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UNLV wideout Wolfe says stats aren’t everything

When he hops on his skateboard after UNLV football practices and wheels to the parking lot, Ryan Wolfe has the look of California cool, and the temptation is to stereotype him as a surfer dude who doesn’t take much seriously.

UNLV Rebels appear ready to rise

The belief began last year for the UNLV football team, when it put together its best season since 2003, and that confidence has carried over.

Patriots favored with Brady back

All it took was one Sunday to dramatically change the balance of power in the NFL last season. Tom Brady took a fall, and the New England Patriots’ hopes of reaching the Super Bowl plummeted.

Las Vegas Bowl gets tier that it deserves

Six weeks. Six months. Doesn’t matter. When entering into contract negotiations for securing your lot in life as a college football bowl game, specific facts always determine your fate.

Caution clips Super Bowl bets

A memorable drive directed by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger helped the Pittsburgh Steelers pull out a thrilling Super Bowl victory. But in Nevada, the game was not one for the record books.

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Super Day for Steelers

In one of the most dramatic finishes in Super Bowl history, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger rallied the Pittsburgh Steelers to a victory that had Las Vegas sports books rocking Sunday.

Breaking down the proposition bets

Exactly five minutes into the Super Bowl, a moment of high anxiety has arrived for bettors. Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has struggled for a 1-yard touchdown run.

Improved Cards likely will cover

The Arizona Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers matchup has been analyzed and overanalyzed the past two weeks.

Super Bowl legends put to the test

The Web site snopes.com, which takes a look at urban legends, proving many of them to be false, has turned its skeptical eye toward a myriad of Super Bowl legends.

Defense main theme

It would not be a big surprise if Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald scores the first touchdown of today’s Super Bowl. The oddsmakers picked him as the favorite to do so.

STEELERS EDGE CARDINALS 27-23 TO WIN SUPER BOWL XLIII

The Pittsburgh Steelers held off a furious Arizona rally to defeat the Cardinals 27-23 in Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Fla. It’s their second Super Bowl win in four seasons. Santonio Holmes scored on a 6-yard touchdown pass from Ben Roethlisberger with 35 seconds left to put Pittsburgh ahead for good.

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Las Vegas hosting ‘Big Game’ events

An estimated 295,000 people are expected to pour into Las Vegas this Super Bowl weekend — about 1 percent fewer than in 2008.