infatuated with the idea '; of signing Manning should he part ways with the Colts. Per Jackson, Ross and the Dolphins believe they have a good chance at landing Manning because he owns a condo...

Tom Brady out of the clutches of the Giants' fearsome pass rushers will occupy most of Bill O'Brien's waking hours this week, and who knows how many of his dreams.But it's not his...

Tom Brady told the pep rally before leaving New England for the Super Bowl? He got `em riled up by saying he hoped to come back as a winner, greeted by an even larger crowd.Wait, don't yawn!...

Dan Connolly barely gets noticed when he does his best work, a 313-pound center surrounded by wide bodies trying to control the line of scrimmage.It took just one play, though, lasting perhaps 10...

This Super Bowl certainly has all the makings of another thriller, the perfect finish to a season that began in turmoil and wound up the most successful in league...

Baldwin started by walking into the glittery crowd, handing a football to Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers and asking the AP NFL Most Valuable Player to sign...

This week, as 150,000 visitors descended on a new, vibrant district before Super Bowl Sunday, even cynics agreed that the city had successfully shed its image as a bastion of boredom in what was once...

Aaron Rodgers has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player award in a landslide.Rodgers earned 48 votes to two for New Orleans...

San Diego Chargers have hired Joe Barry as linebackers coach.Barry spent the last two seasons as linebackers coach at Southern California. Before that, he spent nine seasons as an NFL assistant...

Peyton Manning did exactly that Saturday night when the NFL Most Valuable Player accepted the trophy from the only four-time winner of the award.The Green Bay quarterback won the 2011 Associated...

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Tiquan Underwood has been cut by the Patriots less than 24 hours before the big game -- bad news for him, of course, but a move that increases the...

Kansas City Chiefs the past three years.The Raiders announced the move Friday.Hoffman joins the staff of new coach Dennis Allen after 22 seasons as an NFL assistant, including 16 as kicking coach of...

Aldon Smith for the 2011 Associated Press NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award.Miller, the No. 2 overall pick in the draft, sparked a defensive turnaround in Denver with his steady and sometimes...

Curtis Martin has gone from the mean streets of Pittsburgh to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.The star running back with the Patriots and Jets for 11 seasons was one of six players elected Saturday to...

Matthew Stafford has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Comeback Player of the Year award.Stafford beat out six other players who received votes from a nationwide panel of 50 media members who...

Jim Harbaugh has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year award for leading the 49ers back to the playoffs.In his first season as an NFL coach, Harbaugh guided the 49ers to a 13-3 mark and...

The National Football League's Defensive Rookie of the Year named by the Associated Press and selected each year by a nationwide panel of sportwriters and broadcasters:2011...

Dermontti Dawson Center6-2, 2881988-2000 Pittsburgh Steelers. ... 13 seasons, 184 games.Selected by Pittsburgh in second round (44th overall) of 1988 draft. ... Started five of eight games played as...

The National Football League's Offensive Rookie of the Year named by The Associated Press and selected each year by a nationwide panel of sportwriters and broadcasters:2011...

Cam Newton has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award.Newton is the second straight No. 1 overall draft pick to take the honor in voting by a nationwide panel of 50...

Deion Branch , either. He was the Super Bowl MVP when the Patriots beat the Eagles 24-21 seven years ago for their third championship in four years. He's been overlooked a bit this season,...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Unlike four years ago when they dressed in black suits as a symbol of unity before facing the undefeated Patriots, the Giants returned to the Super Bowl this time with no sartorial...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Here we go again.Four years after what many consider the best finish in Super Bowl history, the Giants and Patriots are facing off once more for the NFL championship. While there are...

INDIANAPOLIS — The hype can blind you at the Super Bowl, of course. For instance, this year I would say that most people I run across think that the New York Giants will beat New England on...

Steve Gleason can't help but wonder whether his football career contributed to his debilitating and ultimately fatal neuromuscular disease.Yet Gleason still loves the game and has found the NFL...

In what could be the Jayhawks' final game at Missouri, the No. 4 Tigers scored the final 11 points in the last 2:05 to come from behind and beat their archrivals 74-71 on Saturday night for only...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Drew Brees' record-setting season has earned the New Orleans quarterback the 2011 Associated Press NFL Offensive Player of the Year...

via @MikeGiardi Someone behind the New York Giants’ website tried to play sports Nostradamus on Saturday, prematurely declaring the Giants champions of Sunday’s Super Bowl match with the...

From the archives: San Francisco Forty Niner assistant running backs coach Jason Tarver watches the game against the Atlanta Falcons with quarterback Ken Dorsey Sunday September 12, 2004 at 3-Com...

Peyton Manning and the franchise quarterback's future in Indianapolis, the Colts owner quickly tossed the football to a real politician."When I was asked about Peyton, I was going to say...

Baltimore center Matt Birk is the Walter Payton Man of the Year for 2011, the NFL announced Saturday. Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers was one of three...

arrives on the red carpet. Updated: 10:15 p.m. INDIANAPOLIS -- The Bengals may have been shut out of the NFL's major awards Saturday night, but their magic carpet ride of a season continued on...

Jim Harbaugh, whose strategic wizardry and catchy slogans propelled the 49ers to the brink of the Super Bowl, was honored as the NFL coach of the year Saturday night at a lavish ceremony in...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Baltimore linebacker Terrell Suggs, the most dynamic player on the Ravens' staunch defense, has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year...

Aaron Rodgers has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player award in a landslide. Rodgers earned 48 votes to two for New Orleans...

Drew Brees ' record-setting season has earned the New Orleans quarterback the 2011 Associated Press NFL Offensive Player of the Year award. Brees...

Rodgers earned 48 votes to two for New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees in balloting by a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the NFL. The Packers star is the first Green Bay...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The links and lakes were appealing to Jack Del Rio, just not as enticing as the green grass and white lines of the football field where he's spent most of his life.So, after...

Chicago Bears , and team president Ted Phillips loved his attention to detail and his toughness from his days as a strength and conditioning coach at Navy.That's how Emery became the top choice...