2011 NFL Playoff Odds: Which Team Will Win The Super Bowl?

Key To The City: My Super Bowl Dilemma
I hate football. Not really, but the Giants are giving me no choice. Two weeks ago, I asked for three things for Christmas. I asked for the Yankees to produce something that resembles a starting rotation that can compete in the AL East, the Giants to make the Playoffs and for the Knicks to land Carmelo Anthony. The Giants were eliminated from the Playoffs on Sunday, and the Yankees are thinking about bringing in Jeff Francis or Jeremy Bonderman to round out their rotation. Carmelo might as well ...

Colts Vinatieri Ready For Clutch Kicks Against Jets
NEW YORK (AP) — Adam Vinatieri is still clutch — and still almost automatic. The Veteran Indianapolis Colts kicker made a 43-yard field goal as time expired this past Sunday in a 23-20 victory over the Tennessee Titans, his first game-winner in over two years. The man who has two Super Bowl-winning kicks was happy to get reacquainted with a bit of pressure in time for Saturday night’s Playoff game against the New York Jets. “It’s been a little while since I’ve...

Bears playoff tickets on sale -- for now
Tickets for the general public to the first Chicago Bears Playoff game went on sale today at about 10 a.m. today through Ticketmaster. Game ticket prices range from $107 to $559 -- without fees and taxes -- according to the Ticketmaster website, and buyers are limited to four tickets per billing address. As of about five minutes after opening, 1,706 tickets were also available at NFL Ticket Exchange, ranging from $211 to $1,549 each. An attempt by a reporter to buy a ticket at about 10:05 a.m....

Rex Zings Brady While Praising Manning
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Rex Ryan has tweaked Tom Brady while praising Peyton Manning. The New York Jets coach says Thursday that “nobody” studies like Manning, the Indianapolis Colts Quarterback whom Ryan’s team faces in a first-round Playoff matchup Saturday. Ryan says Brady, the New England Patriots quarterback, “thinks he does” study as much as Manning, but gets more help from his coach, Bill Belichick. If the Jets (11-5) beat the Colts (10-6), they would...

Bill O'Reilly to interview Obama for Fox Super Bowl pre-game
The pro football Playoffs begin this weekend, but Fox Sports is already making sure there'll be solid television Ratings no matter what teams makes it to the Super Bowl on Feb. 6. That's because conservative Fox News Talk Show host Bill O'Reilly will be interviewing President Obama during the pre-game show, the White House confirmed yesterday. When it broadcast the games in Obama's first two years in office, NBC had hosts Matt Lauer (2009) and Katie Couric (2010) do the pre-game chats. O'Reilly ...

Saints place running back Thomas on IR
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- New Orleans Saints running back Pierre Thomas has been shelved for the post-season with an injured ankle, the team said Wednesday. Thomas, who didn't play in Sunday's 23-13 loss to Tampa Bay due to the lingering sprain, was placed on the injured reserve list. Thomas, in his fourth year out of Illinois, played in only six games during the 2010 season. He rushed 83 times for 269 yards and two touchdowns and made 29 receptions for 201 yards. The loss of Thomas came one ...

Carroll's change key in Seahawks reaching playoffs
Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, right, watches as Quarterback Charlie Whitehurst throws during the NFL football team's practice Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, in Renton, Wash. The Seahawks host the New Orleans Saints Saturday in an NFC wild-card game. From the time he first walked into the Seahawks' palatial headquarters on Lake Washington, Pete Carroll pledged competition. It's the crux of nearly everything he's done since arriving in Seattle. It's why the Seahawks have made 275 roster transactio...

Jets' Ryan zings Brady while praising Manning
Rex Ryan has tweaked Tom Brady while praising Peyton Manning. The New York Jets coach says Thursday that "nobody" studies like Manning, the Indianapolis Colts Quarterback whom Ryan's team faces in a first-round Playoff matchup Saturday. Ryan says Brady, the New England Patriots quarterback, "thinks he does" study as much as Manning, but gets more help from his coach, Bill Belichick. If the Jets (11-5) beat the Colts (10-6), they would next play Brady, Belichick and the Patriots (14-2) next Sunda...

Patriots re-sign LB Murrell
The New England Patriots have signed Linebacker Marques Murrell. The team announces Wednesday it has re-signed the four-year Veteran after signing him as a Free Agent last March 10, then cutting him Sept. 13 after he played in the season-opening 38-24 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. Murrell spent the last three seasons as a backup with the New York Jets, appearing in 26 games and making 21 tackles. He originally was signed in May 2007 to Philadelphia's Practice Squad as an undrafted Free Agent ...

Belichick, Patriots Prep For Possible Jets Showdown
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s just another bye week to Bill Belichick — except he doesn’t know who his New England Patriots will be playing next. So the ultra-prepared coach will spend a few days analyzing his three possible opponents while his players study how to improve their own performances until they find out their first Playoff foe. It will be the New York Jets if they beat the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday night. Otherwise, it will be the winner of Sunday’s game bet...

Obama to do pre-Super Bowl interview with Fox's O'Reilly
President Obama will sit down with Fox News host Bill O'Reilly to air on Super Bowl Sunday. A Fox News spokeswoman confirmed reports that the president would sit down with the conservative pundit for a pre-game interview before the Super Bowl on the FOX broadcast network. The sit-down will be a moment of outreach between Obama and the network, which his administration had clashed with during the past two years over the network's coverage of the White House. It's also the second straight yea...

NFL, ESPN close on new media contract
NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- ESPN and the National Football League say they've agreed to broad terms on a New Media rights deal that will be worth nearly $2 billion per year. No exact figures have been announced, but sources say ESPN will increase its annual rights fee by 65 percent to 70 percent, which means it will pay the league a record fee of $1.8 billion to $1.9 billion a year, Sports Business Daily reported Thursday. Despite agreeing to pay a record amount to extend its rights to NFL content...

Bill OReilly two year pandering to Obama pays off! Will interview Obama before Super Bowl
Bill O’Reilly two year pandering to Obama pays off! Will interview Obama before Super Bowl Since his softball interview with Obama in 2008 during the Presidential Election campaign, Bill O’Reilly has made every possible excuse for Obama no matter what he does. It was always assumed that O’Reily was pandering to Obama in order to score another interview with him. Looks like the two years of pandering have paid off! According to the Washington Post, O’Reilly will intervie...

Breaking: Bill OReilly To Sit Down With Barack Obama In Pre-Super Bowl Interview
Sources tell Mediaite that Bill O’Reilly has landed an exclusive pre-game interview with President Barack Obama scheduled to air on the FOX Broadcasting Channel before the Super Bowl. Developing… ...

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Hearts as Big as Texas: Stars Align to Benefit Charity During Super Bowl Weekend
Corporate speaker, author, and Texas businessman Jose Feliciano is celebrating Super Bowl XLV in grand style by sponsoring "The Best Party in Texas" - which will benefit a number of national and local Texas charities on Saturday, February 5, 2011. With over 150 celebrities and athletes confirmed and over 1000 guests expected, the party promises to be one of the most memorable Super Bowl weekend parties in football history.   The star-studded event is being hosted by actress Carmen Electra, ...

Super Bowl organizers not concerned about lockout
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Super Bowl organizers in Indianapolis insist their plans have not changed. They still expect next year’s game to be played, as scheduled, Feb. 5, 2012. But Wednesday, for the first time, host Committee Chairman Mark Miles says he believes the city would get another Super Bowl if an NFL labor stoppage canceled the game. Miles and host committee president Allison Melangton spoke during a scheduled news conference approximately 400 days from kickoff. Both acknowledge...

Video: The obligatory fan-created Doritos Super Bowl ad mocks Christian rite clip
Note well: This isn’t an ad that Doritos is running in the Super Bowl, just one that they posted on their website (and refused to remove) after a fan submitted it for their contest with Pepsi. The bad news? Even to an ex-Catholic like me, it feels cheap. Blasphemy in defense of principle, like free Speech, is welcome; blasphemy in the service of humor can be fun. Blasphemy to sell bags of Cool Ranch chips? Eh. They have every right, but aside from Richard Dawkins and maybe Hitch, whoR...

Hospitals Preparing for Super Bowl Crowd
DALLAS - The Super Bowl at Cowboys Stadium will arguably be the biggest event North Texas has ever had, bringing an estimated 93,000 people together at once. But emergency officials worry massive crowds could fall Victim to a large-scale disaster. It's one which could overwhelm Hospitals. FOX 4's Peter Daut reports on how hospitals are preparing....

Does 'Psshh' mark the spot for Super Bowl glory? Orlando man hopes so
"Psshh" – pass it on. You might help an Orlando man get his commercial featured during the Super Bowl. Brandy Gill made a commercial called "Zero Calories? Psshh," and it's now one of 10 finalists in the Crash the Super Bowl Challenge. The Psshh spot cost $30 to make. Gill, 36, directed his co-workers over a lunch hour, and co-worker Wes Sumner shot the commercial. "It took about an hour to shoot, and we did the editing in an hour on my Mac," Gill said. "Start to finish, we were done in t...

O'Reilly Lands Obama Super Bowl Sunday Interview
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly will interview Pres. Obama on Super Bowl Sunday, according to Fox News sources. Details about when the Feb. 6 interview will be taped and when it will air are still unclear. Despite his administration's criticism of FOX News, the president has appeared on the network several times. In March of last year, Obama was interviewed by Bret Baier in what turned into a highly contentious exchange about Health Care reform. Obama also gave a lengthy interview to O'Reilly duri...

O'Reilly Lands Obama Super Bowl Interview
Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly will interview President Barack Obama on the FOX broadcast network Super Bowl Sunday, an FNC spokesperson confirms to TVNewser. No other details regarding the interview were immediately available. You must login to comment. The FOX Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invite all Americans who share these val...

Leading companies underwrite Patrick inauguration
BOSTON - Leading Massachusetts companies are paying for Gov. Deval Patrick’s inaugural festivities, starting with $50,000 from the Arbella Insurance Group. A list released Wednesday, less than 24 hours before Patrick is sworn into his Second Term, also includes $25,000 donations apiece from Comcast, EMC Corp., Fidelity and Liberty Mutual. The Boston Red Sox [team stats] gave $15,000, as did the Wine & Spirit Wholesalers of Massachusetts. The New England Patriots [team stats] d...

Top And Bottom of the NFL: Week 17
Power rankings. You hate them. They’re so arbitrary and pointless, especially when they include all 32 NFL teams. All you want to know after a good week of NFL action is who the bestest team in the NFL right now, and which one is the absolute worst. The one so awful, it probably will be playing against New Orleans in a Playoff game this weekend. That’s why we have TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE NFL, where we go to great lengths to tell you who’s the top dog in football right now, this v...

Jets Appeal Fine Over Dolphin Trip
When the New York Jets were fined just $100,000 for the infamous tripping of Miami’s Nolan Carroll by Jets coach Sal Alosi, many of us remarked how relatively light the punishment was for such an unsportsmanlike act. It appears, however, that even that fine is too much for the management of the Jets, which is appealing the punishment. I have taken my share of appeals and believe strongly in the right for such review. However, there are times when it is necessary to accept responsibility an...