Long time 4th Down Sports kicker approaches NCAA mark...
December 27, 2006

The key to consistently making field goals, says Brandon Pace, is being able to visualize what you're about to do. See it happen in your mind, then make it happen with your foot.

But Pace never saw this coming. MORE...

Coach Renner works with Calgary Stampede
May 24, 2006

Here's the skinny on the Calgary Stampeders kicking game.

Both guys are just that, a little skinnier than a year ago, when placekicker Sandro DeAngelis and punter Burke Dales earned the jobs as rookies. MORE...

Once-bemoaned Brady Improving By a Bunch
October 14, 2005

Phil Brady never heard the grumbling or the moaning coming from the West Virginia fans. But it was there. MORE...

Renner Teaches Much More Than Punting
Febuary 14, 2005

There's an unwritten rule among NFL kickers: keep quiet, keep out of the way, and don’t bother the rest of the team. MORE...

Pinciaro Helps Pace Keep Kickin'
December 28, 2004

Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer is known far and wide as a special teams guru. When something goes awry in the kicking game, Beamer always jokes with the media that his wife, Cheryl, has suggested that he fire the kicking coach, which happens to be him. MORE...

Perhaps it's more than the steeliness he learned at age 8, kneeling in Florida groves all day and picking oranges and grapefruits until his entire body ached. Perhaps it's more than the aggression he acquired through southern-fried football, at Bartow and Lake Gibson high schools in Florida's famed Polk County, then at the University of Mississippi. Perhaps it's more than the studiousness and diligence he began to display upon first signing with the Steelers four years ago as an undrafted free-agent. MORE...

Teams such as the Cardinals, Falcons, Eagles, Texans and Dolphins that have kickers who can kick off into the end zone have an underrated and significant advantage. MORE...

Terre Haute, Ind., native Steve Weatherford sure has something to smile about these days. The 6-foot-4-inch, 210-pounder has undeniably been a standout on the Illini roster for the past two-and-a-half seasons. MORE...