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 Visitors Bureau.
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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 30-second spots remaining two days before the game.
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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 held after the Super Bowl.
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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 of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University School of…
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Dwight Freeney's injured ankle is "really bad" and could keep him out of the Super Bowl, a person close to the All-Pro defensive end told The Associated Press in an e-mail Sunday night. The person requested anonymity because the information differed from what the Indianapolis Colts said earlier in the day.
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Dwight Freeney's injured ankle is "really bad" and could keep him out of the Super Bowl, a person close to the All-Pro defensive end told The Associated Press in an e-mail Sunday night. The person requested anonymity because the information differed from what the Indianapolis Colts said earlier in the day.
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Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub threw two touchdown passes as the American Football Conference all-stars beat the National Football Conference 41-34 on Sunday. Light showers fell for much of the game, stirring memories of a rainy Super Bowl in Miami three years ago, but the weather failed to slow either offense.
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