How to sound like an NFL fan while watching the Super Bowl

If you're among the millions of people who watch precisely one NFL game each year, yet want to sound like a real football fan during Sunday's Super Bowl, The Associated Press has you covered.

A tale of two quarterbacks: How do they compare?

The New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons are headed to the Super Bowl and given the time to the big game, many are going to look at every play, statistic, and history of the two teams. No doubt, the next week and a half will hold full comparisons between Tom Brady and Matt Ryan, but they won't be coming from the Falcons head coach.

George H.W. Bush and wife Barbara to handle Super Bowl coin toss

Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, will handle the pregame coin toss at the Super Bowl.   NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says Wednesday that the former First Couple recently were released from Houston Methodist Hospital, where the nation's 41st president received treatment for pneumonia for more than two weeks.   The former president is 92. He often attends games of the...

FOX NFL Crew Gears up for Super Bowl Sunday

Super Bowl LI marks the network's eighth time the show will be broadcast on FOX.   And network executives have lots of exciting  things in store for viewers--including a device that will give viewers a virtual access from inside the player's helmet. 

Sheldon Adelson pulls support for Oakland Raiders stadium plan

Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has pulled out of a plan to build a $1.9 billion domed stadium for the NFL's Oakland Raiders to move to Las Vegas.

Super Bowl commercials released by Ford, Budweiser, Mr. Clean

Ford, Budweiser, Pepsi, Snickers, and Mr. Clean are are all spending big on Super Bowl LI. The Super Bowl is more than a game - this is the time to sit around, eat some snacks, and wait around for the football to end so the Super Bowl commercials come back.

Six Flags theme parks bet over Super Bowl matchup

The stakes for the Atlanta Falcons vs. New England Patriots matchup just got higher: two Six Flags theme parks have made a wager on which team will win the Super Bowl.   

Jackpot! Vegas looks to score big win by landing Raiders

First the NHL's Vegas Golden Knights. Soon, maybe, the Las Vegas Raiders. Once looked on with disdain by major sports leagues, this gambling city is now just 24 votes away from cashing in on one of the biggest sports jackpots ever.

Falcons player's wife attended playoff game while in labor

Think the Falcons-Seahawks playoff game made you uncomfortable? It's nothing compared to Andy Levitre's wife Katie. "My wife went into labor right before the game started. She came to the game and sat through the game while she was in labor" says Levitre. Levitre says he had no clue his wife was in labor until after the game when a Falcons staffer told him. "I went and showered up, came...

Packers-Falcons, Steelers-Patriots for Super Bowl berths

Tom Brady vs. Ben Roethlisberger. Aaron Rodgers vs. Matt Ryan. Quite a quartet of QBs is heading to the NFL's conference championship games next weekend: Brady's New England Patriots host Roethlisberger's Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC, and Rodgers' Green Bay Packers play at Ryan's Atlanta Falcons in the NFC.

Bucs sign defensive coordinator Smith to contract extension

Mike Smith says he's committed to helping the Tampa Bay Buccaneers realize their potential, not trying to become a head coach again.

Dolphins assistant Burke promoted to defensive coordinator

Matt Burke climbed Kilimanjaro, did charity work in Uganda and took a safari in three other African countries. Now he begins another ambitious adventure - as defensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins.

Former football star takes on new career

Kregg Lumpkin has suited up as a Stephenson Jaguar, a Georgia Bulldog and on Sundays in the NFL, but nothing compares to the uniform he now wears as a Clayton County firefighter. "I get fulfillment knowing that I've given myself and given myself up to save somebody else," says Lumpkin. Lumpkin graduated from firefighter training in November and immediately hit the front lines. He says there...

Texans star J.J. Watt goes the distance for a little boy injured in truck accident

Texans star J.J. Watt goes the distance after a little boy was run over by a truck.   According to a fan's tweet to Watt, " A little boy at memorial Hermann who was ran over by a truck is just crying that EMTs cut his Watt jersey." J.J. Watt responded immediately with a tweet back “Tell him I’ll bring him a new jersey tomorrow."