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Former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker sat with Houston Texans owner Bob McNair at the team's playoff victory over Cincinnati in January. McNair asked Baker to spearhead the city's bid for the 2017 Super Bowl, and Baker gladly accepted.

Skip Bayless proposes that football would be better off without field goals, extra points and kickoffs.

The Olympic Stadium is in need of a tenant, and London Mayor Boris Johnson thinks the NFL could be the right match.

The Rams (3-4) arrived at Heathrow airport early Tuesday morning, and a few hours later they were on a wet field in Regent's Park in central London doing drills with local school children to show off the American version of football.

No matter how tough or skilled an athlete is, many of them are just as insecure about their appearance as the rest of us. And it can't be easy to publicly disclose a hair transplant, like Wes Welker did this week.

Rob Gronkowski, Maurice Jones-Drew, Tyson Chandler and Abby Wambach are among the athletes who will strip down for ESPN The Magazine's fourth annual Body Issue.

Junior Seau's family will allow researchers to study his brain for signs he was suffering from damage done by concussions, the Chargers's team chaplain has told the Los Angeles Times.

Junior Seau's death has been ruled a suicide by the San Diego County medical examiner's office.

Although Junior Seau was never listed on an NFL injury report as having had a concussion, those close to him say he admitted to having experienced multiple head injuries.

Super Bowl Sunday's soundtrack features a wide array of songs.

NFL Hangover takes stock of legacies impacted by Super Bowl XLVI.

New England Patriots OT Sebastian Vollmer grew up in German and didn't play football until he was 14, and now he's the best NFL lineman you've never heard of, writes Jeffri Chadiha.

Tiger Woods has not finished a tournament atop the leaderboard in 18 months. Nonetheless, Forbes says the world's former No. 1 golfer remains the biggest celebrity in the sports world.

Seattle Seahawks players gave Qwest Field's artificial playing surface high marks in the NFL Players Association's latest survey. Eighty-eight percent of 50 respondents called the FieldTurf surface excellent (34.0 percent) or good (54.0 percent). ...

The interception-return touchdown has a huge psychological impact.

Knee surgery, naysayers, DBs -- it seems none can slow down Wes Welker.