Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/emailed/sports Most Emailed - Sports en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:23:40 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/most-popular/emailed/sports http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ot/us_fea_fashion_sports_illustrated ap/20100209/us_fea_fashion_sports_illustrated AP sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:20:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ot/us_fea_fashion_sports_illustrated"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.00d5685d522747e0892b848bdb9e8d26.correction_fashion_sports_illustrated_ny180.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=4x0YRo4Due7MLROuqueKdQ--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="An image provided by Sports Illustrated shows the cover of the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition featuring model Brooklyn Decker, on sale now. (AP Photo/Sports Illustrated, Walter Iooss Jr.)" border="0" /></a>AP - Model Brooklyn Decker landed the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover this year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ot/us_fea_fashion_sports_illustrated"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.00d5685d522747e0892b848bdb9e8d26.correction_fashion_sports_illustrated_ny180.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=4x0YRo4Due7MLROuqueKdQ--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="An image provided by Sports Illustrated shows the cover of the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition featuring model Brooklyn Decker, on sale now. (AP Photo/Sports Illustrated, Walter Iooss Jr.)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ot/us_nancy_kerrigan_s_father ap/20100210/us_nancy_kerrigan_s_father AP sports Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:21:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ot/us_nancy_kerrigan_s_father"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.f131970d78c44804977f086a9486212d.nancy_kerrigan_s_father_bx103.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=AB4bMp1pEdaOjGbqL14GWA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="FILE - This Feb. 10, 1994 file photo shows Daniel and Brenda Kerrigan, parents of 1994 Olympics silver medalist Nancy Kerrigan, outside their home in Stoneham, Mass. Daniel Kerrigan was found dead Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010 in his home and authorities charged his son, Mark Kerrigan, 45, with assault and battery. A Massachusetts medical examiner said Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, that the elder Kerrigan died of a heart rhythm problem after suffering a neck injury so severe it damaged his voice box. His death has been ruled a homicide. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - The family of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan insisted Tuesday that they do "not blame anyone" for her father's death and criticized a medical examiner's finding that Daniel Kerrigan died of a heart rhythm problem after a fight with his son.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ot/us_nancy_kerrigan_s_father"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.f131970d78c44804977f086a9486212d.nancy_kerrigan_s_father_bx103.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=AB4bMp1pEdaOjGbqL14GWA--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - This Feb. 10, 1994 file photo shows Daniel and Brenda Kerrigan, parents of 1994 Olympics silver medalist Nancy Kerrigan, outside their home in Stoneham, Mass. Daniel Kerrigan was found dead Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010 in his home and authorities charged his son, Mark Kerrigan, 45, with assault and battery. A Massachusetts medical examiner said Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, that the elder Kerrigan died of a heart rhythm problem after suffering a neck injury so severe it damaged his voice box. His death has been ruled a homicide. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_townshend ap/20100208/fbn_super_bowl_townshend AP sports Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:58:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_townshend"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.sb36402080201.super_bowl_football_sb364.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=i6tf7pYfREXbrpa4eSCIFA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="The Who's Roger Daltrey, left, and Pete Townshend perform during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game in Miami, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /></a>AP - Pete Townshend is used to playing in front of stadiums filled with rabid fans who know every note of The Who's songs. He didn't get that at the band's Super Bowl halftime performance, but he's OK with that too.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_townshend"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.sb36402080201.super_bowl_football_sb364.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=i6tf7pYfREXbrpa4eSCIFA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Who's Roger Daltrey, left, and Pete Townshend perform during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game in Miami, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_sp_fo_ga_su/fbn_super_bowl ap/20100208/fbn_super_bowl AP sports Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:46:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_sp_fo_ga_su/fbn_super_bowl"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.fldp10102080735.super_bowl_football_fldp101.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=wPGWqIb7.D9SFXDIYZ6QqA--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees celebrates with his son Baylen after winning the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Miami, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The Saints won 31-17. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)" border="0" /></a>AP - The New Orleans Saints turned the Super Bowl's postgame celebration into something out of the French Quarter.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_sp_fo_ga_su/fbn_super_bowl"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.fldp10102080735.super_bowl_football_fldp101.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=wPGWqIb7.D9SFXDIYZ6QqA--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="photo" title="New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees celebrates with his son Baylen after winning the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Miami, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The Saints won 31-17. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/sp_nm/us_nfl_superbowl_neworleans nm/20100209/us_nfl_superbowl_neworleans Reuters sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:35:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/sp_nm/us_nfl_superbowl_neworleans"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.4cbc9dd1f0d64bdcb3475893fb2a4b84.super_bowl_saints_football_reax_laps116.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=0btlVuuZCAml_3hbrSWm4A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="New Orleans Saints fans celebrate on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans after the NFL football Super Bowl between the Saints and the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The Saints defeated the Colts 31-17 to attain its first championship in franchise history. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - To many residents of this storm-battered city, the New Orleans Saints carried more than a trophy when they came home on Monday after winning the first Super Bowl in their 42-year history.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/sp_nm/us_nfl_superbowl_neworleans"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.4cbc9dd1f0d64bdcb3475893fb2a4b84.super_bowl_saints_football_reax_laps116.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=0btlVuuZCAml_3hbrSWm4A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="New Orleans Saints fans celebrate on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans after the NFL football Super Bowl between the Saints and the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The Saints defeated the Colts 31-17 to attain its first championship in franchise history. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ot/us_super_bowl_parade ap/20100210/us_super_bowl_parade AP sports Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:18:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ot/us_super_bowl_parade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.04793ba73117453186e5087ae2b94b08.super_bowl_parade_laps106.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=ekmClcH74bFb5ZXNUVGTDw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton displays the Vince Lombardi Trophy to fans while riding a float during a parade in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. The Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV on Sunday for the first NFL football championship in the franchise's history. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)" border="0" /></a>AP - Only a Super Bowl victory parade could upstage Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Carnival floats carrying Saints players, coaches and team owner Tom Benson rolled past tens of thousands of jubilant fans in downtown New Orleans on Tuesday, two days after the 43-year-old franchise won its first NFL championship.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_sp_ot/us_super_bowl_parade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.04793ba73117453186e5087ae2b94b08.super_bowl_parade_laps106.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=ekmClcH74bFb5ZXNUVGTDw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton displays the Vince Lombardi Trophy to fans while riding a float during a parade in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. The Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV on Sunday for the first NFL football championship in the franchise's history. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_sp_co_ap_po/bkc_t25_college_bkb_poll ap/20100208/bkc_t25_college_bkb_poll AP sports Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:28:03 GMT AP - The Mountain West Conference is doing some serious climbing. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_nascar_daytona_danica ap/20100209/car_nascar_daytona_danica AP sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:57:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_nascar_daytona_danica"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100207/capt.1d8892a2c6354b3d93e0cac18ddfadda.nascar_arca_daytona_danica_auto_racing_fldm128.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=uoBxbNEG6lNSLhchPA7cbg--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="Driver Danica Patrick slides through the tri-oval after losing control of her car during the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 ARCA series auto race at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/David Graham)" border="0" /></a>AP - Danica Patrick will make her NASCAR debut this weekend at Daytona International Speedway.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_nascar_daytona_danica"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100207/capt.1d8892a2c6354b3d93e0cac18ddfadda.nascar_arca_daytona_danica_auto_racing_fldm128.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=uoBxbNEG6lNSLhchPA7cbg--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="photo" title="Driver Danica Patrick slides through the tri-oval after losing control of her car during the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 ARCA series auto race at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/David Graham)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_sp_ot/us_super_bowl_advertisers ap/20100208/us_super_bowl_advertisers AP sports Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:20:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_sp_ot/us_super_bowl_advertisers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.53a862acd9b149baa93c109e376a9d66.white_stripes_super_bowl_ad_ny121.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=T0u0FrMdE0myQC0RuQfqSw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Monday June 25, 2007 picture, musicians Jack White, right, and Meg White of the band 'The White Stripes' perform an impromptu concert in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. The White Stripes say the Air Force Reserve made unauthorized use of their song 'Fell in Love With a Girl' during an ad that ran in certain markets during the Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 Super Bowl telecast. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Vince Fedoroff)" border="0" /></a>AP - Think Sunday night's Super Bowl seemed like it had a lot of ads? You're right. Commercials took up nearly 48 minutes of the game &mdash; the most for any Super Bowl.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_sp_ot/us_super_bowl_advertisers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.53a862acd9b149baa93c109e376a9d66.white_stripes_super_bowl_ad_ny121.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=T0u0FrMdE0myQC0RuQfqSw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Monday June 25, 2007 picture, musicians Jack White, right, and Meg White of the band 'The White Stripes' perform an impromptu concert in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. The White Stripes say the Air Force Reserve made unauthorized use of their song 'Fell in Love With a Girl' during an ad that ran in certain markets during the Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 Super Bowl telecast. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Vince Fedoroff)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_letterman_promo ap/20100208/fbn_super_bowl_letterman_promo AP sports Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:03:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_letterman_promo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.bc556bfa184e4d3ba720f95453d019d8.super_bowl_ads_letterman_winfrey_leno_ny151.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=xx50umqcfHd15kY_ph23uA--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="In an image from video provided by CBS, David Letterman, Oprah Winfrey and Jay Leno, from right, record a promo for CBS' 'Late Show' that aired during the broadcast of the NFL football Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The promo was recorded earlier in the week at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York. The ad revisited Letterman and Winfrey's Super Bowl spot from 2007, but with another person watching the game with them - late night talk show host Jay Leno. (AP Photo/CBS)" border="0" /></a>AP - Super Bowl viewers were rubbing their eyes at the sight of a TV spot pairing CBS late-night host David Letterman with longtime NBC archrival Jay Leno, plus media magnate Oprah Winfrey.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_letterman_promo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.bc556bfa184e4d3ba720f95453d019d8.super_bowl_ads_letterman_winfrey_leno_ny151.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=xx50umqcfHd15kY_ph23uA--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="photo" title="In an image from video provided by CBS, David Letterman, Oprah Winfrey and Jay Leno, from right, record a promo for CBS' 'Late Show' that aired during the broadcast of the NFL football Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The promo was recorded earlier in the week at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York. The ad revisited Letterman and Winfrey's Super Bowl spot from 2007, but with another person watching the game with them - late night talk show host Jay Leno. (AP Photo/CBS)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_champion_saints ap/20100209/fbn_super_bowl_champion_saints AP sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:41:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_champion_saints"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.daab014a68094f0abcb1bcc34e842127.letterman_brees_nyr101.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=B6aCndYqsfjCMJse2Yj5Mg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="In this photo released by CBS Entertainment, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, the Super Bowl MVP, laughs during his visit to 'The Late Show with David Letterman,' Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in New York. The show will air on CBS Monday night. (AP Photo/Heather Wines, CBS Entertainment)" border="0" /></a>AP - Wearing Mardi Gras beads and clearly exhausted from a late night of post-Super Bowl celebrations, Sean Payton leaned on a podium, clutching the Vince Lombardi trophy in his right hand.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_champion_saints"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.daab014a68094f0abcb1bcc34e842127.letterman_brees_nyr101.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=B6aCndYqsfjCMJse2Yj5Mg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo released by CBS Entertainment, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, the Super Bowl MVP, laughs during his visit to 'The Late Show with David Letterman,' Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in New York. The show will air on CBS Monday night. (AP Photo/Heather Wines, CBS Entertainment)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_co_ap_po/bkw_t25_women_s_bkb_poll ap/20100209/bkw_t25_women_s_bkb_poll AP sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:10:13 GMT AP - Nebraska keeps winning and climbing up the Top 25. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ot/us_super_bowl_ratings ap/20100209/us_super_bowl_ratings AP sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:05:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ot/us_super_bowl_ratings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.sb52102080344.super_bowl_football_sb521.jpg?x=110&y=130&q=85&sig=oAXfGD_zcLveoc6.CFDadw--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees celebrates with his son Baylen and wife Brittany after winning the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Miami, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The Saints won 31-17. after winning the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Miami, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The Saints won 31-17. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0" /></a>AP - 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 U.S. television history, the Nielsen Co. said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ot/us_super_bowl_ratings"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.sb52102080344.super_bowl_football_sb521.jpg?x=110&y=130&q=85&sig=oAXfGD_zcLveoc6.CFDadw--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="photo" title="New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees celebrates with his son Baylen and wife Brittany after winning the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Miami, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The Saints won 31-17. after winning the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Miami, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The Saints won 31-17. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_daytona_nascar_economy ap/20100209/car_daytona_nascar_economy AP sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:15:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_daytona_nascar_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.a29b8df83b4342c0a8947fca8de220aa.nascar_daytona_auto_racing_fldm109.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=07KkDMovbsu.ENUtNJvBMA--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. prepares for his qualifying attempt for the Daytona 500 auto race at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)" border="0" /></a>AP - With the NASCAR season revving up at Daytona International Speedway this week, companies still have a chance to associate themselves with the sport's most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_daytona_nascar_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.a29b8df83b4342c0a8947fca8de220aa.nascar_daytona_auto_racing_fldm109.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=07KkDMovbsu.ENUtNJvBMA--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. prepares for his qualifying attempt for the Daytona 500 auto race at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_key ap/20100208/fbn_super_bowl_key AP sports Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:28:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_key"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.sb40002080231.super_bowl_football_sb400.jpg?x=73&y=130&q=85&sig=.OtkOY9XOO5KYqBYgm3j0w--" align="left" height="130" width="73" alt="New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton signals after wide receiver Lance Moore made a two-point conversion following a touchdown during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Miami, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sean Payton strolled through the New Orleans Saints locker room at halftime, pausing at Thomas Morstead's locker with a simple message.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_key"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.sb40002080231.super_bowl_football_sb400.jpg?x=73&y=130&q=85&sig=.OtkOY9XOO5KYqBYgm3j0w--" align="left" height="130" width="73" alt="photo" title="New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton signals after wide receiver Lance Moore made a two-point conversion following a touchdown during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Miami, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_jim_litke020710 ap/20100208/fbn_jim_litke020710 AP sports Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:50:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_jim_litke020710"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.sb51602080339.super_bowl_football_sb516.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=qYo1aorBO_Mp7dxSiw685g--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees holds his son Baylen after the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Miami, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The Saints won 31-17. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)" border="0" /></a>AP - Drew Brees grew up in Texas and started playing for pay in faraway San Diego. But he made New Orleans his home and its cause uniquely his own.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_jim_litke020710"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.sb51602080339.super_bowl_football_sb516.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=qYo1aorBO_Mp7dxSiw685g--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="photo" title="New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees holds his son Baylen after the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Miami, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The Saints won 31-17. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/sp_wl_afp/yachtingamcupcancel afp/20100208/yachtingamcupcancel AFP sports Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:04:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/sp_wl_afp/yachtingamcupcancel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265630688482-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=vBXY8J0Q.gjZQT9rscFnhw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="US challenger Oracle giant trimaran (right) and Swiss defender Alinghi huge catamaran wait for wind conditions to improve at the start of the first race of the 33rd America's Cup in Valencia. Lack of wind postponed the start of the first race pitting champions Alinghi against US side Oracle in a best-of-three series.(AFP/Pool/Pedro Armestre)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A lack of wind on Monday led organisers to cancel the first race of the 33rd America's Cup, pitting defending Swiss champions Alinghi against US side Oracle in a best-of-three series.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/sp_wl_afp/yachtingamcupcancel"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265630688482-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=vBXY8J0Q.gjZQT9rscFnhw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="US challenger Oracle giant trimaran (right) and Swiss defender Alinghi huge catamaran wait for wind conditions to improve at the start of the first race of the 33rd America's Cup in Valencia. Lack of wind postponed the start of the first race pitting champions Alinghi against US side Oracle in a best-of-three series.(AFP/Pool/Pedro Armestre)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_co_ne/bkw_rutgers_stringer_suspended ap/20100209/bkw_rutgers_stringer_suspended AP sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:11:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_co_ne/bkw_rutgers_stringer_suspended"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.16deadc132cc4eb0b56aa48282330609.rutgers_stringer_suspended_basketball_ny163.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=FFphfBuovNrnlVVsjkiSmw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="In this photo taken on Feb. 1, 2010, Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer rests her head in her hands as she stoops near the team bench during the second half of a women's NCAA college basketball game against Notre Dame in Piscataway, N.J. Rutgers suspended Hall of Fame women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, for one game for misusing practice players. Stringer will miss the Scarlet Knights' game against Seton Hall on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rutgers suspended Hall of Fame women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer on Tuesday for one game for misusing practice players.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_co_ne/bkw_rutgers_stringer_suspended"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.16deadc132cc4eb0b56aa48282330609.rutgers_stringer_suspended_basketball_ny163.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=FFphfBuovNrnlVVsjkiSmw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken on Feb. 1, 2010, Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer rests her head in her hands as she stoops near the team bench during the second half of a women's NCAA college basketball game against Notre Dame in Piscataway, N.J. Rutgers suspended Hall of Fame women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, for one game for misusing practice players. Stringer will miss the Scarlet Knights' game against Seton Hall on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ot/us_super_bowl_new_orleans ap/20100209/us_super_bowl_new_orleans AP sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:04:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ot/us_super_bowl_new_orleans"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.0c06b5d678df4e0a9f0f1c2062804673.super_bowl_new_orleans_football_lawh101.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=t7yvuLDuhlKBNlXBh9qq4A--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson waves Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, as he leaves the airport in Kenner, La., after returning from the Saints' 31-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday in the NFL football Super Bowl. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)" border="0" /></a>AP - People lined up by the hundreds to buy Monday's Times-Picayune, which hollered "AMEN!" from its front page. The Saints' Super Bowl victory was a prayer answered in this struggling city, and New Orleans itself seemed different for it.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ot/us_super_bowl_new_orleans"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.0c06b5d678df4e0a9f0f1c2062804673.super_bowl_new_orleans_football_lawh101.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=t7yvuLDuhlKBNlXBh9qq4A--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="photo" title="New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson waves Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, as he leaves the airport in Kenner, La., after returning from the Saints' 31-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday in the NFL football Super Bowl. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_nhl_europe ap/20100209/hkn_nhl_europe AP sports Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:00:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_nhl_europe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.56e2702a75684acd843a29a11054a038.blue_jackets_avalanche_hockey_codz107.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=tLtat5IvZpus9iHAJhACOQ--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Columbus Blue Jackets left winger Fredrik Modin, left, of Sweden, battles with Colorado Avalanche center Paul Stastny as they pursue the puck in the second period of an NHL hockey game in Denver on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)" border="0" /></a>AP - The NHL is sending more teams across the pond.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedsp/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_nhl_europe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.56e2702a75684acd843a29a11054a038.blue_jackets_avalanche_hockey_codz107.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=tLtat5IvZpus9iHAJhACOQ--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="photo" title="Columbus Blue Jackets left winger Fredrik Modin, left, of Sweden, battles with Colorado Avalanche center Paul Stastny as they pursue the puck in the second period of an NHL hockey game in Denver on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)