NFL

• WR Ward willing to restructure deal with Steelers
  Steelers' wide receiver Hines Ward wants to retire with the Pittsburgh Steelers, offering to restructure his contract to do it.

• Buccaneers name Mike Sullivan offensive coordinator
  The Tampa Bay Buccaneers named Mike Sullivan as their new offensive coordinator on Friday.

• 49ers extend GM Baalke
  The San Francisco 49ers have extended the contract of general manager Trent Baalke through 2016.

• Bengals LB Maualuga charged with assault in Ohio
  Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Rey Maualuga (mow-uh-LOO'-guh) has been charged with assault stemming from a downtown Cincinnati bar incident.

• Titans lock up WR Hawkins with multi-year deal
  The Tennessee Titans signed wide receiver Lavelle Hawkins to a multi-year contract on Friday.

• Gronkowski has successful ankle surgery
  New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski reportedly underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his left ankle.

• Belichick wanted Giants to throw toward Manningham
  The Patriots got exactly what they wanted when the Giants threw to Mario Manningham on New York's last Super Bowl drive.

• Raiders cut CB Stanford Routt
  The Oakland Raiders released cornerback Stanford Routt on Thursday, just one season after he signed a three-year contract extension.

• Bills release Corto
  The Buffalo Bills have released safety Jon Corto, who missed the entire 2011 season with a shoulder injury.

• Grizzlies end 3-game skid, beat Timberwolves 85-80
  Rudy Gay had 19 points and nine rebounds, and Quincy Pondexter added a career-high 17 points as the Memphis Grizzlies snapped a three-game losing streak with a 85-80 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.

• Holmes staying put with Jets after clause kicks in
  It appears Santonio Holmes is sticking around - just as the New York Jets said he would.

• Colts name Telesco VP of football operations
  The Indianapolis Colts have promoted Tom Telesco to vice president of football operations.

• Panthers sign long snapper to 4-year deal
  The Carolina Panthers signed long snapper J.J. Jansen to a four-year contract on Wednesday.

• Super Bowl underdogs cash in again
  Betting the underdog in the Super Bowl is never a sure thing as evidenced by Green Bay's win and cover as the favorite in the 2011 contest. However, with the Giants victory as 2.5-point underdogs last Sunday, the team getting points has now covered eight of the last 11 Super Bowls. That translates to a 73% winning percentage. For my money, it doesn't get better than that.

• Column: There's still a game in there somewhere
  The strangest coaching decision during Super Bowl week wasn't when Bill Belichick ordered his defense to act like matadors and wave Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw by for a touchdown from 6 yards out with less than a minute left in the game. That's just the one people will remember. The really odd one came four days earlier when the uber-prepared Patriots coach, anticipating a halftime show that would dictate a 30-minute intermission rather than the usual 12, ordered his players to take a break from practicing football and practice sitting in the locker room for a half-hour instead.

• Giants TE Ballard tore ACL in Super Bowl
  New York Giants tight end Jake Ballard suffered a torn knee ligament in the Super Bowl, the team said Tuesday.

• Saints officially hire Spagnuolo
  The New Orleans Saints officially hired Steve Spagnuolo as their new defensive coordinator on Tuesday.

• Giants TE Ballard has left ACL tear
  New York Giants tight end Jake Ballard tore his left anterior cruciate ligament during the second half of Super Bowl, the team announced on Tuesday.

• Tens of thousands greet Super Bowl champs in NJ
  It wasn't the Canyon of Heroes and there wasn't as much tickertape, but that didn't seem to bother about 30,000 New York Giants fans who flocked to MetLife Stadium Tuesday to celebrate the team's rousing Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots.

• Ricky Williams calls it a career
  Former All-Pro running back Ricky Williams has decided to retire after 11 NFL seasons.

• Haley lands in Pittsburgh
  Former Kansas City Chiefs head coach Todd Haley has been named the offensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

• New Chiefs coach promises to 'attack' on offense
  Kansas City's fifth offensive coordinator in four years is hoping to lend some much-needed permanence to his new team.

• Giants celebrate another Super Bowl title
  The New York Giants celebrated another Super Bowl title Tuesday with a parade up the Canyon of Heroes in lower Manhattan and a ceremony at City Hall Plaza.

• RB Ricky Williams says he's retiring from NFL
  Ricky Williams is retiring from the NFL.

• Lindell re-ups with Bills
  The Buffalo Bills re-signed kicker Rian Lindell to a multi-year contract extension on Tuesday.