
WR Crabtree tears right Achilles tendon
The San Francisco 49ers suddenly have a huge void in their receiving corps as they chase another Super Bowl berth: Michael Crabtree is sidelined after ...
Mayweather again top-earning US athlete on SI list
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the highest-earning athlete in American sports for the second straight year. The boxer is projected to make $90 million in ...

Ravens QB Flacco signs NFL's richest contract
Joe Flacco knows his stature as the highest-paid player in NFL history may not last for long, and he's OK with it. What matters most to the Super Bowl ...

AP sources: Flacco agrees to Ravens deal
Joe Flacco will have a huge contract to go along with his Super Bowl ring. The Baltimore Ravens reached a tentative agreement Friday on a new deal ...

AP source: Tom Brady gets 3-year extension
Tom Brady will be a Patriot until he is 40 years old. Brady agreed to a three-year contract extension with New England on Monday, a person familiar ...

Goodell paid more than $29 million by NFL in 2011
Nice job, Roger Goodell. Here's your pay: $29.49 million. NFL owners nearly tripled the commissioner's compensation in the 2011 tax year and likely ...

Kaepernick nearly leads another 49ers comeback
Under pressure and off balance, Colin Kaepernick released a fourth-down throw into the end zone with the outcome of the Super Bowl hanging in the ...
Brees wants to bury bounty probe, help New Orleans
Drew Brees wore gray sneakers to his first full day of Super Bowl-related appearances — a wise move for an ambassador of a city who had to walk ...

Who are these guys at QB in Super Bowl?
No Tom Brady. No Aaron Rodgers. No Ben Roethlisberger. Not a Manning in sight. Super Bowl has a pair of fresh faces at quarterback, bona fide nobodies ...

Alex Smith handles role with unselfishness, class
Alex Smith ran off the field at Candlestick Park two weeks ago to a standing ovation and cheers from the sellout crowd, not much different from the ...

Golden era for QBs, with great stories around NFL
The two kids from Northern California burst from NFL afterthought to championship contender in eerily similar fashion a decade apart. Tom Brady and ...

Cowboys hire Monte Kiffin to replace Rob Ryan
The Dallas Cowboys hired former Tampa Bay defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin as the replacement for Rob Ryan on Friday. The move signals a switch back ...

Cowboys defensive coordinator Ryan not returning
Dallas defensive coordinator Rob Ryan was fired Tuesday after his injury-depleted unit struggled in a pair of season-ending losses that kept the ...

Bills' Marrone feels he's 'best person for job'
It's been such a whirlwind of a week for Doug Marrone — from a bowl game at Yankee Stadium to NFL interviews in Arizona — that it was difficult for ...

Head Monster Lee rolls out new headphones
Headphone maker Monster's gadget show event was expectedly monstrously cheesy with a healthy dose of hype. Head monster and founder Noel Lee skirted ...
AP Sources: Syracuse's Marrone to take over Bills
Doug Marrone is set to try to turn around an NFL team after improving a college program down the road. Marrone reached an agreement to become the ...

Browns, Eagles vying for Oregon's Kelly
The Browns figured they could close a deal with Chip Kelly over dinner. That was before the Eagles took Oregon's coach to a lengthy lunch.

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 ...
Bowl Capsules
Aaron Murray threw five touchdown passes to set a Georgia bowl record, including two in the fourth quarter, and the sixth-ranked Bulldogs beat No.

AP falls short of Dickerson; Wilson ties Manning
Adrian Peterson nearly ran into the NFL record book, falling 9 yards short of breaking Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing mark. Peterson had 199 ...

Saints, coach Sean Payton agree to terms on deal
The New Orleans Saints and suspended coach Sean Payton will indeed be together again next season as the bounty scandal fades into history and the bid ...

Saints say NFL bounty probe took a toll on season
Blame the bounty scandal. That's what many in New Orleans are doing, including some Saints. They blame it for overshadowing their entire season, for ...

Saints hold off Cowboys rally for 34-31 OT win
This miserable season without their suspended coach won't end in a playoff appearance for Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints. So they helped damage ...
Lions WR Johnson living up to $132 million deal
The Detroit Lions have gotten quite a return on the $132 million, eight-year investment they made in Calvin Johnson nine months ago. "He's not trying ...