NFC West

Bill Parcells, who coached the New York Giants to two Super Bowl triumphs, is among 17 finalists for selection to the American Football Hall of Fame in voting set to take place on Saturday.

From a Romanian-born punter to a Jamaican-born defensive back and a German lineman plus players of Nigerian and Puerto Rican heritage, Sunday's Super Bowl 46 has a global array of talent.

Eli Manning was ridiculed last August when he said on a New York radio show that he was an elite quarterback, but the New York Giants star could have the last laugh on Sunday.

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Finishing plays and games have been recurring themes this season for New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin, who is urging his upstart team to cap the National Football League campaign with a Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots.

BOSTON, JAN 30 - Possessing 'All-American' good looks, married to a supermodel and one of the most successful quarterbacks of all time, the New England Patriots' Tom Brady transcends sport.

While Tom Brady is chasing Super Bowl history, the New York Giants are going to be chasing him all over the gridiron.

(Reuters) - The New England Patriots arrived in Indianapolis ahead of their Super Bowl opponents the New York Giants Sunday, anxious to add to their championship legacy.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Giants are one win away from becoming the only National Football League (NFL) team with four Super Bowl wins in the last 25 years, a stunning turnaround for a franchise that always seemed to come up short in its early years.

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Reuters) - The New York Giants began serious preparations for their hotly-anticipated Super Bowl matchup against the New England Patriots with a simple message to the players on Thursday.

(Reuters) - New England Patriots Pro Bowl tight end Rob Gronkowski missed the team's first official practice for next week's Super Bowl with an injured left ankle, the National Football League (NFL) team said on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eli Manning has played quarterback in the considerable shadow of big brother and future Hall of Famer Peyton Manning, but next week he could surpass him in the most important statistical category - Super Bowl titles.

(Reuters) - In just five years , Twitter has evolved from a 140-character punch line into a universal, all-purpose newswire, free and open to almost anyone, throbbing with the pulse of the planet in real time. It's where Newt Gingrich announced his presidential run, Prince William announced his engagement, and where the killing of Osama bin Laden was old news by the time President Obama announced it on television. If you're watching or taking part in a political protest - be it in Tahrir Square or downtown Manhattan - Twitter is where you have to be: faster than CNN, more credible than Fox News, and uniquely able to invite you to both follow the news and report it too.

(Reuters) - The New England Patriots will head to the Super Bowl as the most successful NFL team of the past decade but the proud franchise began life flitting from home to home in a city that was at first a tough place for a professional football organisation.

(Reuters) - The New England Patriots will head to the Super Bowl as the most successful NFL team of the past decade but the proud franchise began life flitting from home to home in a city that was at first a tough place for a professional football organization.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Pittsburgh counterpart Ben Roethlisberger will lead rival all-star squads onto the field for Sunday's NFL Pro Bowl matchup at Aloha Stadium.

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Reuters) - Like most of his team mates, New York Giants defensive back Antrel Rolle has already experienced a Super Bowl.

(Reuters) - As the euphoric New York Giants return to practice this week after winning the National Football Conference (NFC) title, they have an eerie sense of déjà vu about their march to another Super Bowl showdown with the New England Patriots.

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Reuters) - The New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning gave his team mates some simple advice on how to prepare for next week's Super Bowl against the New England Patriots.

MIAMI, JAN 23 - By Simon Evans

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A never-say-die attitude has been the hallmark of the New York Giants, who rebounded from a four-game losing streak earlier this season and carried a winning momentum all the way to an NFC Championship victory on Sunday.