
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 ...

Bay Bowl: San Francisco to host 50th Super Bowl
Build a new stadium, host the Super Bowl to show it off. The NFL rewarded the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday with hosting rights for the 2016 ...

The 50th Super Bowl goes to San Francisco Bay Area
The NFL will celebrate its 50th Super Bowl in northern California, where its newest, most high-tech venue is being built. That makes South Florida, ...

Super Bowl 50 site to be decided Tuesday
Where the Super Bowl will celebrate a half-century of existence will be decided this week by NFL owners. They have two choices for the 50th ...

Bruins, Rangers to carry on Boston-New York lore
After the marathon bombings, the cities of Boston and New York put aside their bitter rivalries and joined in their mutual love of sports and country.

49ers reach stadium naming rights deal with Levi's
The future home of the San Francisco 49ers will be called Levi's Stadium. The 49ers and Levi Strauss & Co. announced an agreement Wednesday for a $220 ...
Stadium decision hurts Miami's Super Bowl chances
As Dan Marino campaigned for Miami to be chosen the site of the 50th Super Bowl, he made no pretense about being objective on the subject. "In my ...

Steelers rookie LB Jarvis Jones settling in
Jarvis Jones is not James Harrison. For one thing, there's the hair. The rookie Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker has long dreadlocks that appear ...

Some games take points to win, others take fans
It's a Super Bowl matchup for the ages: cats vs. dogs. The Puppy Bowl, a fixture on Animal Planet during the Super Bowl for nearly a decade, will have ...

Ravens open regular season at Broncos
Are you ready for some Peyton Manning? This year's NFL schedule is filled with return visits and intriguing matchups, and some of the best involve the ...
Justin Smith, Aldon Smith on pace after surgeries
San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Justin Smith and linebacker Aldon Smith are working back from offseason surgeries, and general manager Trent ...

Super voice gone: Pat Summerall dead at 82
The voice of football. The NFL's narrator for generations. A master of restraint. Pat Summerall soothed American television audiences over four ...

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 ...
49ers release 6-time Pro Bowl kicker David Akers
On top of the NFL one season, out the door the next. The San Francisco 49ers released six-time Pro Bowl kicker David Akers on Wednesday, ending a ...
Ravens C Matt Birk retires after 15 seasons in NFL
Matt Birk has decided to retire after 15 seasons in the NFL, the last winning a Super Bowl title with the Baltimore Ravens. Birk announced his ...

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 ...

Mardi Gras ball 1st Superdome event since blackout
This time, the lights stayed on in the Superdome. The glitzy Mardi Gras Krewe of Endymion rolled its parade and super float through the Superdome on ...

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 ...

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 ...
A record 3 million stream Super Bowl online
The Super Bowl was streamed online by 3 million people, an increase from the 2.1 million who watched the big game online last year, according to CBS.
Giants release LB Michael Boley
After finishing next to last in the league, the New York Giants began a defensive facelift by releasing veteran linebacker Michael Boley. A key part ...
Super Bowl tops ratings; outage highly viewed, too
As it does nearly every year, the Super Bowl will almost certainly stand as the most-watched television event of 2013. This year, the Blackout Bowl ...

Fans march with Ravens' parade to packed stadium
Baltimore celebrated with its Super Bowl champion Ravens on Tuesday, with thousands of fans in purple lining the streets and packing the team's ...