NFL

Tom Brady is not playing in the Super Bowl. Neither is Ben Roethlisberger or either of the Mannings. This Super Bowl has a pair of fresh faces in Colin Kaepernick and Joe Flacco, one of whom will leave New Orleans as the latest and greatest at football's glamour position.Read More »

San Francisco officials are taking tougher measures to prevent potential fan violence on Super Bowl Sunday when the 49ers battle the Baltimore Ravens in New Orleans. Police will be monitoring crowds and bars at multiple hotspots in San Francisco.Read More »

Stevie Wonder is the latest in a parade of entertainers that will perform in New Orleans Super Bowl weekend. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer is headlining an outdoor concert near the Wyndham Riverfront Hotel on Feb. 2, the evening before the big game. A spokeswoman for the event said Friday that Bud Light is sponsoring the concert.Read More »

The family of Junior Seau has sued the NFL, claiming the former linebacker's suicide was the result of brain disease caused by violent hits he sustained while playing football. The wrongful death lawsuit, filed Wednesday in California Superior Court in San Diego, blames the NFL for its "acts or omissions" that hid the dangers of repetitive blows to the head.Read More »

Mike Westhoff, the Jets' recently retired special teams coordinator, tells a Florida radio station that the way the team handled Tim Tebow was "an absolute mess." Westhoff tells WQAM in south Florida on Friday that he was "very, very disappointed" in the Jets' lack of use of Tebow, the popular backup quarterback acquired last March to be a key part of the offense.Read More »

The records are gaudy. The star power is high. Here come the NFL's big boys. Denver, Atlanta, New England and San Francisco host divisional playoff games this weekend. They're a combined 49-14-1, and their rosters are filled with such headline grabbers as Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Tony Gonzalez and Patrick Willis. Their home-field advantages could be formidable, too.Read More »

A person familiar with the situation says Robert Griffin III's surgery is over, with repairs made to two knee ligaments. The Washington Redskins quarterback had surgery Wednesday morning on a torn lateral collateral ligament in his right knee.Read More »

Once Chip Kelly finishes coaching Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl, the Browns will be waiting to speak with him. They won't be alone. Philadelphia and Buffalo are also interested in signing Kelly, the Ducks coach and offensive mastermind whose break-neck system is already having an impact on the NFL.Read More »

There is one game left in the regular season for Adrian Peterson, and so much remains on the line. First and foremost, a win on Sunday against the Green Bay Packers would put his Minnesota Vikings into the playoffs for the first time since the 2009 season.Read More »