Broncos’ Lenon takes long and winding road to Super Bowl
(Reuters) – There are many roads that lead to the Super Bowl but few are as bumpy as the one traveled by Denver Broncos linebacker Paris Lenon, who has survived two failed leagues and a team that set the standard for NFL failure.
Elway and Manning’s legacies come together
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – For most of the four years that have passed since the National Football League awarded the 48th Super Bowl to the New York/New Jersey area, the main topic conversation centered around the weather.
Two men in Super Bowl ticket scam face 7 years in prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prosecutors have charged two men with selling counterfeit tickets for Sunday’s Super Bowl, including phony passes to star-studded parties after the first NFL championships to be held in the New York area, officials said Tuesday.
Lynch ditches Super Bowl Media Day after six minutes
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – Notoriously media-shy running back Marshawn Lynch made a brief appearance at Super bowl Media Day on Tuesday, tolerating six minutes of questions before abruptly walking away.
For pot entrepreneurs, it’s a ‘Stoner Bowl’ matchup made on high
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – For Nate Johnson, the excitement surrounding the upcoming Super Bowl is two-fold. Not only are his hometown Seattle Seahawks taking on the Denver Broncos – football teams representing two major U.S. cities where recreati…
Broncos’ Adams rethinks plans to walk home from Super Bowl
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – Mike Adams is rethinking his celebration plans if the Denver Broncos win Sunday’s Super Bowl against the Seattle Seahawks in New Jersey.
New labor union courts U.S. college football players
(Reuters) – A new labor union is being formed for U.S. college athletes, and football players at Northwestern University in Chicago are looking to get onboard, the College Athletes Players Association (CAPA) announced Tuesday.
Broncos, Seahawks tackled by media at pre-Super Bowl event
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – A noisy marching band, costumed characters and a 9-year-old reporter were among hundreds of journalists and football fans that filled a Newark, New Jersey, arena on Tuesday for the media scrum that marks the kick-off of S…
New F1 engines a blast from the past for Rosberg
JEREZ, Spain (Reuters) – The sound of Formula One’s new power units was a blast from the past for Nico Rosberg, son of 1982 champion Keke, but others were less sure after the 2014 cars made a quiet test debut on Tuesday.
Hamilton starts new F1 turbo era with a crash
JEREZ, Spain (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton crashed his Mercedes, world champion Sebastian Vettel failed to complete a timed lap and McLaren’s car stayed in the garage as Formula One’s new turbo era endured a difficult, and strangely quiet, birth on Tuesda…