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Atlanta Falcons - TeamReport

May 21, 2013 23:15
NFL Team Report - Atlanta Falcons - INSIDE SLANT Following a weekend rookie minicamp, the Atlanta Falcons feel they may have managed to steal a couple of linebacker prospects after failing to address that need during the draft. Linebackers Nick Clancy and Joplu Bartu, both undrafted free agent rookies, were impressive in the three-day camp that ended Sunday.

NFL: San Francisco, Houston to host Super Bowls

Agence France-PresseMay 21, 2013 19:15
San Francisco and Houston got the nod as Super Bowl hosts on Tuesday in a decision announced at the NFL Spring Meeting. San Francisco will host Super Bowl 50 in February of 2016 and Houston will host Super Bowl 51 in February of 2017, the league announced. The Super Bowl will return to the Bay Area thanks to the 49ers' future Santa Clara home, recently named Levi's Stadium. The new $1.2 billion stadium is set to open in 2014.

Football: Man City, Yankees launch MLS NY team

Agence France-PresseMay 21, 2013 17:45
Manchester City and the New York Yankees are teaming up to launch a new Major League Soccer club in New York City, MLS Commissioner Don Garber said Tuesday. Garber said the English Premiership club and Major League Baseball's storied franchise had acquired the league's 20th expansion club which will be called New York City Football Club (NYCFC) and is expected to begin play in 2015.

San Francisco and Houston awarded 2016 and 2017 Super Bowls

May 21, 2013 16:48
By Julian Linden NEW YORK (Reuters) - San Francisco and Houston were chosen on Tuesday as host cities for the 2016 and 2017 Super Bowls after National Football League (NFL) team owners voted for the two ahead of Miami. The San Francisco Bay Area will host the 50th Super Bowl in early 2016 at Levi's Stadium, the brand new home of the 49ers, which is still under construction. Then Houston will stage the 51st edition of the sport's championship game in early 2017 at Reliant Stadium, the home of the Texans.

Tablets on sidelines? Could happen as NFL and Microsoft enhance interactive experiences

The Canadian PressMay 21, 2013 15:45
Imagine Sean Payton holding up a Surface tablet instead of a cardboard playsheet on the sideline. Envision Peyton Manning sitting on the bench and dissecting the last series from a variety of camera angles on his hand-held device instead of looking at still photos. Or sitting at home and pulling up real-time highlights on a Sunday afternoon. It's coming.

NFL: Future Super Bowl sites on agenda at league meeting

Agence France-PresseMay 20, 2013 16:00
National Football League owners will announce on Tuesday whether the San Francisco area or South Florida will be the host for Super Bowl 50 in 2016 and decide the game's 2017 host as well. Off-season meetings began on Monday with owners looking at putting the championship-game spectacle in a new $1.2 billion stadium in Santa Clara, California, that the San Francisco 49ers will call home starting in 2014.

NFL: Chargers reach deal for linebacker Freeney

Agence France-PresseMay 18, 2013 16:31
Dwight Freeney, a top linebacker who helped the Indianapolis Colts win the 2007 Super Bowl, agreed to a two-year deal with the San Diego Chargers on Saturday, the NFL club announced. The move came five days after the Chargers lost linebacker Melvin Ingram to a torn left knee ligament during an off-season training session, an injury that could sideline him for the entire 2013 campaign.

NFL: Seahawks defender suspended for four games

Agence France-PresseMay 17, 2013 17:15
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Bruce Irvin will miss the first four games of the 2013 National Football League season after being suspended by on Friday for an NFL substance abuse policy violation. Irvin made 16 tackles, half of them quarterback sacks, in 16 games for the Seahawks last year in his first NFL campaign. The ban was for a performance-enhancing susbtance violation. The league does not announce details of the substance involved under medical privacy provisions of the collective bargaining agreement with players.

Seeking retrial, OJ Simpson recounts Vegas robbery

Agence France-PresseMay 15, 2013 14:26
O.J. Simpson gave a blow-by-blow account Wednesday of the night of a September 2007 casino hotel robbery for which he was jailed, as he seeks a retrial. Dressed in a blue prison outfit in court, the 65-year-old former American football star insisted he did not knowingly break the law on the day he reclaimed what he believed were his own stolen belongings. "It was my stuff. I followed what I thought was the law .. I didn't break into anybody's room," and didn't attack or "muscle" anyone, he told the court in Las Vegas.
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