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GM says Super Bowl ads too expensive and bows out

For General Motors, the price isn't right when it comes to an ad during next year's Super Bowl. The Detroit automaker said Friday that it won't be advertising on the Feb. 3 spectacle because of a steep price hike demanded by CBS, the network broadcasting the game. "We understand the ...

Police: Junior Seau found dead at California home

Junior Seau's apparent suicide stunned an entire city and saddened former teammates who recalled the former NFL star's ferocious tackles and habit of calling everybody around him "Buddy." It also left everyone wondering what led to Seau's death Wednesday morning in what the San Diego County medical examiner's office has ...

Mass. man busted in Super Bowl swindle killed

A Worcester man who spent time in federal prison for swindling dozens of people by selling them Super Bowl tickets he didn't have has been found slain in his apartment. Police say 27-year-old Michael Deppe was found Monday dead of a single gunshot wound by police performing a well-being check. ...

FILE - In these file photos released by the NFL, former San Diego Chargers football players, from left, Lew Bush, Rodney Culver, Shawn Lee, Chris Mims and Junior Seau are shown. Seau's death on Wednesday, May 2, 2012, is the eighth among the Chargers 1994 AFC championship team. Bush, 42, died in December 2011, of an apparent heart attack. Culver, 26, died May 1996, in the ValuJet crash. Lee, 44, died February 2011, of a heart attack. Mims, 38, died October 2008, of an enlarged heart. The others, not shown, Curtis Whitley, 39, May 2008, drug overdose; Doug Miller, 28, July 1998, lightning strike and David Griggs, 28, July 1995, automobile accident. (AP Photo/NFL) MAGS OUT. NO SALES

8 members of Chargers Super Bowl team have died

Junior Seau's death is the eighth among the 1994 San Diego Chargers, who won the AFC title and lost to the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl. The list of players: ___ — Junior Seau, LB, 43, on Wednesday, from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to police. — Lew ...

4 players suspended by NFL for Saints' bounties

Hoping to close the book on bounties, the NFL suspended New Orleans Saints defensive captain Jonathan Vilma without pay for all of next season Wednesday and gave shorter bans to three other players for their leading roles in the team's cash-for-hits system that knocked key opponents out of games from ...

FILE - This Oct. 30, 2011 file photo shows New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma on the sideline during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the St. Louis Rams, in St. Louis. Vilma was suspended by the NFL for the 2012 season. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

NFL suspends 4 players for Saints' bounties

New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma was suspended without pay for the entire 2012 season by the NFL, one of four players punished Wednesday for participating in the team's cash-for-hits bounty system. Defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove, now with the Green Bay Packers, was suspended for the first half of the ...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, center, is surrounded by reporters during the NFL Play 60 Youth Football Festival, Wednesday, April 25, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

AP sources: Suspending Pro Bowl an option

Have NFL fans seen the last of the Pro Bowl? The game could be suspended next year, two people familiar with discussions said Thursday. Commissioner Roger Goodell, among others, expressed concerns about the quality of play after January's game, and the league has been holding talks with the players' union ...

A roundup of recent Indiana newspaper editorials

The Indianapolis Star. April 23, 2012. Another Super Bowl? Not so fast Should Indy go for a second Super Bowl? Colts owner Jim Irsay seemed to give the idea his blessing this month in a tweet that suggested another bid is likely for an NFL title game to be played ...

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Frankel flashes TV audience

Bethenny accidentally shows a little too much during a push-up contest on "Anderson." Watch her wardrobe malfunction.

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Green Bay Packers stock sale raises $67 million

The Green Bay Packers, the NFL's only publicly owned team, sold more than 268,000 shares of stock in their most recent offering, raising $67 million dollars to help fund stadium improvements.

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LeAnn Rimes' daring dress

The singer steps out in a seriously low-cut look. See her plunging fashion choice and she's not the only one. Find out who else is also is risking a wardrobe malfunction in today's Celebrity News Blog. http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1126033600001?bctid=1472092871001

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Brady-Ing Is latest internet meme

A photo of Tom Brady from this year's Super Bowl is causing quite a stir. The photo is of him looking depressed on the ground after his New England Patriots lost to the New York Giants. Now the internet is joining him. Much like Tebowing, the term is called Bradying ...

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ShowBiz Minute: Super Bowl, Taylor, Adele

2.1 million people watch the Super Bowl online; Taylor's paintings auctioned off; Adele tops MTV Video Play Awards. (Feb. 8)

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Parade for the New York Giants Super Bowl Champs

Thousands of fans roared as New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning hoisted the team's Super Bowl trophy from a glittering blue-and-white float Tuesday during a victory parade through New York City. (Feb. 7)

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Raw Video: Giants Celebrate Another Super Bowl

Thousands of fans roared as New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning hoisted the team's Super Bowl trophy from a glittering blue-and-white float Tuesday during a victory parade through New York City. (Feb. 7)

New York Giants fans cheer during the team's NFL football Super Bowl parade in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. The Giants returned from their Super Bowl win to a celebration the likes that only New York can throw: a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway, where the city has honored stars for almost a century. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Photos: Giants victory parade in New York City

Thousands of fans roared as New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning hoisted the team's Super Bowl trophy from a glittering blue-and-white float Tuesday during a victory parade through New York City, which Mayor Michael Bloomberg quipped should now be nicknamed the "Big Blue Apple."