Kansas still No. 1; Mountain West has 3 in Top 25 (AP) AP - The Mountain West Conference is doing some serious climbing. Nebraska moves up to No. 3 in women's Top 25 poll (AP) AP - Nebraska keeps winning and climbing up the Top 25. Payton, Brees bask in glory of New Orleans' title (AP)
Saints raise their city's spirits, maybe for good (AP)
Colts hope loss fuels another Super Bowl run (AP)
Santa Clara to discuss wording of stadium measure (AP) AP - Santa Clara city leaders are set to discuss the final wording of the ballot measure for a proposed stadium for the San Francisco 49ers. Yankees add Thames, finalize Winn (AP) AP - Marcus Thames agreed Monday to a minor league contract with the New York Yankees, who also finalized a $1.1 million, one-year deal with Randy Winn to give themselves more left field options. Carter's 48 points help Magic beat Hornets (AP)
Coppin State beats Florida A&M 70-44 (AP) AP - Kareem Brown scored 18 points and Ceslovas Kucinskas grabbed 12 rebounds, leading Coppin State in a 70-44 rout of Florida A&M on Monday night. |


AP - A memorable season capped by a super title game with a record TV audience has NFL executives and fans beaming.
AP - Wearing Mardi Gras beads and clearly exhausted from a late night of post-Super Bowl celebrations, Sean Payton leaned on a podium, clutching the Vince Lombardi trophy in his right hand.
AP - People lined up by the hundreds to buy Monday's Times-Picayune, which hollered "AMEN!" from its front page. The Saints' Super Bowl victory was a prayer answered in this struggling city, and New Orleans itself seemed different for it.
AP - Reggie Wayne stared right through all those reporters.
AP - Vince Carter had a season-high 48 points, leading the Orlando Magic back from a 17-point second-half deficit to beat the New Orleans Hornets 123-117 on Monday night.