Pro Sports

Super Bowl Statistics (02/08/10)
At Miami First Quarter Ind--FG Stover 38, 7:29. Ind--Garcon 19 pass from Manning (Stover kick), :36. Second Quarter NO--FG Hartley 46, 9:34. NO--FG Hartley 44, :00. Third Quarter NO--P.Thomas 16 pass from Brees (Hartley kick), 11:41...

Too bad Payton can't be MVP of Super Bowl (02/08/10)
MIAMI (AP) -- Sean Payton strolled through the New Orleans Saints locker room at halftime, pausing at Thomas Morstead's locker with a simple message. "We're doing it," the coach said. Morstead, the Saints' punter and kickoff specialist, knew exactly what Payton meant. New Orleans was planning an onside kick the rookie had been working on less than two weeks, a bounder he tries to "bend like Beckham."...

Manning throws away bid for one final comeback (02/08/10)
MIAMI (AP) -- Blocked onto his butt, Peyton Manning could only watch his last, best chance to win the Super Bowl go running right past him. Big games often come down to a turnover, and this one did. But who would've guessed the NFL's most heralded quarterback would make it?...

La. native Porter seals Saints SB win (02/08/10)
MIAMI -- Peyton Manning? Intercepted. Brett Favre, too. Louisiana native Tracy Porter finished the season by making two of the biggest interceptions in the history of the team he grew up rooting for: the New Orleans Saints. Now they're the Super Bowl champion Saints, thanks in no small part to the second-year pro who grew up in Port Allen, just across the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge...

Colts' supporting cast falls short in Super Bowl (02/08/10)
MIAMI (AP) -- The can't-miss Colts got it all wrong in the Super Bowl. They dropped passes. They missed tackles. They couldn't recover an onside kick. Even the impeccable Peyton Manning made a costly mistake. Indianapolis was full of flaws and it showed...

Wayne leaves practice early with injury (02/05/10)
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Reggie Wayne gave the Indianapolis Colts quite a scare Friday when he pulled up short on a pass route. He's still expected to play in Sunday's Super Bowl. The four-time Pro Bowl receiver left practice 20 minutes early after aggravating an injured right knee...

Colts rally past Jets, Super Bowl-bound (01/24/10)
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS -- This is perfect for the Indianapolis Colts: They have Peyton Manning and they're back in the Super Bowl. The four-time MVP threw three touchdown passes and the Colts rallied from an 11-point, first-half deficit to beat the New York Jets 30-17 Sunday in the AFC championship game...

Colts familiar with Jets' top-ranked defense (01/21/10)
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS -- Peyton Manning and his Colts have spent nearly a month preparing for the type of aggressive, 3-4 scheme played by the New York Jets. Indianapolis hopes to turn all of that practice into a trip to the Super Bowl...

Howard helps Magic halt losing skid versus Pacers (01/20/10)
By ANTONIO GONZALEZ Associated Press Writer ORLANDO, Fla. -- Dwight Howard had 32 points and 11 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic held off the Indiana Pacers for a 109-98 victory Wednesday night to end a three-game losing streak. Matt Barnes added 16 rebounds, 10 points and six assists to help the streaky Magic build a 29-point first half lead before going cold. Orlando had lost seven of its last nine games, and letting this one slip could have been a catastrophic blow...

Pacers beat Nets for third straight win (01/15/10)
By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Danny Granger scored 22 of his 28 points in a 72-point first-half blitz and the Indiana Pacers posted their third straight win with a 121-105 victory over the woeful New Jersey Nets on Friday night...

Colts face great debate after pulling starters (12/28/09)
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS -- Colts coach Jim Caldwell will not second-guess the decision to rest his starters Sunday. He'll let everybody else do it for him. One day after Indianapolis pulled the plug on its perfect season by sitting Peyton Manning and others with 5:36 left in the third quarter of a 15-10 game, the great debate raged in Indianapolis...

Colts break records in victory (12/13/09)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Even Peyton Manning's inconsistency couldn't derail history for the Indianapolis Colts. Or preserve the NFL records of New England and San Francisco. Manning was sensational, throwing three TD passes in the first 23 minutes, then mediocre, getting picked off three times in the Colts' 28-16 victory over Denver for their 22nd consecutive regular-season win. ...

Two replays in final seconds as Pacers win (12/12/09)
By JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON -- Gilbert Arenas was despondent. His first triple-double in 5 1/2 years meant nothing because he had blown the game at the free throw line for the second time in three nights. Mike Dunleavy felt much better. He benefited from two replay reviews that gave him his own chance at the line, where he sank both attempts with one-tenth of a second remaining Saturday night to give the Indiana Pacers a 114-113 win over the Washington Wizards...