The Los Angeles Times is reporting that former Broncos quarterback coach Jeremy Bates will be the new assistant head coach for offense for the University of Southern California. Bates, who tutored Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler, also will call the plays for USC’s offense.

The Steelers and head coach Mike Tomlin aren’t counting out WR Hines Ward, who has a sprained knee, for the Super Bowl.

Prospective Browns general manager George Kokinis met with new coach Eric Mangini and his staff on Monday, but left without a contract according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The website is reporting that a formal announcement could be made later this week. Mangini is skipping the Senior Bowl this week while huddling with Kokinis.

Though Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward could not finish Sunday’s AFC Championship Game because of a knee injury, Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin intimated that Ward is expected to play against Arizona in Super Bowl XLIII.

The Lions interviewed former Broncos wide receivers coach Jedd Fisch for their open offensive coordinator position Monday.

The winners of Super Bowl XLIII between Pittsburgh and Arizona get a trip to the White House to visit President Barack Obama.

Second team AP All-America WR Austin Collie of BYU, a junior, announced recently that he was foregoing his senior year and declaring for the draft, but his name was not on today’s list.

New York can only hope that Rex Ryan is as good for the Jets as his father Buddy once was. A little known fact: From 1968-75, Rex’s father, Buddy, was the Jets’ defensive line coach. Ryan coached for the Jets during the franchise’s most significant time, when it upset Baltimore to win Super Bowl III.

Here’s a preview of some of the celebrities you might see while watching NBC’s broadcast of Super Bowl XLIII.

Questions keep coming pertaining to Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb’s future in Philadelphia. But he is far from the only player in which the Eagles will have to make a difficult decision.

Now that the Cardinals have reached the final Sunday of the season and their first Super Bowl, only five NFL franchises remain that never have advanced to football’s biggest stage.

The New York Giants have a history of turning their defensive coordinators into top head coaches. Just go back over the years.

New York has its new head coach, Rex Ryan, but it does not have its offensive coordinator, Brian Schottenheimer — at least not yet.

The Green Bay Packers have reached an agreement in principle with Dom Capers to become the team’s next defensive coordinator, coach Mike McCarthy announced at a news conference Monday.

Ravens RB Willis McGahee, who was released from a hospital in Pittsburgh early this morning and returned to Baltimore, is expected to make a complete recovery from head and neck injuries.