Topic: Ben Roethlisberger

Super Bowl: Are 49ers or Ravens more ad-friendly? (+video)

The Super Bowl is as much about the commercials as it is the football. So which Superbowl team would be better in a commercial: the Baltimore Ravens or the San Francisco 49ers?

Peyton Manning is back and other NFL Week 1 highlights (+video)

Peyton Manning led the Denver Broncos to victory over Pittsburgh. Rookie Robert Griffin III threw for 320 yards for a Redskins win. The San Francisco 49ers schooled Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers.

Bankruptcy filing for 'Jerry Maguire' sports agent

Bankruptcy filing delayed for several years to try to pay off debts, says superstar agent Leigh Steinberg, who served as inspiration for movie 'Jerry Maguire.' But aggressive actions by creditors forced bankruptcy filing.

NFL playoffs: Did New Orleans Saints end the 'defense wins championships' era?

NFL playoffs are led by teams with dreadful defenses, like the New Orleans Saints and Detroit Lions. It's a sign that more teams are turning to the Indianapolis Colts model.

Strauss-Kahn and five other vexing sexual assault cases

Sexual assault cases rank among the most difficult to prosecute, as the one against ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is demonstrating. Held under house arrest since being charged with sexual assault of a maid at a New York hotel, the French politician was released on his own recognizance Friday amid questions about his accuser’s credibility. The “he said, she said” nature of such cases is one complicating factor (as is getting victims to report sexual assaults in the first place). But so are prosecutorial zeal, power politics, personal troubles of accusers, and even false accusation. Here are five high-profile sex-crime cases that fell apart, in which one or more of those factors played a role.
07/01/2011 07:52 pm

Those Guys Have All the Fun

It's big and it's bloated but – like the sports empire that it covers – this is a book that you don't want to miss.
06/21/2011 05:39 pm

Troy Polamalu has amazing hair, top-selling NFL jersey

Troy Polamalu, he of the insured hair, had the best-selling jersey over a 12-month period. Troy Polamalu and the Steelers are still smarting from their Super Bowl loss to the Packers this past February.
04/19/2011 02:08 pm

Troy Polamalu and Steelers fall to Packers in Super Bowl XLV

Troy Polamalu was named the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year for 2010. Sunday evening, the Green Bay Packers found ways to score, even with Troy Polamalu on the field in Super Bowl XLV.
02/07/2011 12:18 pm

Super Bowl 2011 forecast: 60 minutes of chaos

Super Bowl 2011 features two defenses unrivaled at creating havoc and two quarterbacks uniquely equipped to handle it.
02/05/2011 05:15 pm

In Pictures On to the Super Bowl

Richard Seymour fined after hitting Ben Roethlisberger

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was slapped by Oakland's Richard Seymour. Seymour was subsequently fined $25,000.
11/24/2010 12:19 am

Ben Roethlisberger has suspension reduced by NFL commissioner

Ben Roethlisberger was suspended earlier this year for six games after having been accused of – but not charged with – sexual assault. Ben Roethlisberger now gets two of those games back.
09/03/2010 01:38 pm

Ben Roethlisberger suspension: Is it fair when he was never charged?

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell set the Ben Roethlisberger suspension at six games Wednesday for bringing the league into disrepute.
04/21/2010 08:57 pm

Super Bowl rings: Drew Brees 1, Peyton Manning 1

For New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, defeat of Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts in the Super Bowl confirms his place as one of the top quarterbacks in the game.
02/08/2010 08:50 am

The Vote Blago compares himself to Christian Bale on Letterman

02/03/2009 12:00 am

'Steel Curtain II' vs. a big offense: a contest of styles

Super Bowl XLIII will put on display how football is being redefined in front of fans' eyes.
01/31/2009 12:00 am

The New Economy CEOs, Super Bowl stars play by different rules on payday

01/31/2009 12:00 am