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Down and out. It is football's most elementary pass route, executed in games played in back yards, sand lots, high school fields and the Super Bowl. A wide receiver fires straight off the line, runs 10 yards downfield, plants his inside foot and cuts hard for the sideline. ...more
February 1, 2009
Five Funky Facts 1. People might think Green Bay or Chicago is the oldest pro football franchise, but the Cardinals were founded in 1898 and in 1920 became a charter member of the National Football League, known then as the American Professional Football Association. The Cardinals are America's oldest professional football franchise still in existence. ...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
The NFL leader in whispers was up on stage. There are at least three things you need to interview Troy Polamalu, the Pittsburgh Steelers' game changing Pro Bowl safety: a notebook, a pen and a lip reader. ...more
January 30, 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
STATING A CASE Edgerrin James isn't shocked that so many NFL players emerge from the state of Florida. A product of Immokalee High and the University of Miami, the Cardinals tailback believes he gained a competitive edge growing up in Florida. ...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
Anquan Boldin is trying to shake the image of being a self-centered player more concerned about his statistics than making it to the Super Bowl. ...more
January 27, 2009
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