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Grizzlies end 3-game skid, beat Timberwolves 85-80

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Rudy Gay had 19 points and nine rebounds, and Quincy Pondexter added a career-high 17 points as the Memphis Grizzlies snapped a three-game losing streak with a 85-80 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night....

Holmes staying put with Jets after clause kicks in

NEW YORK (AP) -- It appears Santonio Holmes is sticking around - just as the New York Jets said he would....

Column: There's still a game in there somewhere

The strangest coaching decision during Super Bowl week wasn't when Bill Belichick ordered his defense to act like matadors and wave Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw by for a touchdown from 6 yards out with less than a minute left in the game. That's just the one people will remember. The really odd one came four days earlier when the uber-prepared Patriots coach, anticipating a halftime show that would dictate a 30-minute intermission rather than the usual 12, ordered his players to take a break from practicing football and practice sitting in the locker room for a half-hour instead....

Giants TE Ballard has left ACL tear
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- New York Giants tight end Jake Ballard tore his left anterior cruciate ligament during the second half of Super Bowl, the team announced on Tuesday....

Tens of thousands greet Super Bowl champs in NJ

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- It wasn't the Canyon of Heroes and there wasn't as much tickertape, but that didn't seem to bother about 30,000 New York Giants fans who flocked to MetLife Stadium Tuesday to celebrate the team's rousing Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots....

New Chiefs coach promises to 'attack' on offense

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Kansas City's fifth offensive coordinator in four years is hoping to lend some much-needed permanence to his new team....

RB Ricky Williams says he's retiring from NFL
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) -- Ricky Williams is retiring from the NFL....

New York Giants like chances of repeating

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Tom Coughlin is coming back. Eli Manning is only getting better. And the vast majority of the New York Giants' starting lineup is under contract....

Fans bet $94M on Super Bowl at Nevada casinos
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Sports fans bet $93.9 million at Nevada casinos on Sunday's Super Bowl matchup between the New York Giants and New England Patriots, the most wagered in the past decade....

Report: Haley Steelers' next offensive coordinator
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Steelers will hire former Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley to be their offensive coordinator, according to an ESPN report....