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Baltimore and Joe Flacco dominated in the second half at Foxborough, to set up a Super Bowl between coaching brothers Jim and John Harbaugh.

The 49ers running back initially thought his team's Colin Kaepernick-oriented offense was "real football."

(Reuters) - A federal judge dismissed a defamation suit on Thursday by New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma against National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell, one of the last open issues arising from the team's so-called bounty scandal.U.S. District Judge Helen Berrigan in New Orleans said Vilma failed to show that Goodell acted with "actual malice" in making six purportedly libelous or slanderous statements between early March...

(Reuters) - The Arizona Cardinals have installed Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians as their new head coach, the official National Football League (NFL) website reported on Thursday.Arians helped guide the Colts to the playoffs this season, stepping in as interim head coach for 12 games (9-3) when Chuck Pagano underwent treatment for leukemia.Arians has reportedly signed on a four-year deal with an option for a fifth to...

The last time Marc Trestman stood on the opposite sideline from Brian Urlacher in a regular-season game, the Bears were playing in the remodeled Soldier Field for only the second time.It was 2003, Trestman was the offensive coordinator for the Raiders and Urlacher was in his fourth season, two years away from being named the NFL's defensive player of the year. There are many questions surrounding Urlacher, who will turn 35 in May, and the Bears...

San Francisco made the biggest comeback in the history of the NFC Championship game.

Police are still investigating the incident, and there have been no arrests.

ABC's Katie Couric has landed the interview with the Heisman Trophy runnerup.

The Raiders interviewed Mike Martz for their offensive-coordinator vacancy in an attempt to find an upgrade over the fired Greg Knapp, a person familiar with the situation said.They also spoke with Juan Castillo about the prospect of taking over for fired offensive-line coach Frank Pollack.The Raiders have not released any information about their search for replacements for Knapp, Pollack, special-teams coordinator Steve Hoffman and linebackers...