The hope is that Dwight Freeney will play in Sunday’s Super Bowl for the Indianapolis Colts.After Freeney missed all four practices last week, Colts coach Jim Caldwell said Monday the team was preparing to play without the injured All-Pro defensive end.
“He hasn’t been practicing, so if he’s not practicing, we are preparing to not have him,” Caldwell told reporters after arriving in South Florida. “If he can’t go, we’ll do some rotations, and Raheem (Brock) will be a big part of that.”
At Media Day on Tuesday, Freeney walked up to his podium with a limp. He was wearing flip flops and his ankle was noticeably swollen. He said the swelling is down from what it looked like last week when “it was swollen the size of a baseball.” Read full story here
Dwight Freeney is the star defensive end for the Indianapolis Colts who is largely responsible for the much improved defense. Dwight Freeney the man in the number 93 jersey is well known for making his whole defensive line better, because of the doubles he gets from offensive linemen, it opens up his teammates. Its not often you see fans wearing a defensive players jersey, but the Dwight Freeney jersey is the exception.
Dwight Freeney was drafted by the Colts out of Syracuse University with the 11th pick in the first round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He set an NFL rookie record with 9 forced fumbles, and was runner up for defensive rookie of the year. Freeney is the only player in Colts history with three consecutive double-digit sack seasons.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rain drove the New Orleans Saints indoors Monday. The NFL scrambled to move Tuesday’s Media Day activities under cover. And tourism officials tried to shrug off the public-relations blow of a soggy start to Super Bowl week. Read more here
Jehmu Greene, president of Women’s Media Center, asked CBS on Monday not to air the commercial, saying, “An ad that uses sports to divide rather than to unite has no place in the biggest national sporting event of the year.”
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Long live rock: The Who set to play Super Bowl XLIV halftime
THE WHO, one of the world’s greatest and most dynamic rock and roll bands, will perform in the BRIDGESTONE SUPER BOWL XLIV HALFTIME SHOW on CBS Sports at Dolphin Stadium in South Florida on Sunday, February 7, 2010. Read more here
The Pittsburgh Steelers are the 2009 Super Bowl Champions after defeating the Arizona Cardinals 27-24 making it the first franchise in NFL history to win six titles.
Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin is the youngest head coach to ever win a Super Bowl. Santonio Holmes was named the 2009 Super Bowl MVP.
It’s just the third time that two NFL teams have started 10-0 in the same year. There never have been two 11-0 clubs in one season since the NFL started play 87 years ago.
“You have somewhat of a bulls-eye on your chest,” Saints quarterback Drew Brees, 30, told reporters this week. “You know everyone is gunning for you. So it doesn’t get any easier. Read full story here
Highlights: Patriots head coach Bill Belichick bad call!
The Patriots lost to the undefeated Colts in unbelievable fashion last night. Leading, 31-14 in the fourth quarter, and 34-21 with 2:30 remaining, the Patriots took the choke and lost to their hated rivals, 35-34.
So the conference is gone, the playoff bye is probably bye-bye, and the (6-3) Patriots are saddled with a loss that will haunt them for the rest of the season. Read full story here
Colts vs Patriots
Final Score: Colts 35, Patriots 34
Manning threw four touchdown passes but also was intercepted twice. Manning completed 28 of 44 passes for 327 yards, and Wayne had 10 catches for 126 yards. Read full story here
Cooper Manning is the eldest son – and the least known – in the famed football family, and you can’t help but wonder what might have been. He doesn’t have that problem. When you have to relearn to walk, “just being normal” is enough.
The Manning brother you don’t watch on television is prone to superstition, and quickly comes across as the gregarious one of the litter — as affable as Peyton or Eli, but with better quotes.
The Manning brother you will never see play in a Super Bowl has a wife and three kids and part ownership of an energy firm that deals with oil and gas stocks. Which means you can be named Manning, enjoy a pretty successful life, and not have linebackers trying to twist around your helmet so you’re looking out the ear hole every Sunday.
To recount quarterbacking’s royal family: There’s Archie, the Hall of Fame patriarch. Olivia, the homecoming queen mother. Peyton and Eli. Read Full Story Here
The Colts have been in the market for a receiver since losing Anthony Gonzalez to a knee injury.
After releasing Marvin Harrison in a cost-cutting move in February, the Colts expected two former first-round picks, receivers Reggie Wayne and Gonzalez to step up.
But Gonzalez sprained ligaments in his right knee Sunday and is expected to miss several weeks. The Indianapolis Star, citing a source, reported Thursday that Gonzalez won’t require surgery and hopes to return after the Colts’ Oct. 18 bye — meaning he will miss four games.
The football player and husband of Kendra Wilkinson is en route to Indianapolis, Ind., where he is expected to sign with the Colts, a source tells PEOPLE.
The Philadelphia Eagles, for whom Baskett, 27, had played receiver, cut the dad-to-be from its 53-man roster this week so that there’d be space for controversial quarterback Michael Vick. Read full story here
