Goodell: NFL could eliminate Pro Bowl
(Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:39:33 PST)
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he is disappointed in the quality of last week's Pro Bowl and changes must be considered, perhaps even dropping the game altogether. Speaking on ESPN Radio, Goodell says this year's Pro Bowl wasn't "the kind of football we want to be demonstrating to our fans, and you heard it from the fans, the fans were actively booing in the stands."...

Singer M.I.A. makes obscene gesture
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:47:30 PST)
British hip-hop artist M.I.A.'s obscene gesture in the Super Bowl halftime show is prompting apologies from NBC and the NFL. But it isn't immediately registering as a moment that viewers latched on to. The digital video recorder maker Tivo said Monday that there wasn't an appreciable bump in viewers who played back the moment where M.I.A.

Missed chances doom Pats in Super Bowl
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:22:34 PST)
The New England Patriots' three star receivers couldn't make the big plays when they needed them. Neither could their superstar quarterback. There was plenty of blame to go around in the Patriots' second Super Bowl loss in four years, both to the New York Giants. "We had opportunities to put this team away and we didn't," wide receiver Deion Branch said after Sunday...

Kraft's emotional ride ends in defeat
(Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:01:36 PST)
Robert Kraft stared at the scoreboard, to see if time really had run out. It had. In a game that meant so much, his New England Patriots had come up a fingertip or two short. "It's for Miss Myra," receiver Deion Branch said after the Giants beat the Patriots 21-17 in the Super Bowl on Sunday night, "and we feel like we didn't get the job done." Kraft's beloved wife,...

Fans erupt into cheers in New York
(Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:02:30 PST)
The repeat performance was just as good as the first for New York Giants fans as they watched their team again beat the New England Patriots 21-17 Sunday in the Super Bowl. In Times Square, fans spilled out of the numerous sports bars in the area yelling "Giants! Giants! Giants!" As motorists drove by, some people yelled "Giants" out their windows and passers-by roared and waved...

14 arrests made at UMass-Amherst
(Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:56:30 PST)
Hundreds of officers who lined the streets of Boston had little to do as fans quietly mourned their team's Super Bowl loss Sunday night, but 14 people were arrested across the state at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst when police in riot gear dispersed a rambunctious crowd. "We're really sad right now," said Molly Mackenzie of Boston, who was watching at a bar near Fenway...

Woodhead plays big in Super Bowl defeat
(Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:36:29 PST)
For a moment, no one was bigger than 5-foot-8 Danny Woodhead. The New England running back's 4-yard touchdown reception in the final minute of the first half gave the New England Patriots a 10-9 halftime lead in the Super Bowl. "I was able to get open, and Tom (Brady) did a good job of putting the ball right on me," he said.