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• Wish went astray at Super Bowl

  February 11, 2012 in Sports on Page C2 The Patriots got exactly what they wanted when the Giants threw to Mario Manningham on New York’s last Super Bowl drive. Then the receiver New England deemed less dangerous than …

• Fans greet Giants on return to New Jersey

  February 7, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 Smiles were the order of the day, as the Super Bowl-champion New York Giants returned home, victorious once again. The team’s charter plane from Indianapolis touched down around 1:55 p.m. …

• Norman Chad: Super Bowl look through Slouch’s eyes

  February 6, 2012 in Sports on Page B4 I’m happy for the Giants’ Tom Coughlin, who, in any given season, goes from coaching for his job to coaching in the Super Bowl. I’m happy for America, which, for …

• Patriots’ gamble fails to pay

  February 6, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 INDIANAPOLIS – Ahmad Bradshaw approached the goal line with the ball tucked tightly in his right arm and realized nobody was trying to strip it away or even stop him …

• Manning, Manningham deliver in big game

  February 6, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 It was a drive into history, a loud statement engineered by a quiet man who now must be considered the greatest offensive player in the history of New York football. …

• Super Bowl results through the years

  February 6, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 XLVI Giants 21, Patriots 17

• Eli quiets doubters, cements spot among elite

  February 6, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 INDIANAPOLIS – Eli Manning is elite, for sure. A king of comebacks, too. And far, far more than Peyton’s little brother now. Spot-on from beginning to end Sunday night, Eli …

• Eli and the Giants ruin Patriots’ season once again

  February 6, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 INDIANAPOLIS – Take that, Brady. You too, Peyton. Eli Manning is the big man in the NFL after one-upping Tom Brady and leading the New York Giants to a 21-17 …

• Eli, Giants do it again

  February 5, 2012 in Sports Just as he did four years ago, Eli Manning guided the New York Giants to a decisive touchdown in the final minute and the result Sunday was a 21-17 victory … 1

• BBB: Bowl ads hearken back to early days of big ideas

  February 5, 2012 in Business on Page E2 Back in 1967, when the Green Bay Packers took on the Kansas City Chiefs in the first Super Bowl, did AFL and NFL leaders even consider that the event would …

• Wonder about true meaning of Super Bowl Sunday?

  February 5, 2012 in Features on Page D1 Here in the land of the free, Americans can observe Super Bowl Sunday in the manner of their own choosing. You can focus on the football game.

• Defense will spell difference for Giants in Super Bowl

  February 5, 2012 in Sports on Page C6 INDIANAPOLIS – In this new NFL age of throw first and throw again, it’s easy to forget to first rule of football: Defense wins championships. Sorry, Eli. Sorry, Tom. There’s …

• Why the Patriots will win

  February 5, 2012 in Sports on Page C6 INDIANAPOLIS – Rarely is Bill Belichick outcoached. Tom Brady almost never gets outplayed. The brilliant coach on the sideline and his cerebral leader on the field – winners of three …

• Super Bowl fans may have prayers for thriller answered

  February 5, 2012 in Sports on Page C1 INDIANAPOLIS – MVP quarterbacks on marquee franchises. A rematch of a nail-biter from four years ago, featuring many of the same key characters. Madonna and plenty of Manning – Eli, …

• Aaron Rodgers given MVP award

  February 5, 2012 in Sports on Page C7 INDIANAPOLIS – The best quarterbacks bring fans out of their seats. Aaron Rodgers and Peyton Manning did exactly that Saturday night when the NFL Most Valuable Player accepted the trophy …

• Patriots’ tight end Gronkowski makes progress

  February 4, 2012 in Sports on Page C3 INDIANAPOLIS – Another practice, another day of progress for Rob Gronkowski. The All-Pro tight end was listed as questionable for the New England Patriots for the Super Bowl against the …

• Products receive boost from Super Bowl buzz

  February 4, 2012 in Sports on Page C3 NEW YORK – Companies hope you’ll be gabbing about their Super Bowl ads on Monday morning. But the ultimate score is if those conversations continue throughout the year. The Super …

• Seattle could surely host Super Bowl if Indianapolis can

  February 4, 2012 in Sports on Page C3 The Super Bowl in Indianapolis: Revenge of the Agri-Nerds.

• Yoke’s ad showing on Super Sunday

  February 3, 2012 in Business on Page A10 Spokane ad agency Magner Sanborn is ready for its second shot at Super Bowl advertising fame. This year’s game will include a 60-second spot built around the secret life of …

• Broken foot doesn’t slow Giants’ Bradshaw

  February 2, 2012 in Sports on Page B2 INDIANAPOLIS – Ahmad Bradshaw is playing in pain and loving every second of it. The New York Giants running back has played the last eight games with a broken bone …

• Swinging Doors found key to success and didn’t turn back

  January 29, 2012 in Business on Page E1 Reserved seats at next Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVI are selling for thousands of dollars each on eBay. But why spend a fortune and schlep all the way to Indianapolis when … 2

• Patriots receiver Edelman branches out to defense

  January 29, 2012 in Sports on Page C5 Julian Edelman’s role models in football have gradually evolved. As an undersized quarterback with a big arm growing up in Redwood City, Calif., he wanted to be the next Doug …

• Giants’ Cruz developed solid connection with Manning

  January 28, 2012 in Sports on Page C3 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The phone call must have been a mistake. Victor Cruz stared down at the screen, perplexed by the number that had popped up.

• Tyree still defined by catch in Super Bowl

  January 26, 2012 in Sports on Page B7 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Eli Manning took home the MVP. Plaxico Burress had the winning catch. David Tyree got the biggest prize in the 2008 Super Bowl – an unforgettable …

• Giants, Patriots meet again

  January 23, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 A Super Sequel. Four years after New York stunned previously undefeated New England in the Arizona desert, the Patriots and Giants are going at it again at the Super Bowl …

• Super Bowl to be streamed online, to mobile phones

  December 20, 2011 in Sports The biggest draw in television is going mobile. The Super Bowl will be streamed online and to phones in the U.S. for the first time, the NFL said today. NBC’s …

• Lagat wins 5,000 at nationals

  June 25, 2011 in Sports on Page C1 Track and field: Former Washington State University star Bernard Lagat captured the 5,000 meters at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore., on Friday evening, edging Chris …

• What columnists are saying about Super Bowl XLV

  February 7, 2011 in Sports on Page B5 Once ignored, Rodgers now a champion Ignored out of high school by every major-college football program in the country.

• Rodgers leads Packers to Super Bowl title

  February 7, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 ARLINGTON, Texas – Someday they’ll be comparing the next Packers quarterback to Aaron Rodgers. Whoever it is, he’ll have big shoes to fill. 1

• Church’s Super Bowl meal is touchdown for homeless

  February 7, 2011 in City on Page A1 Outside, the steel sky started spitting wet snow, but in a downtown Spokane church, 100 homeless men and women watched the Super Bowl in comfort and waited for a hot … 4

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