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Sober Steinberg ready to reboot super agent career
It's been three years since Leigh Steinberg had his last drink of vodka, the personal demon that sent his personal and professional lives crashing out ...
Goodell: No expanded playoffs for 2013
The Baltimore Ravens' reward for winning the Super Bowl might be a road trip. Traditionally, the NFL champions kick off the next season by hosting a ...
NFL to pay $42M for using retired players images
The NFL has agreed to pay $42 million as part of a settlement with a group of retired players who challenged the league over using their names and ...
Champion Ravens might not open at home
The Baltimore Ravens could open the season on the road because of a scheduling conflict with baseball's Orioles. The NFL traditionally kicks off the ...
NY AG: NFL must act on sexual orientation concern
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman urged the NFL on Thursday to investigate whether possible draft picks were improperly asked about their ...
NFL's Goodell hopes for lighter helmets, sensors
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell imagines a day in the not-too-distant future when players could be checked to determine whether their genetic makeup ...
Steelers release LB James Harrison in cap move
James Harrison's snarling tenacity made the Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker one of the NFL's most intimidating players for nearly a decade. Big hits ...
Goodell: NFL 'can and must' make football safer
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league will continue to do "everything we can" to make football safer. Goodell has talked a lot recently about ...
Foxworth: Players don't trust Goodell, NFL
Union leader Domonique Foxworth says NFL players don't trust Commissioner Roger Goodell because of the Saints bounty case, in particular. The NFLPA ...
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 ...
NFL ready to get Super Bowl played at MetLife
Super Bowl Monday. Super Bowl Wednesday. Surely that sounds better than Super Bowl PPD. The NFL says it's ready for next year's title game at MetLife ...
Column: Nothing to fear from a snowy Super Bowl
Woody Johnson owns the New York Jets, so he's no stranger to making big proclamations. Consider this one, just after the New York area won the bid for ...
Super Bowl blackout was caused by electrical relay
The company that supplied electricity to the Super Bowl says the blackout that halted the big game was caused by a device it installed specially to ...
Williams apologizes for Saints' bounty scandal
Gregg Williams knows he's got to prove himself every day. The former Saints defensive coordinator said he received a "great rebirth" Thursday when he ...
Mayor defends New Orleans after Super Bowl outage
New Orleans' mayor defended his city days after a power outage plunged the Super Bowl into 34 minutes of darkness, while authorities still baffled by ...
NFL says it was ready with backup power system
NFL officials were sure they'd get the Super Bowl finished on Sunday night. And if they couldn't, the league championship still would not have ended ...
Goodell: New Orleans 'terrific,' despite blackout
The blackout at the Superdome will not stop the Super Bowl from returning to New Orleans. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said that despite the ...
NFL: Beyonce not the cause of Super Bowl blackout
Don't blame Beyonce for blowing the lights out at the Super Bowl. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday that the halftime show was not the cause ...
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 ...
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: ...
Obama: Safety a concern for young football players
President Barack Obama says the threat of concussions for football players means that everything possible should be done to improve their safety — ...
What comes now for NFL after tumultuous season?
The Super Bowl closes a tumultuous year for the NFL. Suicides by former NFL players. Thousands of others filing concussion lawsuits. New studies ...
Goodell: 'Absolutely' would let son play football
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell would "absolutely" want his own child to play football. After President Barack Obama recently said he'd "have to think ...