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Giants celebrate with ticker-tape parade (AP)

A float carrying the Vince Lombardi Trophy makes its way up Broadway as the Super Bowl champ Giants receive a ticker-tape parade in lower Manhattan.

Eli Manning hoisted the Lombardi Trophy from a glittering blue-and-white float, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg joked that New York City should now be nicknamed the "Big Blue Apple," as thousands of fans crowded lower Manhattan on Tuesday to celebrate the New York Giants' Super Bowl victory amid tons of confetti.





Colts promote Telesco to vice president (AP) The Indianapolis Colts have promoted Tom Telesco to vice president of football operations. Telesco has spent the past six seasons as Indy's director of player personnel. He's one of the few holdovers Indianapolis is keeping around in a major housecleaning project that has already claimed the jobs of vice chairman Bill Polian, general manager Chris ......


House Dems. want ex-Giant Carson to run (AP) House Democrats are envisioning another Giants victory -- not by the professional football team, but by Hall of Fame linebacker Harry Carson in a congressional run. Officials with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee are recruiting the 58-year-old retired New York Giant f for a race against five-term Republican Rep.


Former QB Reich to coach Cardinals WRs (AP) The Arizona Cardinals have moved Mike McNulty to quarterbacks coach and hired longtime NFL quarterback Frank Reich to coach wide receivers. McNulty replaces Chris Miller, who was fired after last season. McNulty had been Arizona's wide receivers coach the past three seasons. Reich spent the last six seasons on the staff of the Indianapolis Colts, t......


Giants sign 8 from practice squad (AP) The New York Giants already are stocking their roster for training camp this summer. The Super Bowl champions announced Wednesday that they had signed as free agents eight players who spent all or part of this season on their practice squad. The eight are defensive back Brandon Bing, running back Andre Brown, offensive lineman Selvish Capers, recei......


Ricky Williams, 34, says he's retiring (AP)

Ricky Williams retired previously before the 2004 season when facing a four-game suspension for violating the league's drug policy.

Ricky Williams is retiring from the NFL. Again. This time, however, it appears to be for good. The 34-year-old Williams told the Baltimore Ravens on Tuesday he won't be back to fulfill the second year of a contract he signed in August. Playing as a backup to Ray Rice this year, Williams ran for 444 yards and scored two touchdowns.





Broncos RB Moreno charged with DUI (AP) Denver prosecutors say Broncos running back Knowshon Moreno has been charged with drunken driving and careless driving after getting pulled over in south Denver. Denver district attorney's spokeswoman Lynn Kimbrough said Tuesday that Moreno is also charged with failure to have proof of insurance and is due back in court March 2 after police issued ......


Giants TE Ballard tore ACL in Super Bowl (AP) New York Giants tight end Jake Ballard tore his left anterior cruciate ligament during the second half of the Super Bowl, the team announced on Tuesday. An MRI discovered Ballard's injury, and with the help of crutches, he was able to participate in Tuesday's parade and ceremonies in New York and New Jersey.


Steelers pick Haley to run offense (AP) The Steelers have named Todd Haley their new offensive coordinator. Haley, 45, will replace Bruce Arians, now with the Indianapolis Colts, and will inherit an offense that scored 325 points last season en route to finishing 12-4. Haley was fired by Kansas City on Dec. 13, after going 19-26 in two-plus seasons with the Chiefs, leading them to the 20......


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