL spokesperson has said that the league will investigate such claims.