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PanthersSaintsFootball.JPG Panthers won't tag Peppers as 'franchise'
Julius Peppers grew up in North Carolina, starred in college in the state and made five Pro Bowls in eight years with the Carolina Panthers.
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Super_Bo.JPG Saints march out of South Florida as Super Bowl XLIV champions
The Saints and their fans awoke Monday to the realization that the once lovable losers from New Orleans were Super Bowl champions for the first time in the club’s 43-year history after Sunda...
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Super_Bo.JPG Late pick sends Saints to Super Bowl win
New Orleans recovers surprise onside kick, uses 31-7 run after first quarter to top Colts
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Manning throws away bid for big comeback
MIAMI — Peyton Manning spent the whole season building toward a Super Bowl crown, a win that certainly would put him among the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history
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No gray area for Cutcliffe
DURHAM — Tuesday evening, hours before national signing day, Duke football coach David Cutcliffe felt a sense of dread when his cell phone rang
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Soft-spoken Colts coach enjoying Super Bowl hoopla
Good luck during Super Bowl week, when everyone is expected to speak into a microphone
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Super_Bo.JPG Outcasts could determine Super Bowl
The overlooked, the underrated and the outright rejected have somehow landed in this Super Bowl — some with starring roles, too.
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Super_Bo.JPG Peyton Manning's popular in Miami
Peyton Manning worked the room masterfully. He took questions from all directions, throwing in plenty of eye contact. He spoke glowingly when necessary, took a few stabs at humor and steered away ...
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Colts, Saints arrive in rainy South Florida
“Sometimes you need a break from the sun,” said Nicki Grossman of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau
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New Orleans (almost) always loves Saints
Those early Saints of the late 1960s and ‘70s didn’t win a lot
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A Super shift after attack attempt
Christmas bomb scare leads to a few security changes
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Warner ends 'amazing ride' on top
TEMPE , Ariz. — Kurt Warner thanked God, hugged his children and wife and said goodbye to an NFL career that seems the stuff of sports fiction
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