Also failing to get in were Redskins guard Russ Grimm, Buffalo Bills receiver Andre Reed, Oakland Raiders punter Ray Guy, Denver Broncos linebacker Randy Gradishar, Chicago Bears defensive end Richard Dent, Miami Dolphins guard Bob Kuechenberg, Vikings guard Randall McDaniel, and Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Derrick Thomas.

Senior committee nominee Marshall Goldberg was not elected, either.

Tippett, who is in town as th

The Patriots did not score in the first quarter of their three Super Bowl victories.

They scored 14 points in the first quarter against Green Bay in the 1997 Super Bowl and three against the Chicago Bears in the 1986 game - and lost both times.

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SHOWER UP?: Forecasters say there is a 60 percent chance of rain in Glendale on Sunday, with the temperature expected to reach 58. Good thing University of Phoenix Stadium has a retractable roof.

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Also failiing to get in were Redskins guard Russ Grimm, Buffalo Bills receiver Andre Reed, Oakland Raiders punter Ray Guy, Denver Broncos linebacker Randy Gradishar, Chicago Bears defensive end Richard Dent, Miami Dolphins guard Bob Kuechenberg, Vikings guard Randall McDaniel, and Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Derrick Thomas.

Senior committee nominee Marshall Goldberg was not elected, either.Copyright © 2005 The Associ

Carey will be on the field a year after Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith became the first black head coaches in the Super Bowl. Dungy and the Indianapolis Colts beat Smith and the Chicago Bears 29-17.

Carey's spot was officially announced Wednesday, although word got out two weeks ago. It almost got in his way of his preparation - officials study almost as much tape as players and coaches.

``I got so many e-mails it interfered with my

The lopsided victory against the NFL's stingiest defense followed a two-game struggle in which the Patriots needed late comebacks to beat teams with losing records.

Still, the Patriots became the fifth team with a 13-0 record, joining the 1934 Chicago Bears, 1972 Miami Dolphins, 1998 Denver Broncos and 2005 Indianapolis Colts.

The victory clinched a first-round playoff bye. Moss caught touchdown passes of 4 and 63 yards in a span of 1:59 midway through the first half and has 19 to move into second pl

The unlikely third-quarter score from the Chicago Bears defensive lineman in the 46-10 rout of the Patriots put oddsmakers in their place.

The line opened at 20-1 against him, but fell to 2-1 as the money poured in on the Fridge.

``We got killed on it,'' recalls Art Manteris, then the manager of the

``I'm mad at the system. It's totally broken,'' former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka, who has become the campaign's most visible face, said Thursday. ``It needs to be fixed.''

But through months of news conferences and congressional hearings, little of the talk has been about how that can be done.

Ditka acknowle

NFL teams have played home games outside their community, but not to this international degree. The Packers previously split home games between Green Bay and Milwaukee, and the Chicago Bears played their 2002 home games at Champaign, Ill., because of renovations to Soldier Field.

And Buffalo playing in Toronto goes beyond the NFL's recent bid to play games annually outside the United States, after Miami played the New York Giants at L

Ashley said he's unaware of Spellman's ties to the Tulsa community or whether he has an attorney.

The 6-foot-4, 300-pound Spellman was a first-round draft choice out of Ohio State for the Chicago Bears in 1992. He played nine seasons in the NFL for the Bears, Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys, recording 43 sacks in 123 games and leading the Bears with eight sacks during the 1996 season.

Spellman has a history of treatment for mental illness and w