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Coach Jim Caldwell says the Colts are preparing to play without defensive end Dwight Freeney in the Super Bowl, though he remains hopeful the All-Pro defensive end will suit up for the game. Freeney's sprained right ankle kept him out of practice most of last week. He was already in Florida when the team held [...]

The wife of former Dallas Cowboys tight end Jay Novacek has been found dead in a home. Burleson spokeswoman Sally Ellertson says police in the Fort Worth suburb responded to a call of a possible suicide early Monday. The Tarrant County medical examiner identified the woman as 45-year-old LeAnne Novacek, 45, whose home address was [...]

Rain drove the New Orleans Saints indoors Monday. The NFL scrambled to move Tuesday's media day activities under cover. And tourism officials tried to shrug off the public-relations blow of a soggy start to Super Bowl week. "Sometimes you need a break from the sun," said Nicki Grossman of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and [...]

Mike Martz, the headstrong coach who orchestrated the "Greatest Show on Turf" while molding Kurt Warner into a Pro Bowl quarterback with the St. Louis Rams, is the Chicago Bears' new offensive coordinator. Martz's hiring on Monday ended a nearly monthlong search to replace the fired Ron Turner.
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CBS says it has sold out of ads for the Super Bowl at average prices that are better than last year, with some 30-second spots topping $3 million apiece. CBS Corp. says the final spot sold Monday morning, six days before kickoff. That's a few days ahead of schedule. Last year, NBC still had two [...]

The Pro Bowl's new, earlier date resulted in more viewers tuning in to the NFL's all-star game. Sunday's AFC-NFC matchup on ESPN was watched by an average of 12.3 million viewers, the most since 2000. That's up 40 percent from last year's Pro Bowl on NBC, which drew 8.8 million viewers when the event was [...]

In an unusual move caused by steady rain, the NFL is moving its annual Super Bowl media day from the field at Sun Life Stadium to the indoor concourse area. All players and coaches from the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts will still be available for interviews, according to NFL spokesman Michael Signora.

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Chad Ochocinco and other prominent NFL players will be asking the questions and giving reports during Super Bowl week. The media-savvy Bengals receiver plans to attend news conferences and parties leading up to the title game in Miami, gathering insights from coaches, players and celebrities for his array of social networks.
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Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Haynes and current Chicago Bears linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer are among more than a dozen NFL players who have pledged to donate their brain and spinal cord tissue for concussion research. Retired players Zach Thomas, Kyle Turley and Conrad Dobler also have said they'll help the Center for the Study [...]