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Where are yesterday’s Super Bowl heroes?A look at what former Super Bowl Most Valuable Players are doing these days, including multiple award-winners and one who played on the losing team.
Evolution of the NFL: 16 ways the game has changed Forty-seven years after the first Super Bowl was played in Los Angeles before a less-than-capacity crowd, let’s look back at some of the ways the NFL has changed.
Super Bowl XLVII: 18 pregame facts on Ravens and 49ers Here are some fast facts on Super Bowl XLVII, the NFL's championship game set for this Sunday evening.- Super Bowl XLVII: Test your 49ers and Ravens knowledge
San Francisco goes head-to-head with Baltimore in the NFL championship game Sunday. The 49ers have a proven track record in the Super Bowl, with five wins while the Ravens have one title. Are you a Ravens or 49ers fan? See how far your knowledge of the two teams history will take you with our quiz.
Australian Open: Djokovic trounces Murray, makes historyNovak Djokovic, of Serbia, won his match against friend and rival, Britain's Andy Murray Sunday night, to take his third consecutive Australian Open title.
Australian Open: Azarenka does it again, but was Li crowd favorite?For the second year in a row, Victoria Azarenka, from Belarus, won the Australian Open. The match, against China's Li Na, was emotional and tension-filled. Li fell to the court twice, but fought to the end.
- Title IX redux? Education Dept. says school sports can't shut out disabled.
The Education Department issued a letter Friday advising public schools how to offer equal opportunities for disabled students in sports. Some say it is a landmark moment.
- On to the wall-to-wall-Harbaughs Super Bowl. A Week 20 NFL Quiz
After two come-from-behind conference championship game victories, the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens move on to the Feb. 3 Super Bowl in New Orleans. The game will feature a showdown of the first brothers to coach against each other in the NFL title game (John and Jim Harbaugh) and a matchup of two first-time SB quarterbacks (Colin Kaepernick and Joe Flacco). One opponent will be handed its first Super Bowl loss. The Niners are 5-0 in their Quest for Six as they look to tie the Steelers for the most Super Bowl championships. Baltimore won its only SB appearance in 2001, when they easily beat the New York Giants. To test your knowledge of the latest NFL playoff news, take this 14-question quiz.
Harbaugh Brothers in Super Bowl: why HarBowl I will be awesomeHarbaugh Brothers Jim (coach of the San Francisco 49ers) and John (coach of the Baltimore Ravens) will face each other in the Super Bowl XLVII. Just don't expect any brotherly love.
Did Jim Harbaugh know Colin Kaepernick was this good?San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick put on a show last week. In the NFC championship Sunday, he was just as impressive with his arm and his cool, vindicating coach Jim Harbaugh.
Stan Musial remembered for hitting prowess and ebullient personalityStan Musial, the longtime St. Louis Cardinals baseball Hall of Famer, passed away Saturday at age 92. Stan Musial had a lifetime batting average of .331, including 3,630 hits, 475 home runs and 1,951 runs-batted-in.
Oprah interview: Can Lance Armstrong rehabilitate his image?Lance Armstrong has a very steep hill to climb to regain any measure of public favor, given his past transgressions. But the Oprah Winfrey interview can be a start, image experts say.
- Athletes and drugs: How much do you know about it?
Doping. HGH. Steroids. Lance Armstrong. Chinese swimmers. Outfielder Jose Conseco. The revelations and allegations over the use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs span sports from cycling to baseball to the Olympic Games. How much do you know about the role drugs have played in major sports?
- NFL playoff thrill-a-thon: Flacco’s fling, Kaepernick’s runs; Falcons' escape. A Week 19 quiz
The National Football League couldn’t have asked for much more excitement that it got from three of the four divisional playoff games. One was decided in double overtime (Baltimore over Denver) after Joe Flacco’s Hail Mary-style TD pass tied the game at the end of regulation. Another (Atlanta over Seattle) saw the lead change twice in the last 31 seconds as Atlanta escaped with a game-winning field goal after squandering a 20-point, fourth-quarter lead. The other scrapbook-worthy game saw San Francisco’s Colin Kaepernick run wild in a victory over Green Bay. Only New England’s workmanlike 41-28 win over Houston was not a grabber. To test your knowledge of NFL playoff developments, take this 12-question quiz.
MLB, players take lead on drug testing. Will NFL players follow?Major League Baseball announced an agreement with the players' union to start in-season random drug testing, including for human growth hormone. NFL players have delayed implementation of a 2011 agreement.
- Baseball Hall of Fame quiz, worthy of any candidate
Election to Major League Baseball's shrine requires being listed on 75 percent of the ballots cast by a special group of voters. Next to winning the World Series, Cooperstown, N.Y., will forever represent the destination of choice for all the game’s greats. Here’s a 20-question quiz to test your Hall of Fame knowledge.
NHL lockout over, but why did it take so long?Labor agreements tend to be about protecting the little guy, but the NHL's chronic labor troubles spring from owners' inability to save themselves from themselves.
- NHL hits the ice: Take our pro hockey quiz
The National Hockey League consists of 30 teams in both Canada and the United States. With a big assist to NHL.com, test your knowledge of NHL history with our quiz.
- Ray Lewis leaves Baltimore Raven fans ravin’ about him. An NFL wild-card weekend quiz.
In what amounted to one glorious 'Last Hurrah' before his home fans, middle linebacker Ray Lewis returned to action after a 12-week injury absence to lead Baltimore over the Indianapolis Colts, 24-9, in a wild-card game Sunday. The statistical line for the ever-emotive, inspirational team leader, who is retiring after this, his 17, season, was pure Lewis: a team-leading 13 tackles, including nine solo stops. To top it off, the Ravens, who now must take on the Broncos in Denver, put in Lewis at fullback for the final kneel-down play, which he followed with his famous “squirrel dance” and a crowd-pleasing victory lap around M&T Bank Stadium. To test your knowledge of Week 18 NFL developments, try this 12-question quiz.
- Notre Dame in BCS national championship game: Take our Fighting Irish football quiz
Notre Dame takes on the University of Alabama in the BCS National Championship Game Monday night in South Florida. Like the Crimson Tide, the Fighting Irish enjoy a rich football tradition. Test your knowledge of Notre Dame football history with our quiz.
