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The Patriots got exactly what they wanted when the Giants threw to Mario Manningham on New York's last Super Bowl drive.

Modified: 02/10/12 01:34:43 PM

Several Tampa area news outlets are reporting that former UNC football coach Butch Davis could soon join the Tampa Bays Buccaneers staff.

Modified: 02/10/12 12:59:58 PM

Colts quarterback Peyton Manning and Rockies outfielder Todd Helton have been working out at Duke this week, an athletic department spokesman says Thursday.

Modified: 02/10/12 05:31:15 AM

It appears Santonio Holmes is sticking around - just as the New York Jets said he would.

Modified: 02/08/12 10:50:25 PM

The strangest coaching decision during Super Bowl week wasn't when Bill Belichick ordered his defense to act like matadors and wave Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw by for a touchdown from 6 yards out with less than a minute left in the game. That's just the one people will remember. The really odd one came four days earlier when the uber-prepared Patriots coach, anticipating a halftime show that would dictate a 30-minute intermission rather than the usual 12, ordered his players to take a break from practicing football and practice sitting in the locker room for a half-hour instead.

Modified: 02/08/12 05:39:16 AM

New York Giants tight end Jake Ballard tore his left anterior cruciate ligament during the second half of Super Bowl, the team announced on Tuesday.

Modified: 02/07/12 06:19:43 PM

It wasn't the Canyon of Heroes and there wasn't as much tickertape, but that didn't seem to bother about 30,000 New York Giants fans who flocked to MetLife Stadium Tuesday to celebrate the team's rousing Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots.

Modified: 02/07/12 06:19:44 PM

Kansas City's fifth offensive coordinator in four years is hoping to lend some much-needed permanence to his new team.

Modified: 02/07/12 04:44:21 PM
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Ricky Williams is retiring from the NFL.

Modified: 02/07/12 03:39:10 PM

For the third consecutive year, the Super Bowl set a record as the most-watched television show in U.S. history.

Modified: 02/07/12 05:35:50 AM

Tom Coughlin is coming back. Eli Manning is only getting better. And the vast majority of the New York Giants' starting lineup is under contract.

Modified: 02/07/12 03:39:17 AM

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