Vince Lombardi

Live discussion: NFL Slam with Mark and Sam

2012-12-14 10:46:00

This week's Friday edition of our NFL Google+ hangout -- "NFL Slam with Mark and Sam," starring Times NFL columnist Sam Farmer and Mark Thompson of "Mark and Brian" radio fame -- will start at 11:30 a.m. today and cover a host of topics. One topic could...

Texas A&M's speed bottles up a slow Tide

2012-11-10 20:22:00

Everyone wondered what a team like Oregon would do if it met Alabama on a field that could also serve as a laboratory beaker. Would Oregon's up-tempo offense fizzle when mixed with Alabama's bone-crushing defense, or explode like Mentos combined with...

Sculptor 'tries to catch the essence of Coach' John Wooden

2012-10-23 16:27:00

John Wooden is back. Not soon enough, in this me-first, Black Mamba world riddled with ego and hubris. Wooden's glory grows with each passing year, and every time Jonathan Vilma appeals his NFL case, or Lance Armstrong insists it's all a set-up. With...

Keep secret Arizona money out of California politics

2012-10-25 00:00:00

SACRAMENTO — Let's see. Maybe: "Money Launderers for Campaign Finance Reform." No, that probably wouldn't sell. Could try: "Tax Exempt Fat Cats Against Higher Taxes for School Kids." Nope. That one doesn't have the right ring, either. There's...

Jack Disney has lived, breathed and written of SoCal's sports icons

2012-10-07 00:00:00

An athlete plays 15 or 20 years, retires and there is great fanfare upon his departure. Maybe tears, maybe gifts given, maybe his number hung in honor. Los Angeles' very own Jack Disney calls it a day and he's just gone. Disney is good people. There...

NFL commissioner couldn't say this was none of his business

2012-09-26 23:11:00

Come to find out, a heart beats somewhere inside those plush NFL offices in Manhattan. Maybe they aren't, as we thought, too big to care. Or so big they would react only on their terms. Somewhere, somehow, blood had to run in the roomful of corporate...

This is your mind on meditation: less wandering, more doing

2011-11-22 16:41:00

The brains of experienced meditators appear to be fitter, more disciplined and more "on task" than do the brains of those trying out meditation for the first time. And the differences between the two groups are evident not only during meditation, when...

Brandon Jacobs to Gisele Bundchen: 'Shut up'

2012-02-10 10:55:27

Did the New York Giants buy a whole team just to get their quarterback?

2012-02-10 10:55:31

PASSINGS: Sherman White, Don Chandler

2011-08-16 00:00:00

Sherman White College athlete in point-shaving scandal Sherman White, 82, a 1950s college basketball star at Long Island University who served jail time for point shaving, died Aug. 4 of congestive heart failure at his home in Piscataway, N.J., said his...

Lady Gaga, Kid Rock among 2012 Headwear Hall of Fame inductees

2011-09-29 16:32:16

The Morning Fix: Comcast throws cash at NBC. 'Thor' is not funny! How Kennedys control media. New Emmy deal finally in place.

2011-05-05 16:33:29

Courtney Upshaw holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy in the locker room after the Super Bowl.

2013-02-04 00:00:00

Ed Reed of the Baltimore Ravens holds aloft the Vince Lombardi Trophy following their 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

2013-02-04 00:00:00

Head coach John Harbaugh of the Baltimore Ravens holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy following their 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

2013-02-03 22:03:00