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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall was minding his business, enjoying Super Bowl week, relaxing in his hotel room by watching some TV.  Then the highlights of the Broncos' 43-8 Super Bowl XLVIII loss to the Seattle Seahawks was on his screen without warning. That will ruin your day. "You get mad," Marshall said. "You just wish it could have turned out different." Continue to Article

February 07, 2016 11:20:am EST

Cam Newton may divide opinion with his carefully choreographed touchdown routines but a consensus is rapidly building that the Carolina Panthers star may be the greatest dual threat quarterback the sport has ever seen. The 6ft 5in (1.96m), 250lb (113kg) Panthers signal-caller has electrified the National Football League since his professional debut in 2011 with a potent passing and rushing game that all too often has left opponents -- and records -- in its wake. When the 26-year-old dived over for the 43rd rushing touchdown of his career against Tampa Bay last month, he equalled his childhood hero Steve Young's long-standing all-time record for a quarterback. Continue to Article

February 07, 2016 6:41:am EST

Whether he wins or loses on Sunday, Peyton Manning has already assured himself a place in American football's pantheon of greats. Manning, 39, faced a bleak future in 2011 when neck surgeries left him struggling to throw properly, forcing him to miss the entire season with the Indianapolis Colts, who eventually cut him in March 2012. Continue to Article

February 07, 2016 6:39:am EST

By Steve Keating SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With a Super Bowl 50 party circuit that could bring rock stars to their knees hitting overdrive on Saturday the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers may be the only ones well-rested for the NFL's title game. Private jets have crowded into Bay Area airports unloading their precious cargo of A-list celebrities and billionaires who have joined locals for a party-packed week of celebrations big and small in the lead-up to Sunday's Super Bowl. The NFL Experience and Super Bowl City have provided plenty of interactive family fun for an affordable price. Continue to Article

February 07, 2016 5:02:am EST

Sometime late last season or early this season - depends on whom you ask - Josh Norman and the Carolina Panthers' other defensive backs were heading toward a drill as part of their weekly ''Turnover Circuit,'' when assistant coach Eric Washington yelled out a spur-of-the-moment greeting. ''The next time they came over, I didn't say it, and one of the guys was like, 'Hey, what's the deal?' And so it just kind of caught on,'' said Washington, who coaches Carolina's defensive line. Continue to Article

February 07, 2016 2:38:am EST