Archie Manning stood nervously in the tunnel leading to the field in Indianapolis during the final minutes of a comeback that would put his middle son in the Super Bowl for the first time. He didn't want the television cameras to see him, didn't want ...

The NFL is accusing the operators of two South Beach hotels of reneging on a deal to supply more than 50 rooms during the first week of February for the Super Bowl in Miami, according to court documents. The operators of the South Beach Hotel and the ...

Bill Cowher will wait until the end of the season to decide whether he'll return to coach the Pittsburgh Steelers. ``There will be something at the end of the year,'' Cowher said Wednesday during a conference call with reporters in Charlotte, N.C. `` ...

Dennis Erickson has accepted the head coaching jobat Arizona State, Idaho athletic director Rob Spear said Saturdaynight. Erickson, 59, spent one season at Idaho in his second stint atthe school, going 4-8. He led Miami to two NCAA titles, also hasb ...

The Miami Hurricanes promoted defensive co-ordinator Randy Shannon to head coach Friday to replace Larry Coker. Shannon helped the Hurricanes win three national championships as a linebacker and has overseen the defence since 2001. Miami fired Coker ...

Bill Cowher is not interested in coaching alma mater North Carolina State, even though the Super Bowl-winning Pittsburgh Steelers coach has only one season left on his contract. Cowher, a former NC State linebacker, has seen his name mentioned promin ...

It's not as if the Baltimore Ravens are ignored. But they're not exactly high profile despite a five-game winning streak that will allow them to clinch the AFC North title if they win in Cincinnati Thursday night. That's another of those NFL Network ...

Alabama has fired coach Mike Shula less than a year after the Crimson Tide finished a 10-2 season, according to Athletic director Mal Moore. The Crimson Tide went 6-6 this season, finishing with three straight losses. Shula, a former Alabama quarterb ...

Michigan State has hired Cincinnati's Mark Dantonio as the Spartans head football coach. Dantonio, a former Spartans assistant, succeeds the fired John L. Smith. Dantonio was in his third year as Cincinnati's head coach. He had an 18-17 record, inclu ...

Jack Ferrante, a wide receiver on two Philadelphia Eagles championship teams in the 1940s, has died at 90. Ferrante died Thursday at a nursing home in Yardley, Pa., the team announced Friday. Nicknamed ``Blackjack,'' Ferrante had 169 receptions for 2 ...