Football players don't usually find themselves longing for a good, old-fashioned practice, but the Arizona Cardinals definitely had reached that point this morning. ...more

January 28, 2009

Tampa is going to get a lot of exposure on NBC's "Today" show when Meredith Vieira, Al Roker and Ann Curry come to town for the Super Bowl. ...more

January 28, 2009

John Omohundro has been with the Arizona Cardinals for 42 years, since they were the St. Louis Cardinals, long before they came to the desert. He was the team's head trainer for 37 years before becoming the club's senior sports medicine adviser. In all his time, through all the awful losses, and suddenly all the big victories, he has never quite met anyone like Patrick Daniel Tillman. ...more

January 28, 2009

A HAIRY SITUATION To the surprise of virtually no one, Steelers safety Troy Polamalu fielded almost as many questions about his cascading hair Tuesday as he did football or the Arizona Cardinals. ...more

January 28, 2009

Larry Fitzgerald has covered 28 Super Bowls as a journalist but this will be his first covering his own son. ...more

January 28, 2009

There was a squealing drag queen from Telemundo. There were beefy football players who twirled a sequin-clad dancer in a Super Bowl version of "Dancing with the Stars." And a "journalist" measured the arm muscles of players as she cooed into the camera. ...more

January 28, 2009

What young boy hasn't pretended to be a professional football player during a pickup game in their backyard? Plant players get to do it for real Friday night at Raymond James Stadium, but first they had to practice like the pros. ...more

January 27, 2009

NBC's "Today" is getting ready for a Super Bowl visit to Tampa that includes a special two-hour edition on Sunday morning with Meredith Vieira, Al Roker and Ann Curry live from Raymond James Stadium, and Matt Lauer at the White House. ...more

January 27, 2009

TAMPA – We stood around the booth early Tuesday where Darnell Dockett sat at Super Bowl media day, waiting for the right moment to ask about the tattoos that adorn his massive forearms. We waded through questions about the Arizona Cardinals' defense, about his days at Florida State, and all kinds of football stuff before someone finally asked, "Uh, what about the tattoos?" ...more

January 27, 2009

Marty Chandler says he has the best job in the world. He has had the best seat in the house to college football games, along with professional golf and tennis tournaments. And he doesn't even need a ticket. That's because Chandler's seat is 1,000 feet above major sporting events in a Goodyear blimp. ...more

January 27, 2009