Playoff contests hardly resemble regular-season matchups.    From Wordnik.com.  [In New Jersey, It's Thuds Versus Pings] Reference

"I'm approaching it like it's a regular-season game," Thomas said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Devin Thomas on his status: 'I don't really know'] Reference

They gameplan a bit more and try to mimic regular-season scenarios.    From Wordnik.com.  [Devin Thomas on his status: 'I don't really know'] Reference

McNabb has the most regular-season wins of any QB in franchise history.    From Wordnik.com.  [Still in Shock] Reference

He's been a starter in 79 of the team's last 80 regular-season contests.    From Wordnik.com.  [Giants Offense Hit With Bevy of Injuries] Reference

(Yankees 4, Giants 2) 1952: The Dodgers had won 105 regular-season games.    From Wordnik.com.  [Let's Go To The Videotape] Reference

The last time the regular-season schedule ended on a day other than Sunday was 1990.    From Wordnik.com.  [2011 MLB schedule influenced by past weather issues, future possibilities] Reference

Shanahan added that McNabb would not have played had this been a regular-season game.    From Wordnik.com.  [Donovan McNabb out for Redskins-Jets game] Reference

With an 18-game schedule, last weekend would have been the first regular-season games.    From Wordnik.com.  [Money trumps all] Reference

His Orange won 19 regular-season games last year, but were left out of the NCAA tournament.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Joke: Championship Basketball in New York] Reference

It is a precarious stance, one that could be quickly undone with a bad regular-season start.    From Wordnik.com.  [To Sign Revis,] Reference

The New York Jets said Friday the band will play during their regular-season opener Sept. 13.    From Wordnik.com.  [Green Day To Play Jets' Opening Day] Reference

The owners and the league want more regular-season games for one very simple reason: revenue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wrong in so many ways] Reference

The Jets haven't played a regular-season game yet and they already lead the NFL in complaints.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jets complaints draw NFL's attention] Reference

Absent overtime, regular-season NFL games virtually never go much past 3 hours and 15 minutes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Better hope the Ravens game ends on time] Reference

Within days, the 5 – 4 game was being called the greatest regular-season contest ever played.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Miracle Season] Reference

If he stays out of trouble, Vick could be cleared to play in regular-season games by mid - October.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 27, 2009] Reference

The Jets 'run to the AFC Championship game last January masked Mr. Sanchez's regular-season struggles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Keeping His Celebrity in Perspective] Reference

And the preseason games and first regular-season game would seem to indicate that they still have the need.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vincent Jackson's suspension could drop to four games] Reference

Now nobody confuses these Reebok Summer League encounters with the rigors of regular-season NBA competition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starr Gazing: King James] Reference

REUTERS New York Giants fans celebrate the team's first regular-season touchdown in New Meadowlands Stadium.    From Wordnik.com.  [Giants Beat Panthers in Opener] Reference

Don't be confused by that experimental performance art they roll out for 41 regular-season games each season.    From Wordnik.com.  [First the Playoffs, Then the Big Prize] Reference

Football fans know perfectly well that there are three possible outcomes to a regular-season game: win, lose or tie.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Football Election] Reference

They are 12 points ahead of third place, and look to have their best regular-season finish in at least nine seasons.    From Wordnik.com.  [At Last, Red Bulls are Relevant] Reference

It's easier to make things work during a sparsely attended preseason game than during a packed regular-season opener.    From Wordnik.com.  [Redskins tackle FedEx Field customer service] Reference

He's the NFL's leader in nearly every significant passing category and the winningest regular-season quarterback ever.    From Wordnik.com.  [Favre Makes Vikings Return Official] Reference

Still, in the post-merger NFL only two teams have won every regular-season game, the 1972 Dolphins and the 2007 Patriots.    From Wordnik.com.  [Giants Say Sunday's Opener A Big Deal] Reference

He retired with an extraordinary NHL triple: most regular-season victories, most playoff victories and most championships.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Best In Sports] Reference

Both Revell and Mason played basketball this winter, helping the Bobcats (12-12) win the Cedar Run's regular-season title.    From Wordnik.com.  [Revell, Mason choose preferred walk-on status] Reference

That upset marked only the fifth time since 1968 that the team with the best regular-season record lost in the first round.    From Wordnik.com.  [Halak steals Game 6 from Caps] Reference

He intercepted 37 passes during his NFL career, including six in 1976, when the Raiders had a regular-season record of 13-1.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jack Tatum dies; Oakland Raiders 'Assassin' was 61] Reference

In 72 regular-season appearances, he had thrown more than 30 pitches in a game only four times; he had gone over 40 pitches only once.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Miracle Season] Reference

STATS, Inc., in suburban Chicago, uses a network of 500 reporters to chart every detail of the 2,106 regular-season major-league games.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stats: Now Batting Cleanup] Reference

"I think I'll be over it," said Moreno, who couldn't guarantee his availability for the Sept. 12 regular-season opener in Jacksonville.    From Wordnik.com.  [Knowshon Moreno Returns To Broncos Practice] Reference

The Redskins plan to unveil more of their new scheme during the regular-season opener Sept. 12 against the Dallas Cowboys at FedEx Field.    From Wordnik.com.  [Defense snagging more turnovers with new mindset] Reference

The Steelers and every other team can simply cut the price of the preseason games in half and add 12 percent to each regular-season game.    From Wordnik.com.  [Less is more] Reference

We don't have NFL Europe any longer because we reevaluated our entire strategy and that's how we came up with our regular-season NFL games.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exclusive Q&A: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell] Reference