WHO'S HOT The Penn State Nittany Lions. Penn State has won three straight games and is 5-3 in the Big Ten (its best conference start since going 6-2 in 1995-96). But watch out! Sunday, the Nittany Lions travel to powerful Michigan State. ...more

January 31, 2009

You may have heard about Kurt Warner, the quarterback who on Sunday evening at Raymond James Stadium will lead the Arizona Cardinals into Super Bowl XLIII against the Pittsburgh Steelers. ...more

January 31, 2009

He already seems like the Superman of Super Bowl XLIII - yes, he's able to leap tall cornerbacks in a single bound - but somehow, even the hyperbole can't do justice to Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald. ...more

January 30, 2009

Even a $7 billion industry can't shrug off a new economic order. The nation's harsh economic environment served as a grim backdrop for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's state-of-the-league address Friday, two days before the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals meet in the Super Bowl at Raymond James Stadium. ...more

January 30, 2009

Less than a mile from the site of Sunday's big game, a group of area businesspeople experienced their own Super Bowl moment. ...more

January 30, 2009

Now comes the hard part for the Arizona Cardinals: waiting for kickoff to arrive. Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt said this morning after practice his team must guard against losing its focus between now and Sunday night's kickoff of Super Bowl XLIII. ...more

January 30, 2009

From video game contests to player autographs to a 56-year-old man in a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders costume, the NFLX After Dark celebration offered fans a wild, and wet, experience Thursday night. ...more

January 30, 2009

Super Bowl fever is swallowing Tampa, it seems, to the point you can't enter a grocery store without being confronted by a football stadium made with canned chili. ...more

January 30, 2009

Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs has thrown down a wager to Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl. ...more

January 30, 2009

SEEKING A FAST START, WHISENHUNT CLEARLY MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE Kurt Warner or Matt Leinart? ...more

January 30, 2009