— Lions QB Stafford wins Comeback Player of Year (PA SportsTicker)

   (Saturday, 04 February 2012 17:36)

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer

— Ex-player, ALS patient Gleason pushes awareness (The Canadian Press)

   (Saturday, 04 February 2012 15:31)

Former New Orleans Saints special teams standout and current ALS patient Steve Gleason can't help but wonder whether his football career contributed to his debilitating and ultimately fatal neuromuscular disease.

— Browns Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

   (Saturday, 04 February 2012 13:25)

From the moment in midseason last year when Browns president Mike Holmgren said an offensive coordinator would be added to Pat Shurmur's coaching staff so Shurmur could concentrate on delegating duties as head coach, Brad Childress became a leading candidate for the job.

It took nearly four weeks after the final game to put everything in place, but in the end the job did go to Childress, who began his coaching career as the running backs coach at the University of Illinois in 1978.

Childress and Shurmur were hired by Eagles head coach Andy Reid in 1999 - Shurmur as tight ends/offensive...

— Griffin would like to unseat Luck as first overall pick (The National Football Post)

   (Saturday, 04 February 2012 09:25)

Robert Griffin III came from off the radar to win the Heisman Trophy in 2011. Now, the Baylor quarterback is...

— Why one team won’t have cheerleaders at Super Bowl XLVI (Yahoo! Sports)

   (Saturday, 04 February 2012 08:09)

The pompoms are back. Sort of. Sideline spectators have another reason to tune into Super Bowl XLVI: After a drought last year with the cheerless Green Bay/Pittsburgh championship, cheerleaders will be returning to the sidelines. The burden, though, will rest on … Continue reading →

— NBC broadcasts Super Bowl with pomp and promotion (PA SportsTicker)

   (Sunday, 05 February 2012 23:24)

By JAKE COYLE AP Entertainment Writer

— Giants beat Patriots to win the Super Bowl (The Canadian Press)

   (Sunday, 05 February 2012 23:13)

INDIANAPOLIS - Elite and Eli. One and the same.

— As usual, a Manning wins with late drive in Indy (PA SportsTicker)

   (Sunday, 05 February 2012 22:02)

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer

— Giants beat Patriots 21-17 to win the Super Bowl (AP)

   (Sunday, 05 February 2012 20:41)

Take that, Brady. You too, Peyton. Eli Manning is the big man in the NFL after one-upping Tom Brady and leading the New York Giants to a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots in Sunday's Super Bowl -- in older brother Peyton's house, at that. Just as Manning did four years ago when the Giants ruined New England's perfect...

— Boneheaded Tom Brady throw leads to Giants safety (Yahoo! Sports)

   (Sunday, 05 February 2012 16:50)

An uncharacteristic Tom Brady mistake led to the earliest safety in Super Bowl history. After a Steve Weatherford punt pinned the New England Patriots back to their 5-yard line, Brady dropped back to pass on the Patriots' first offensive snap. … Continue reading →

— Missed chances doom Pats in Super Bowl (AP)

   (Sunday, 05 February 2012 23:15)

The eyes that watched Tom Brady's pass sail to him were red. The hands that couldn't catch it were clasped in his lap. The heart that has helped make Wes Welker a star was broken. Blame me, he said. Blame me for letting a ball I always catch fall to the ground. "It comes to the...

— Singer M.I.A. makes obscene gesture (AP)

   (Sunday, 05 February 2012 23:10)

For all the pomp and excess of Madonna's Super Bowl halftime extravaganza a single rude gesture by guest singer M.I.A. is likely to be the most remembered piece of the show. The gesture, accompanied by a barely disguised expletive, came during a performance of Madonna's new single, "Give Me All Your Luvin."' At the end of her lines, British singer...

— Forgotten Giants WR Manningham delivers (AP)

   (Sunday, 05 February 2012 23:05)

Move over David Tyree. Mario Manningham is the new star in the Giants' latest version of "The Catch." It may not have been a helmet catch like Tyree's in the Super Bowl four years ago, but it was just as clutch and just as timely -- and Tyree was there to see it. Manningham made a magnificent over-the-shoulder catch and managed to stay inbounds on the opening play of a...

— Manning drives Giants past Pats again (AP)

   (Sunday, 05 February 2012 23:01)

Elite and Eli. One and the same. And now there are two Super Bowl championships and two MVPs to prove it. Eli Manning is the big man in the NFL after one-upping Tom Brady and leading the New York Giants to a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots in Sunday's...

— Kraft's emotional ride ends in defeat (AP)

   (Sunday, 05 February 2012 23:01)

Robert Kraft stared at the scoreboard, to see if time really had run out. It had. In a game that meant so much, his New England Patriots had come up a fingertip or two short. "It's for Miss Myra," receiver Deion Branch said after the Giants beat the Patriots 21-17 in the Super Bowl on Sunday night, "and we feel like we didn't get the job done." Kraft's beloved wife,...