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• It’s a soggy start to Super Bowl week

  February 2, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Rain drove the New Orleans Saints indoors Monday. The NFL scrambled to move today’s media day activities under cover. And tourism officials tried to shrug off …

• Saints start week with a laugh

  February 2, 2010 in Sports on Page B3 DAVIE, Fla. – Sean Payton had taken a few pages from the playbook of the late coaching great Bill Walsh before. Not quite like this, though. Ever focused on the …

• Norman Chad: The Who and Favre have a lot in common

  February 2, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 Best I can tell, one Manning or the other will be taking his team to the Super Bowl for the rest of our natural lives. Meanwhile, it appears that the …

• Success never a doubt

  January 29, 2010 in Sports on Page B7 LOS ANGELES – The first time Peyton Manning hunkered into an NFL huddle, called an NFL play, scanned the field and fired a pass to an NFL receiver, didn’t come …

• Carroll starts talent search

  January 26, 2010 in Sports on Page B3 MOBILE, Ala. – Pete Carroll’s sunglasses were perched atop his head. Reading glasses hung from his neck. They were his tools of the trade for a day spent eyeballing football …

• Manning in Saints’ way

  January 25, 2010 in Sports on Page B5 Who dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints? Well, Archie’s boy might have something to say about that.

• Haitians on Garcon’s mind

  January 25, 2010 in Sports on Page B5 INDIANAPOLIS – Pierre Garcon celebrated the biggest day of his NFL career by honoring his Haitian relatives. The Colts receiver, whose parents emigrated to the U.S. from the earthquake-ravaged nation, …

• Favre’s retirement watch begins again

  January 25, 2010 in Sports on Page B5 NEW ORLEANS – Battered and beaten, Brett Favre limped off the field for perhaps the last time. His head down, the pained look on his face was brought on as …

• Colts vow to stay late

  January 21, 2010 in Sports on Page B3 INDIANAPOLIS – Peyton Manning is on a simple mission this week: Strike fast, stay on the field and take the Colts back to Miami. The four-time MVP and his Colts …

• New Seahawks coach Carroll adds assistants

  January 21, 2010 in Sports on Page B2 RENTON, Wash. – Pete Carroll’s coaching staff with the Seattle Seahawks is coming together with a heavy mix of NFL experience and some ties with Carroll’s last coaching job at …

• Jets, Colts will meet again

  January 18, 2010 in Sports on Page B8 The New York Jets can expect to see Peyton Manning for four quarters this time. With a 17-14 upset of the San Diego Chargers on Sunday, brash coach Rex Ryan …

• Ryan still channeling Namath

  January 18, 2010 in Sports on Page B3 SAN DIEGO – Rex Ryan is on a roll. The rookie coach who declared his team Super Bowl favorites after he figured out they were still in the playoffs is …

• Favre, 40, up to his old ways

  January 18, 2010 in Sports on Page B3 MINNEAPOLIS – “This is what I came back for.” For the adrenaline rush. For the in-your-face touchdown. For another shot at the Super Bowl.

• Carroll takes reins in Seattle

  January 13, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 RENTON, Wash. – Pete Carroll pumped his fist. He talked excitedly and forcefully. He chopped the air with his hands, commanding his new audience. Even though he had stepped back …

• Packers’ Woodson named NFL defensive player of year

  January 13, 2010 in Sports on Page B2 NEW YORK – In his own view, Charles Woodson put together his best pro season in 2009. How appropriate, then, that he is the Associated Press 2009 NFL Defensive Player …

• Seahawks throw big challenge at successful USC coach

  January 12, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 SEATTLE – Pete Carroll is coming to Seattle as more than the eighth head coach in 34 years, but not the general manager. He will be the vice president of …

• Mora ‘stunned’ by his firing

  January 12, 2010 in Sports on Page B3 SEATTLE – When Jim Mora was told to go ahead with his end-of-season news conference last week, the Seattle Seahawks head coach figured he could speak freely about his plans …

• Despite stumbles, Colts, Saints on Super course

  January 12, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 The Indianapolis Colts went from 14-0 to 14-2. The New Orleans Saints went from 13-0 to 13-3. And after each perfect season dissolved into season-ending imperfection, this was the loud …

• Arizona outlasts Packs in record-breaking OT shootout

  January 11, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 GLENDALE, Ariz. – Old master Kurt Warner and playoff newcomer Aaron Rodgers staged a passing duel to rival any the NFL has seen. And when the highest-scoring postseason game in …

• Patriots unravel, fall to Baltimore

  January 11, 2010 in Sports on Page B3 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – In a matter of minutes, the Patriots went from being the team of the last decade to looking old, overmatched and, oddly, inept. Fans sat in frozen …

• Rooney Rule gets scrutiny

  January 11, 2010 in Sports on Page B3 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Recent minority interviews for NFL coaching jobs in Washington and Seattle under the Rooney Rule have raised questions whether the spirit of the rule has been violated. …

• Cards, Ravens hit road

  January 11, 2010 in Sports on Page B3 It took a few extra minutes, but the lineup for the divisional round of the NFL playoffs is set. The Arizona Cardinals beat the Green Bay Packers 51-45 in overtime …

• Former Patriots praise Carroll as coach, man

  January 11, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 SEATTLE – Pete Carroll was dismissed from professional football 10 years ago, regarded as one heck of a guy with a not-so-terrible overall record who was nonetheless considered ill-suited to …

• Cowboys rediscover their glory years by plucking Eagles

  January 10, 2010 in Sports on Page C4 ARLINGTON, Texas – Jerry Jones exclaimed, “demons are GONE!” Keith Brooking pretended to pull a monkey off the back of coach Wade Phillips. And Tony Romo waxed poetic about the …

• Jets’ rookies declaw Bengals

  January 10, 2010 in Sports on Page C4 CINCINNATI – With the kind of bravado only his father, Buddy Ryan, has matched over the last two-plus decades, Rex Ryan said his team should be favorites throughout the playoffs …

• Pete Carroll to meet with Seahawks CEO today

  January 10, 2010 in Sports on Page C1 SEATTLE – The chief executive of the Seattle Seahawks is headed to California to meet with Pete Carroll, as the struggling team closes in on a deal with the charismatic …

• Pats’ line holds key

  January 10, 2010 in Sports on Page C4 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Patriots (10-6) won the AFC East, but the Baltimore Ravens (9-7) won’t have to face Wes Welker, the NFL’s leading receiver with 123 catches, …

• Carroll, Hawks near deal

  January 9, 2010 in Sports on Page C1 SEATTLE – Jim Mora is out and it looks like Pete Carroll may be in as the Seahawks’ new head football coach. Mora was fired Friday morning less than a …

• Mora out as coach of Seahawks after 1 season

  January 8, 2010 in Sports The Seattle Seahawks fired Jim Mora after just one season, leaving the former NFC West champs without a coach, general manager and president less than four years after they appeared … 1

• What Seahawks mean

  January 8, 2010 in Sports on Page B3 RENTON, Wash. – Seattle’s problems on offense were clear and unmistakable. Tight end John Carlson was the only Seahawk to score a touchdown in the final four games. Seattle went …

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