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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ If Titans coach Jeff Fisher had a vote, he'd favour trimming some time off the draft. Fisher, co-chair of the NFL's rules committee, won't be part of the NFL owners' talks Tuesday with commissioner Roger Goodell about shortening selection times in the first and second rounds of the league's draft. But he has been part of discussions with Goodell about picking up the pace on draft day. ``I think we could arrive at ...

With two black coaches in the Super Bowl for the first time, the historic accomplishment presents a welcome dilemma for many black fans: For whom to root? Many are not picking sides in Sunday's game _ they see Indianapolis Colts Coach Tony Dungy and Chicago Bears Coach Lovie Smith's presence in the NFL's biggest game as a win-win situation. ``We can't lose,'' said New York University history professor Jeffrey Sammons, ...

Posing for photos Friday alongside the Lombardi Trophy, Tony Dungy wore a blue suit and slight smile. His friend and Super Bowl foe Lovie Smith wore a grey suit and his game face. Kickoff was only 57 hours away. A new wrinkle in the Super Bowl week routine, added months ago, briefly brought the coaches together during their morning news conferences. It's believed to be the first time coaches have ...

Art Schlichter's career stats are memorable for all the wrong reasons. Ten years behind bars. Twenty some convictions. Forty-four different prisons. One life wasted. ``I served my time,'' Schlichter said. ``I got an enormous amount of time for what I did.'' He was once the quarterback of the future for the Indianapolis Colts, the Peyton Manning of his time. He was always the ultimate con man, a smooth talker who ...

Archie Manning stood nervously in the tunnel leading to the field in Indianapolis during the final minutes of a comeback that would put his middle son in the Super Bowl for the first time. He didn't want the television cameras to see him, didn't want to intrude on the spotlight. He could barely bring himself to watch. The head of football's most famous quarterback family had endured countless losing seasons ...

The NFL is accusing the operators of two South Beach hotels of reneging on a deal to supply more than 50 rooms during the first week of February for the Super Bowl in Miami, according to court documents. The operators of the South Beach Hotel and the Crest Hotel, however, deny that they signed a contract to reserve 54 rooms between the two hotels for four nights during the week ...

Any chance the Pittsburgh Steelers had of returning to the Super Bowl was seemingly laid to rest by the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens sacked Ben Roethlisberger nine times Sunday and coasted to their fifth straight victory, a 27-0 blowout that left the Steelers with only a mathematical chance of reaching the playoffs. Baltimore (9-2) limited the defending NFL champions to 36 yards in the decisive first half. The nine sacks, ...

The Dallas Cowboys' sparkling new stadium isn't even close to completion and local leaders already are planning a Super Bowl. A group of public officials and business leaders announced Thursday it will bid to bring the 2011 Super Bowl to the Arlington stadium, which is set to open in 2009. It would be the first Super Bowl for the Dallas area, home to the team that has appeared in an ...

Seattle is playing like a team on track for another Super Bowl. Pittsburgh is not. In a weekend full of strange doings, the Seahawks finally got their offence on track against the New York Giants' struggling defence. Despite some late mishaps, Seattle looked every bit a team headed for its second straight NFC championship. The Steelers? With Ben Roethlisberger still struggling (the official term seems to be ``rusty''), they are ...

A motorist was found guilty of manslaughter Friday in the death of a Super Bowl reveller who was struck when the man drove his car through a crowd celebrating the New England Patriots' 2004 championship. Stanley Filoma was charged with killing one man and injuring four others when his sport utility vehicle struck them Feb. 1, 2004. Jurors began deliberating Thursday. Prosecutors contended Filoma was drunk and fleeing police. Filoma ...