I Yes, magic still exists in the big city. A few months ago they were ready to ride Tom Coughlin out on a rail. Today they’ll be strewing rose petals in his path.

INDIANAPOLIS This was the right ending, the perfect ending really. This was Eli Manning waiting until the final drive of the season to give his team another comeback win, which is basically the script he and the New York Giants followed all year and seemingly follow every time they win Super Bowls.

How unlikely is a safety being the first score of a Super Bowl? One site taking prop bets had it at 60-1.

It’s a long way from the peewee fields of Miami-Dade to the Super Bowl, but former Hurricanes Antrel Rolle and Kenny Phillips are at the summit.

Already uneasy about the idea of letting her 7-year-old son Jason start playing tackle football, Elizabeth Giancarli made up her mind when former NFL star Junior Seau committed suicide.

Andy Lee has made every punt and held every field goal and extra-point attempt - minus a few in the preseason - for the San Francisco 49ers since 2004.

The lockout was easier than all this.

Mark Sanchez smiled for a split-second when a reporter labeled him as the most scrutinized guy in the New York Jets' locker room.

The players union claimed Wednesday that the NFL imposed a secret salary cap during the uncapped 2010 season that cost the players at least $1 billion.

Peyton Manning's two biggest targets are a pair of promising young receivers who have already made their mark in the NFL despite spending lots of time on the sideline.

The NFL's move to make thigh and knee pads mandatory equipment for the 2013 season already has drawn criticism from the guys who will have to wear them.

Forced to fight for his name in a "public trial" against the NFL, Browns linebacker Scott Fujita vowed he did not participate in the New Orleans Saints' bounty program.