Topic - Football

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  Manning always will be Indianapolis' favorite son

  Connie Lamm wore her Indianapolis Colts snowman earrings to work Tuesday morning because it's wintertime and those are her winter earrings. Before she started her waitress shift at Cafe Zuppa about a mile north of Lucas Oil Stadium — her Mecca — she proudly showed them off: a foggy, glass snowman sitting atop a brown football with the Colts' blue horseshoe logo emblazoned on the ball.

• MAC commissioner says Temple, Big East talking

  Temple and the Big East are talking about the Owls rejoining the conference as soon as next season.

• British PM Cameron issues soccer racism warning

  British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to prevent the "dark days" of racism returning to soccer during a summit he hosted on Wednesday.

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  Business again figures to be brisk at NFL's scouting combine

  Kory Lichtensteiger sat inside a hotel room here four years ago, an offensive line prospect eager to transition from his collegiate career at Bowling Green State to the NFL.

• Alice Cooper gets first bobblehead

  Rocker Alice Cooper's shows include guillotines, fake blood, electric chairs, the occasional boa constrictor.

• Ex-NFL players sue league in La. over concussions

  Nearly a dozen former NFL players living in Louisiana have sued the NFL, the latest players to accuse the league of failing to protect players from the risks associated with concussions.

• Mexican football clubs ban major sports tabloid

  Nearly all of Mexico's first-division football clubs and the Mexico Football Federation have agreed to ban access to one of the country's most important sports newspapers.

• Greek league to suspend soccer games for a week

  The Greek football league will be suspended for one week at the end of the month to protest a new law that has also drawn criticism from FIFA.

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  Shanahan's pedigree, larger market could tempt Manning

  Imagine this: Peyton Manning coming out of the tunnel at FedEx Field this September, poised to lead the Washington Redskins. Does that sound too good to be true? It might be, but that won't stop downtrodden Redskins fans from dreaming.

• Texas asking fans for patience with network

  When ESPN and the University of Texas announced their 20-year, $300 million partnership for the Longhorn Network a year ago, they created the wedge that nearly split apart the Big 12.

• Big East 'open' to talk Pitt, 'Cuse leaving early

  Big East Commissioner John Marinatto says his league "might be open to a discussion" about allowing Syracuse and Pittsburgh to join the Atlantic Coast Conference for the 2013 football season.

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  SNYDER: Phenom frenzy — Jeremy Lin's justifiable; Tim Tebow's understandable

  Count me among the ranks of Jeremy Lin fanatics, the certifiably Linsane who can't get enough of his Lincredible story. We're enjoying every bit of the Lintense media coverage.

• Column: Tevez has to let his feet do the talking

  Not a moment too soon, Carlos Tevez appears ready to apologize. It seems Manchester City's ostracized striker has tired of twiddling his thumbs and playing golf while frittering away millions in fines and earnings lost by not playing. He says he wants to be a soccer player again to _ try not to laugh _ "win over the fans."

• Retired NFL players still seeking better benefits

  The group of NFL retirees that was a part of the labor talks during the lockout last year has not given up their push for better post-career care.

• Michelle Wie gets the best of both worlds

  Michelle Wie did not go to Stanford to play golf, at least not the game that brought her worldwide fame as a teenager.

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