Saints fans celebrate "Lombardi Gras" with Super Bowl victory parade
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Only a Super Bowl victory parade could upstage Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Carnival floats carrying Saints players, coaches and team owner Tom Benson rolled past tens of thousands of jubilant fans in downtown New Orleans on Tuesday, two days after the 43-year-old franchise won its first NFL championship....

Mo. considers requiring medical clearance for young athletes to return after concussions
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Young athletes who suffer concussions would not be allowed to return to practice or games without written medical clearance under legislation proposed in Missouri....

Kerrigan family disputes medical examiner's report on father's death, says it wasn't homicide
BOSTON (AP) -- The family of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan insisted Tuesday that they do "not blame anyone" for her father's death and criticized a medical examiner's finding that Daniel Kerrigan died of a heart rhythm problem after a fight with his son....

California horse owner Edmund Gann dies; campaigned major stakes winner Medaglia d'Oro, others
RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. (AP) -- Edmund Gann, a prominent thoroughbred owner who campaigned Medaglia d'Oro and several other major stakes winners, has died. He was 86....

White Stripes accuse Air Force Reserve of pinching their song used in Super Bowl ad
DETROIT (AP) -- The White Stripes say the Air Force Reserve used one of their songs without permission in a Super Bowl ad, and that they are insulted their song was used to encourage recruitment during a war they don't support....

Brooklyn Decker, wife of tennis star Andy Roddick, aces SI swimsuit edition cover shoot
NEW YORK (AP) -- Model Brooklyn Decker landed the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover this year....