Patrick Semansky / Associated Press Saints fans extend hands to receive beads from players during Tuesday's Super Bowl victory parade in New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS -- Only a Super Bowl victory parade could upstage Mardi Gras in this city. Carnival floats...
Feb 9, 2010
The New Orleans??Saints' 31-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV was watched by an average of more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of "M-A-S-H" to become the most-watched program in U.S. television history, the Nielsen Co. said...
Feb 9, 2010
Patrick Semansky / Associated Press Revelers in the French Quarter are jubilant following the Saints' first Super Bowl win. NEW ORLEANS -- Saints fans hugged, kissed and spilled onto the streets Sunday as a citywide party erupted after their once-woebegone...
Feb 7, 2010
It happens almost every year. A relatively unknown player makes a play in the Super Bowl that turns out to be critical to his team's success. So who has a chance in Super Bowl XLIV to be this year's David Tyree (XLII), Deion Branch (XXXIX) or Dexter Jackson (XXXVII),...
Feb 6, 2010 | Bucky Brooks
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Defense might win championships, but it's offense that got New Orleans and Indianapolis to Super Bowl XLIV. Peyton Manning and Drew Brees have led the Colts and Saints here, in a game that has the potential to approach 100 combined points.
Feb 3, 2010 | Steve Wyche
NFL.com's Vic Carucci (Colts) and Steve Wyche (Saints) provide a Super Bowl XLIV position-by-position breakdown. This is Drew Brees' moment. He has to try hard not to feel that he must be perfect and he has to remain poised. Brees isn't going...
Feb 3, 2010
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- This much can be said with certainty: A team doesn't need to run well to reach the Super Bowl. Last year, the Arizona Cardinals got there with the NFL's worst rushing attack. This year, it's the Indianapolis Colts...
Feb 2, 2010 | Vic Carucci
In an effort to combine two of the greatest passions of sports fans -- the Super Bowl and fantasy football -- we've ranked the top 10 greatest Super Bowl performances of all time per position, based on fantasy points. Players were rewarded four points for touchdown passes,...
Feb 2, 2010 | Michael Fabiano
For both of the participants in Super Bowl XLIV, their arrival in South Florida has been keyed by stellar performances from a handful of unsung playmakers. These X-factors emerged from their obscure roles as unheralded starters or reserves to provide their teams with big...
Feb 1, 2010 | Bucky Brooks
MIAMI -- In its new role as a warmup to the Super Bowl, the Pro Bowl became a series of wind sprints. Long gains were the rule and hard hitting was the exception as the AFC beat the NFC 41-34 on Sunday night. Light showers fell for much of the game, stirring memories of a...
Feb 1, 2010
The NFL's annual Pro Bowl is a celebration of the season's best. The 2010 version also was a chance to honor some of the decade's biggest stars. Twelve players selected to the 2000s NFL All-Decade Team competed in the Pro Bowl before a sellout crowd Sunday at Sun...
Feb 1, 2010
Schaub leads AFC to narrow win over NFC It was over when ... Titans RB Chris Johnson had 67 yards from scrimmage and had the winning TD in the fourth quarter. (David J. Phillip / Associated Press) Ravens FB Le'Ron McClain converted a fourth-and-1 with 1:40 remaining...
Jan 31, 2010
Note: The following story is an excerpt from the official Super Bowl XLIV game program, which is available now on NFLShop.com. I grew up in Queens as a devout New York Jets fan. But Miami has always been in my soul. It started when I was 14 years old and watched...
Jan 31, 2010 | David Caruso
Rosters by position * Asterisk denotes starter AFC Offense Position Player(s) Quarterback * Matt Schaub, Houston Vince Young, Tennessee David Garrard, Jacksonville Running back * Chris Johnson, Tennessee Maurice Jones-Drew, Jacksonville Ray Rice,...
Jan 30, 2010
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Titans running back Chris Johnson had no doubt he would be in his second straight Pro Bowl. That's because he had a goal set for himself before the season began, a goal he was sure he'd attain. Gary A. Vasquez / NFL.com ...
Jan 29, 2010 | Simon Samano
METAIRIE, La. -- Jeremy Shockey is headed back to Miami, where the flamboyant tattooed bachelor with long blond locks is no stranger to the South Beach social scene. The New Orleans Saints' star tight end doesn't sound like he's in any mood to party just yet though. For...
Jan 28, 2010
Carrie Underwood will sing the National Anthem and Queen Latifah will sing "America the Beautiful" as part of Super Bowl XLIV pregame festivities at Sun Life Stadium in South Florida on Sunday, Feb. 7, the NFL and CBS announced Thursday. The performance will be televised live on...
Jan 28, 2010 | National Football League
?? FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The idea that wide receiver Miles Austin would ever truly get his shot to shine with the Dallas Cowboys looked bleak in October of 2008. Dallas already had Terrell Owens on its roster when Cowboys owner Jerry Jones decided to acquire...
Jan 27, 2010 | Simon Samano
Complete All-Decade Team revealed during ESPN's Pro Bowl broadcast on Sunday, Jan. 31 The NFL's annual Pro Bowl is a celebration of the season's best. The 2010 version is also a chance to honor some of the decade's biggest stars. Twelve players named...
Jan 27, 2010
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The joy of exceeding expectations vs. the agony of barely missing the Super Bowl. The New York Jets have been dealing with those conflicting feelings since losing to the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship Game. The players -- at least...
Jan 27, 2010 | Simon Samano