
As Rutgers sets to repair image, AD's job in limbo
It seemed a perfect fit when Tim Pernetti was hired as athletic director at Rutgers in April 2009. A New Jersey native who played tight end for the ...
HS hoops player makes wild, buzzer-beating shot
It's going to be tough to top this buzzer beater just three days into March. Khalil Edney grabbed a loose ball and made a 55-footer as time expired ...

Niners have better chance than Ravens to be back
The Baltimore Ravens carried off the Lombardi Trophy. Their beaten opponent has a better chance of doing it next season. San Francisco running back ...

Flacco begins collecting awards as Super Bowl MVP
Working on 90 minutes of sleep, Joe Flacco wore a day-old beard and a weary smile that wouldn't go away. Super Bowl tradition deems that the game's ...

Ravens edge 49ers 34-31 in electric Super Bowl
For a Super Bowl with so many story lines, this game came up with quite a twist. Try a blackout that turned a blowout into a shootout — capped by a ...

New Orleans braces for fallout from blackout
A Super Bowl week that had gone so smoothly for the Big Easy suddenly turned bizarre when everyone was watching. The lights went out on the biggest ...

SUPER BOWL WATCH: Super indeed, Baltimore's joy
Around the Super Bowl and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the game: ...

SUPER BOWL WATCH: NFL awards, real fun to come
Around the Super Bowl and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the game: ...

Deep thoughts: Long ball could carry Ravens to win
Fear the dreadlocks, San Francisco. Torrey Smith just might be the difference in a Super Bowl that will hinge on the 49ers' ability to prevent the ...

SUPER BOWL WATCH: Katrina, Coin flip bets, Modell
Around the Super Bowl and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the game: ...

Ravens FB Leach on collision course to stardom
Vonta Leach's job is to get involved in a collision so Ray Rice won't. The Baltimore Ravens are in the Super Bowl in part because of Leach's ability ...

Patrick Willis will carry on Lewis' No. 52 legacy
Two of the league's most imposing inside linebackers both happen to wear No. 52. This story is about the other one. Patrick Willis of the San ...

Ravens' reputation for gab not yet displayed at SB
The Baltimore Ravens' reputation for trash-talking arrived at the Super Bowl before they did. While the Ravens were en route from Baltimore to the Big ...

Gore & Rice: Contrasting styles, mutual respect
One guy is a bruiser of a back, just as comfortable running through defenders as around them. The other is more of a slasher, darting this way and ...

49ers' Gore kept hope through all the adversity
Ray Rice has known nothing but winning since he came into the NFL. For Frank Gore, it took a while. Two running backs with contrasting styles and ...

Ravens' Caldwell still longs to be head coach
Jim Caldwell enjoys his job as offensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens, and he's quite good at it. Before taking over in early December Caldwell ...

Ravens upset Patriots 28-13 to reach Super Bowl
Look for lots of Harbaughs in New Orleans next week. Two of them will be working the sidelines in the Super Bowl. Oh, brother! John Harbaugh and his ...

Flacco throws TDs to Bolden, Ravens up 28-13
Joe Flacco threw three touchdown passes in just over 10 minutes and the Baltimore Ravens led the New England Patriots 28-13 in the fourth quarter of ...

Ravens top Broncos in double OT 38-35
Welcome to NFL immortality, Joe Flacco. Somewhere up there in the all-time playoff archives near the "Hail Mary" by Staubach and the "Immaculate ...

Broncos, Ravens tied at 35 heading into OT
The Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens went into overtime in their AFC divisional playoff tied at 35 after Joe Flacco threw a 70-yard touchdown pass ...

Lewis, Ravens advance in playoffs by dumping Indy
After receiving rave reviews for its closing act in Baltimore, The Ray Lewis Retirement Tour heads to Denver for another show. When Lewis and the ...

Ravens top Colts 24-9 in AFC wild card
The Baltimore Ravens wanted one long final ride for Ray Lewis. They also wanted Denver. They got it. Having disposed of Andrew Luck and the ...

In pass-happy NFL, still helps to be able to run
As a wideout, Santana Moss wants Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III to throw the ball as much as possible, of course, preferably in ...

Regular season winners don't always make champions
The Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons, who tied for the league's best record at 13-3, are well aware of one of the NFL's biggest truisms: more often ...

Ravens beat Giants 33-14 to win AFC North
A celebration four weeks in the making featured laughs and hugs, a surprise appearance by team owner Steve Bisciotti and the distribution of hats ...