Football

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: ...
NFL's Goodell aims to share blame on player safety
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wants to share the blame. "Safety," he said at his annual Super Bowl news conference, "is all of our responsibilities.
Goodell: Some don't recognize bounties must end
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says his biggest regret about the New Orleans Saints' bounty scandal is that he can't get everyone to recognize ...
Obama hoping for close match in Super Bowl
President Barack Obama is hoping for a close game in this year's Super Bowl. White House spokesman Jay Carney says the president will watch Sunday's ...
Goodell makes light of reception in New Orleans
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell made light of the reception he's gotten in New Orleans, where he is unpopular with Saints fans because of the bounty ...
Goodell says he welcomes Obama's remarks on safety
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league will look at eliminating certain low blocks and improve the quality of playing fields as part of a ...
Few surprises in Super Bowl ads
So much for surprises. The majority of the 30-plus Super Bowl advertisers have been releasing their spots in the days leading up to the game. So it's ...
Report: RB Foster considering heart procedure
Houston Texans running back Arian Foster says he's considering a heart procedure to address a condition that forced him out of a game. Foster told the ...
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 ...
Black ex-coaches say NFL's Rooney Rule is broken
Three black former NFL head coaches say the league needs to rethink its Rooney Rule for promoting minority hiring after 15 top vacancies — eight head ...
Gay-rights backers await for their Jackie Robinson
Brendon Ayanbadejo has heard from many players who applaud his support of gay marriage — some of them teammates, others from the opposing side of the ...
Column: Painful losses endure for Kaepernicks
Lance Kaepernick was 23 days old when he died. He seemed normal when his parents brought him home. Then everything, suddenly, went tragically wrong.
Dependable 49ers offensive linemen carry big load
Right guard Alex Boone arrives for work most days and swears at left guard Mike Iupati. From Boone, it's always considered a term of endearment ...
SUPER BOWL WATCH: Beyonce, avocados, practice
Around Super Bowl XLVII and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the ...
Union head takes on NFL on player safety issues
So much for labor peace in the NFL. Less than 18 months after the league and players ended a lockout by signing a 10-year collective bargaining ...
Feds: $13.6M in phony sports goods confiscated
Investigators have confiscated more than $13.6 million worth of phony sports merchandise over the past five months and expect to seize more in New ...
Gasoline prices get early start on spring surge
Gasoline prices are getting an early start on their annual spring march higher. The average U.S. retail price rose 13 cents over the past two weeks ...
49ers' Culliver apologizes for anti-gay remarks
San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver apologized Thursday for anti-gay comments he made to a comedian during Super Bowl media day, saying ...
Packers all-time leading receiver Driver to retire
No other uniform would fit Donald Driver. The Green Bay Packers all-time leading receiver announced his retirement Thursday morning, with a public ...
Man at center of Te'o hoax says he was in love
Ronaiah Tuiasosopo fell in love with Manti Te'o and said all his energy went into pretending to be the woman the Notre Dame linebacker came to know ...
K-State's Snyder signs 5-year, $14.75 million deal
Bill Snyder turned 73 in October, so it was only natural that folks across college football would start wondering just how long the maestro of ...
2 NFL seasons since agreement, still no HGH tests
Baltimore Ravens defensive end Arthur Jones is among those NFL players who want the league and the union to finally agree on a way to do blood testing ...