Breaking it all downThough the Patriots’ loss in Super Bowl XLVI still smarts for players and fans, the coaches and front office staff have little choice but to turn the page toward the 2012 season. The Senior Bowl and East-West Shrine Game, the two events that typically kick off draft season in earnest, have already been held, and the annual NFL Combine will begin Feb. 22.
Fateful pass a rare type for WelkerIt will be replayed and argued over in New England for the next 50 years and perhaps beyond.
Giants TE Ballard has left ACL tearNew York Giants tight end Jake Ballard tore his left anterior cruciate ligament during the second half of Super Bowl, the team announced on Tuesday.
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Tens of thousands greet Super Bowl champs in NJIt wasn't the Canyon of Heroes and there wasn't as much tickertape, but that didn't seem to bother about 30,000 New York Giants fans who flocked to MetLife Stadium Tuesday to celebrate the team's rousing Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots .
New Chiefs coach promises to 'attack' on offenseKansas City's fifth offensive coordinator in four years is hoping to lend some much-needed permanence to his new team.
RB Ricky Williams says he's retiring from NFLRicky Williams is retiring from the NFL. Again.
New York Giants like chances of repeatingTom Coughlin is coming back. Eli Manning is only getting better. And the vast majority of the New York Giants' starting lineup is under contract.
Report: Steelers tap Haley as offensive coordinatorThe Steelers will hire former Chiefs coach Todd Haley to be their offensive coordinator, according to an ESPN report.
Situation hard to grasp for WelkerINDIANAPOLIS - No Patriot, at least visibly, took Sunday’s Super Bowl loss any harder than Wes Welker.
As losses go, we’ve seen worseINDIANAPOLIS - Here we are again, standing above the medal platform, arguing about who’s going to get the gold, silver, and bronze.
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Giants return homeEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Smiles were the order of the day, as the Super Bowl-champion New York Giants returned home, victorious once again.
Manning, Coughlin are contentINDIANAPOLIS - With two Super Bowl wins (both over the Patriots) and two game Most Valuable Player awards, Giants quarterback Eli Manning has bragging rights over his older brother, Peyton, who was named MVP when the Colts beat the Bears in Super Bowl XLI.
On balance, all things are not equalIn the aftermath of something like this, the truth sits somewhere in the rubble, buried in piles of questions and missed opportunities. Sifting through the debris can take some time, and in the NFL, there is rarely any rest for the weary.
Lasting impressionsFOXBOROUGH - On a personally and professionally painful day, Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick took a few moments to reflect on a Patriots’ season that was at a crossroads at the midway point but ended with the team as AFC champions, and a crushing Super Bowl defeat.
In the end, Giant difference in talentINDIANAPOLIS - The Patriots didn’t lose Super Bowl XLVI. The more talented team won it.
Fans bet $94M on Super Bowl at Nevada casinosSports fans bet $93.9 million at Nevada casinos on Sunday's Super Bowl matchup between the New York Giants and New England Patriots , the most wagered in the past decade.
Kraft: Excitement went against Patriots this timeWhen New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft sits down with network executives to negotiate the NFL's television contracts, he knows what they're looking for.
Patriots eager for another Super Bowl shotLess than an hour after losing the Super Bowl again, Tom Brady slowly slipped on his dark vest and suit jacket and walked to the postgame podium.
Report: Haley Steelers' next offensive coordinatorThe Steelers will hire former Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley to be their offensive coordinator, according to an ESPN report.
Patriots say McDaniels is offensive coordinatorNew England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has confirmed that Josh McDaniels will be the team's offensive coordinator next season.
Belichick: Giving Giants TD gave Pats best chanceBill Belichick gave clear instructions to his defensive unit: Let the runner score. Playing the odds and inviting critics, the calculating coach of the New England Patriots told his players to get out of the way, open a wide path for Ahmad Bradshaw and give Tom Brady a chance to win the Super Bowl in the final 57 seconds.
After Super Bowl, Ochocinco pleads to Ohio chargeNew England Patriots wide receiver Chad Ochocinco (oh-choh-SINK'-oh) has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge in Cincinnati hours after playing in the Super Bowl.
Despite Gisele, Patriots say no finger-pointingThe Patriots say there's no finger-pointing after their Super Bowl loss, even if supermodel Gisele Bundchen won't abide by that code.
Coughlin-Manning top Belichick-Brady at top duoTom Coughlin has never won the NFL's coach of the year award. Eli Manning has never been the league's MVP.
Amid Super Bowl kudos, Indy cleans up, looks aheadBleary-eyed and jubilant, Super Bowl organizers swung into cleanup mode Monday and hoped the rave reviews from fans and journalists over how it pulled off its first Super Bowl will draw the NFL's showcase event back to town.
New Vikes stadium plan would tuck in next to DomeYet another plan is in play for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium. The latest idea would build the stadium just east of the Metrodome on a parking lot. Minnesota Public Radio and the Star Tribune report it's a variation of an earlier proposal that required relocating a major telecommunications hub.
Super Bowl draws record 111.3M viewers on NBCFor the third consecutive year, the Super Bowl set a record as the most-watched television show in U.S. history.
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Super Bowl-champion Giants return homeThe Super Bowl-champion New York Giants have returned home. The team's charter plane touched down around 1:55 p.m. Monday at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.
Coughlin plans to be back with Giants in 2012Tom Coughlin is looking forward to the parade and a couple weeks off to reflect on the Giants' second championship in five seasons. Then he will begin preparations for defending the title.
NFL London tickets on sale after delay over leaseTickets for the NFL's annual regular-season game in London will go on sale Monday after the St. Louis Rams solved an issue regarding their stadium lease, clearing the way for them to host games in Britain.
Giants take advantage of Patriots' gamble for TDBill Belichick saw the New York Giants at the 6-yard line and a clock with only 64 seconds left on it.
Eli's elite, for sure, after 2nd Super Bowl MVPBack in August, back before the season began, Eli Manning was asked whether he considered himself an "elite" quarterback a la Tom Brady.
In the line of fire, a cool headTom Coughlin knew the drill. “You lose a game in New York, and you’re fired,’’ he said. “Or burned at the stake.’’
Sequel has same endingGroundhog Day was last week, but for Tom Brady it was four years ago. Same opponent, same stakes, same outcome.
Much-maligned defense wasn’t the problemThey did their part. And then some. When the book is written on the 2011 Patriots , the record will show that the much-maligned and much-talked about defense was not the Achilles’ heel of this team, like some thought it was.
Among the elite, Manning states caseIt would have been impossible for Eli Manning not to hear it. He was surrounded by it from the second the Giants bus pulled into the Indianapolis Downtown Marriott last Monday.
Rookie Mallett taking it all inRyan Mallett sat out the 2008 season after he transferred from Michigan to Arkansas, so the frustration of practicing all week without any hope of playing is familiar to him.
Once again, team's deferment plan paid big dividendsThe Patriots have elected to defer when they win the coin toss, dating to a couple of seasons ago.
Welker tries to get handle on key dropWes Welker’s voice was barely audible. He leaned forward in his director’s chair as he sat at a podium in the Patriots interview area at Lucas Oil Stadium, taking questions about his role in the Patriots’ 21-17 loss to the Giants last night in Super Bowl XLVI.
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Bradshaw is a reluctant hero after late TDWhen the Giants broke the huddle Eli Manning knew there was something he had neglected to say. The quarterback knew he should have talked to Ahmad Bradshaw . So he started yelling.
Dorsett runs full steam at head injuriesThe helmet-to-helmet shot knocked Tony Dorsett out cold in the second quarter of a 1984 Cowboys-Eagles game, the hardest hit he ever took during his Hall of Fame NFL career.
