Nick Gagalis/n.gagalismedia@latinospost.com
Super Bowl XLVII Media Day produced some breaking stories, heartwarming features and surprising laughs at the Super Dome in New Orleans. We share the latest from the unofficial beginning to Super Bowl Week here, including a bold claim by Randy Moss and a feature about the real leader of the Baltimore Ravens.
The University of Michigan Wolverines received 51 first-place votes en route to a number-one ranking in the AP Top 25 on Monday. The school reached the top of the college basketball (regular season) world for the first time in more than twenty years. The last number-one-ranked Michigan team existed in 1992.
The ongoing discussion about how the NFL's style of play and the mental health of its athletes rages on in New Orleans this week leading up to Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday. Even President Obama has weighed in on the matter. Members of the same team's secondary have differing beliefs.
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis used a banned substance in formulating his return to the NFL this season. Will it affect his legacy or his ability to play in Super Bowl XLVII? We have the details of his treatment here.
Colin Kaepernick has quickly become the media darling of Super Bowl XLVII, but the other quarterback in the contest is happy to stay out of the spotlight. He may not have the electric style of play or personality of the San Francisco 49ers QB, but Joe Flacco has quietly led the Baltimore Ravens to a Super Bowl.
Alex Smith and Colin Kaepernick have some similarities with a pair of quarterbacks on a previous Super Bowl winning team, the 2001 New England Patriots. What does that mean for the team, and for Smith's future elsewhere?
Ndamukong Suh is known as one of the dirtiest players on a football field, but his recent actions in a pool couldn't be any more different. Suh saved comedian Louie Anderson from drowning as Anderson was practicing dives for the upcoming reality show, Celebrity Diving. We delve into more information on Suh and two other athletes who have saved people's lives in one way or another.
Super Bowl XLVII is now less than a week away, the San Francisco 49ers are in town, and the Baltimore Ravens will arrive on Monday night. Tuesday's Media Day officially kicks off Super Bowl Week in New Orleans. The full week's schedule is here, as is the live stream of the NFL Network's coverage of Media Day and a video of a controversial player dancing during last year's Super Bowl celebration.
Lance Armstrong has been removed from another high-profile athletics-based charity. Athletes for Hope, an organization started by Armstrong, retired tennis player Andre Agassi and retired soccer player Mia Hamm, has dropped the cyclist from the charity, the Wall Street Journal is reporting. Did his interview with Oprah Winfrey have anything to do with it?
By the end of the 2013 Farmer's Insurance Open, people may say the only thing that stopped Tiger Woods was the fog. Woods is six shots ahead of the field with 11 holes to go on Monday at Torrey Pines. The live stream, tee times and leader board are all included in this story.
Lolo Jones jumped over a hurdle Sunday to win a gold medal, but that hurdle was only figurative. The United States bobsledding team won it in the combined bobsled-skeleton team event at the world championships, the AP reports.
Jones was the brakewoman for Elana Meyers on the women's side of the team. The event added the times in the two-man bobsled in both the men's and women's skeleton to determine a winner.
Baltimore Ravens safety Bernard Pollard doesn't believe the National Football League will exist 30 years from now, NFL.com reports. The polarizing Pollard uses some solid reasoning in his argument, which we share here.
Colin Kaepernick could become the most bet on player in Super Bowl history. Learn what people are wagering on and the history of his tattoos by reading this story. We also tip our cap to Joe Flacco as a teaser for future Super Bowl XLVII features.
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic will play Andy Murray for the 2013 Australian Open Championship at 7:30 am EST on Sunday. The live stream and past match highlights are included here.
John Dodson challenges UFC World Flyweight Champion Demetrious Johnson at 8 pm EST on UFC on FOX 6 Saturday. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson battles Glover Teixeira in the other co-main event, fighting for the Light Heavyweight belt at the United Center in Chicago, Ill.
