Former Illini football star Neil Rackers celebrates his 33rd birthday today. He set Illinois football's season scoring mark as a senior in 1999, connecting on 20 of 25 field goal tries and all 35 ...

Neil Rackers was great in 2005. Statistically, the best ever. He went to the Pro Bowl and, arguably, there was no one better in the game. But the resume the Cardinals’ kicker built was one he had to ...

Loyalty is big to Neil Rackers. That's the reason the former Illini will be with the Arizona Cardinals today, kicking in his first Super Bowl. In 2005, Rackers was a Pro Bowl pick and had the option ...

The Redskins cut 13 players, traded another and put OT Jammal Brown on the reserve/physically unable to perform list to get down to the NFL's mandatory roster size of 75 players Monday. Notable cuts: ...

The Texans are fixing to have an old fashion kicker competition. Houston signed Neil Rackers Monday, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Rackers and Kris Brown will battle all summer for the gig. Brown ...

When free agent kicker Jay Feely agreed to a deal with the Cardinals today, it marked the end of the Neil Rackers era in Arizona. But there are differing accounts of why Rackers is on the way out. The ...

The Redskins cut veteran placekicker Neil Rackers, giving their starting job to incumbent Graham Gano, and traded veteran CB Kevin Barnes to Detroit for undisclosed compensation. Barnes told the ...

Not only has Cardinals Pro Bowl kicker Neil Rackers had his equipment sent to the Pro Football Hall of Fame after his recordbreaking season, now he’s advanced to the "Final Four" of the NFL’s Sexiest ...

Former Arizona Cardinals kicker Neil Rackers is a busy guy these days. He's been working on some landscaping, coaching high school football where he lives in the St. Louis area, selling roofs and ...

As Neil Rackers stood alongside the fields at Redskins Park after practice recently, playing with his children and talking to his wife, he waved over Graham Gano. The other members of the Rackers ...