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PHOENIX - Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman is hopeful that his son will be born after Super Bowl Sunday but should an early arrival occur, coach Pete Carroll says he will leave it to the player to decide how he responds. Sherman's girlfriend Ashley is due to give birth...

PHOENIX, Jan 30 (Reuters) - As fans gather for Sunday's Super Bowl in Arizona, a billboard campaign is seeking to win acceptance for gay players whom the organizers say have been part of the National Football League since it started, but are scared to come out in public. The campaign...

PHOENIX -- Super Bowl coaches Pete Carroll and Bill Belichick shared a stage divided only by the Lombardi Trophy the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots play for Sunday. "We got a great two weeks. It's been nothing but fun," Carroll said at the joint press conference. "The...

The Bemidji State basketball programs are still looking for a break. Both BSU men and women are in the midst of long losing streaks — seven for the men and six for the women — which both hope to snap this weekend when they take on Winona State and Upper Iowa. The Beavers are...

PHOENIX -- Seattle Seahawks defensive coordinator Dan Quinn is days away from possibly winning another Super Bowl and being named a head coach for the first time. "They are getting a great coach," Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner said of Quinn, who is expected to be introduced...

PHOENIX - Federal authorities and the National Football League have seized $19.5 million worth of fake sports memorabilia as part of a year-long crackdown on counterfeit goods, they said on Thursday. Authorities said over 325,000 counterfeit items, including jerseys, hats and Super...

PHOENIX - As fans gather for Sunday's Super Bowl in Arizona, billboard trucks are expected to travel around Phoenix with messages reminding revelers of what critics see as an inadequate NFL response to domestic violence involving star NFL players. Dispatched by an anti-sexism group...

PHOENIX - New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has been fighting a cold for nearly a week but said on Wednesday he expects to be fine for Sunday's Super Bowl showdown with the defending champion Seattle Seahawks. Brady sniffled his way through a 45-minute news conference,...

Former NFL players who began playing tackle football before age 12 are more likely to suffer from memory and thinking problems than those who took up the game later, a new study has found. The findings, published on Wednesday in the scientific journal Neurology, come amid heightened...