http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest American Football headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:00:04 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/american-football/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=17 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/american-football/news/article.cfm?c_id=17&objectid=10625124&ref=rss NEW YORK - The New Orleans Saints' victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of M-A-S-H to become the most-watched program in US television history, the Nielsen... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:36:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/american-football/news/article.cfm?c_id=17&objectid=10625060&ref=rss "Amen". Such was the banner headline in the Times-Picayune newspaper today, and such was the feeling that infuses America's most bewitching, most blighted and most beloved city after the magical night of 7 February 2010, when the... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:20:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/american-football/news/article.cfm?c_id=17&objectid=10625016&ref=rss MIAMI - Drew Brees delivered one of the finest quarterback performances in a Super Bowl yesterday to make sure there's no need to question the New Orleans Saints' credentials any more."We just believed in ourselves and we knew... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/american-football/news/article.cfm?c_id=17&objectid=10624955&ref=rss Peyton Manning spent the whole season building toward a Super Bowl crown, a win that certainly would put him among the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history.And then he threw it all away.Blocked out of the play, Manning could... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:48:14 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/american-football/news/article.cfm?c_id=17&objectid=10624814&ref=rss It has the makings of an American fairytale.The Saints are not the best team but they have risen from the ruins of New Orleans - laid waste by the biblical-scale catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina five years ago, when their stadium... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/american-football/news/article.cfm?c_id=17&objectid=10624803&ref=rss By helping New Orleans' renaissance following Hurricane Katrina through wide-ranging charity work and his constant promotion of the region's cultural assets, Saints quarterback Drew Brees is clearly one of the city's adopted sons.Indeed,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/american-football/news/article.cfm?c_id=17&objectid=10624421&ref=rss The New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts are expected to pile on the points in Monday's Super Bowl.The Saints scored a league-high 510 points and ranked first in total offence. The Colts scored 416 and ranked ninth.New... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +1200