Beating Patriots made Manning a champ

MIAMI — Heath Evans stood helplessly on the sidelines and watched Peyton Manning evolve into the quarterback he’s known as today, the fearless two-minute king and not a quarterback condemned to be a runner-up his whole life. Evans was the New England Patriots ‘ fullback in the 2006 AFC Championship Game. He witnessed Manning will the Indianapolis Colts to a 38-34 victory, driving them 80 yards in 77 seconds for the winning touchdown with a minute to play

Bears add DeBord as TE coach

MIAMI — Chicago has only one offensive coaching position left to fill after hiring Mike DeBord on Tuesday to be their tight ends coach. DeBord, who spent the past two seasons with Seattle, interviewed last month

Porter resents losing snaps to Wake

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Joey Porter can’t fathom why the Miami Dolphins preferred to use outside linebacker Cameron Wake ahead of him last year.

Cowher: Gut told him Buffalo wasn’t right

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.

Williams has something to ‘remember’

MIAMI — One of the biggest stories of Super Bowl week so far actually dates back to last week. That’s when New Orleans defensive coordinator Gregg Williams made some comments to radio host and former NFL player Blaine Bishop about putting some “remember me’’ hits on Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning . Williams said he was surprised by the aftermath.

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