Topic - NFL

• Steelers GM says no decision made on Hines Ward

  The Pittsburgh Steelers aren't ready to part ways with Hines Ward just yet.

• Former receiver Freddie Solomon dies

  Freddie Solomon, the former Miami Dolphins and 49ers wide receiver who became known as "Fabulous Freddie" and committed himself to community service, has died. He was 59.

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  Lubick comes on strong for Hoyas

  Nate Lubick is difficult to miss. Built like an NFL tight end at 6-foot-8 and 235 pounds, Lubick specializes in the dirty, bruising work in the post. But the ex-Parade All-American's sophomore season has been fraught with inconsistency.

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  DALY: NFL on TV was more than a political football to Nixon

  The current occupant of the White House is a basketball guy. Other recent Leaders of the Free World have been partial to golf, jogging and brush clearing. Not Richard Nixon. Nixon loved football — any kind of football.

• WR Ward willing to restructure deal with Steelers

  Steelers' wide receiver Hines Ward wants to retire with the Pittsburgh Steelers, offering to restructure his contract to do it.

• Belichick wanted Giants to throw toward Manningham

  The Patriots got exactly what they wanted when the Giants threw to Mario Manningham on New York's last Super Bowl drive.

• Column: LeBron only No. 6 on least-liked list?

  Nineteen months after "The Decision" sent his personal stock plummeting, LeBron James is as desperate as ever to please and still clueless on how to go about it.

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  Giants' core to return, but changes on horizon

  The New York Giants already started preparing to defend their Super Bowl title, just days after winning their second NFL title in five seasons.

• Holmes staying put with Jets after clause kicks in

  It appears Santonio Holmes is sticking around _ just as the New York Jets said he would.

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  'Operation Fake Sweep' nets $5M in counterfeit NFL items

  A nationwide enforcement operation targeting stores, flea markets and street vendors selling counterfeit NFL and Super Bowl memorabilia has netted more than 50,300 counterfeit items that would have sold for more than $5.1 million.

• Column: There's still a game in there somewhere

  The strangest coaching decision during Super Bowl week wasn't when Bill Belichick ordered his defense to act like matadors and wave Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw by for a touchdown from 6 yards out with less than a minute left in the game. That's just the one people will remember. The really odd one came four days earlier when the uber-prepared Patriots coach, anticipating a halftime show that would dictate a 30-minute intermission rather than the usual 12, ordered his players to take a break from practicing football and practice sitting in the locker room for a half-hour instead.

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  Mayor calls NYC 'Big Blue Apple' for Giants' win

  One million people are expected as New York celebrates its team's Super Bowl football win with a ticker-tape parade.

• New York Giants like chances of repeating

  Tom Coughlin is coming back. Eli Manning is only getting better. And the vast majority of the New York Giants' starting lineup is under contract.

• Sports Briefs

  Ricky Williams is retiring from the NFL. Again. This time, however, it appears to be for good.

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  SNYDER: Why would Manning stick his neck out to play for the Redskins?

  Once again, it's time to check off some items on my "TIDU List" — Things I Don't Understand.

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