Super Bowl

PASSING LEADERS Saints Brees...9-10, 80 yards Colts Manning...7-8, 65 yards RECEIVING LEADERS Saints P. Thomas...2, 28 yards, TD Colts Clark...3, 45 yards RUSHING LEADERS Saints P. Thomas...3, 25 yards Colts Addai...3, 19 yards, TD Momentum: Saints grab momentum with a successful onside kick and a 59-yard touchdown drive for their first lead. The Colts took the momentum right back, however, using their no-huddle offense and responding with a 10-play, 76-yard TD drive.

Michael Jackson's career was in decline in January 1993, when the so-called "King of Pop" performed at halftime of the most recent Super Bowl played at the Rose Bowl. . . . Jackson's lip-syncing appearance was even less engrossing than the game, won by Troy Aikman and the Dallas Cowboys in a rout of the Buffalo Bills, and widely panned. . . .

If you get some time this Sunday afternoon, there's a pretty good game on NBC between the Steelers of Pittsburgh and the Cardinals of Chicago, St. Louis, Phoenix and (inevitably) Guam. Starts about 3 and will end by midnight Thursday, maybe later. The Pittsburgh faction would seem to have the edge, though the Cardinals have this leggy receiver, Fitzgerald, who looks like he could pluck a penny off the moon.

Ed Palladini has run a limousine company in Tampa for 27 years, accumulating a fleet of more than a dozen luxury cars, ranging from a basic Cadillac sedan to a plush Mercedes minibus that seats 14. Even now, during Super Bowl week, when Palladini's business should be booked solid, some of those beauties will not leave the lot. "I've got a car that hasn't moved in six months, but I've had to keep the insurance on it for the Super Bowl," he said.

Sunday's Super Bowl XLVII ratings were a little like the San Francisco 49ers' offense: Still powerful, but not quite at peak form.  In a marathon game marred by an unprecedented 34-minute blackout at the Superdome in New Orleans, an average of 108.4 million total viewers tuned in to watch the Baltimore Ravens defeat the 49ers, 34-31, on CBS, according to Nielsen. That was down 3% from last year's Super Bowl telecast, when 111.3 million tuned in. That event remains the No. 1 ratings champion in U.S. history.  PHOTOS:  Beyonce performing at Super Bowl XLVII Even so, Sunday's telecast was the No. 3 most-watched telecast ever.

Super Bowl Saturday? Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? Super Bowl Wednesday? Um, yeah, not so much. Both are possibilities for 2014, according to an article in Sports Business Journal on the NFL's extensive contingency plan for next year's outdoor championship game at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. "The league is considering various options that include the possibility of delaying the contest several days in the event of...

A source familiar with this season's Super Bowl told the Associated Press that Beyonce will be the performer at the halftime show on Feb. 3, 2013, at the Superdome in New Orleans. The official announcement is expected Wednesday. Beyonce has won 16 Grammy Awards and sang the national anthem at Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004. Madonna performed at halftime of last season's Super Bowl in February with guests CeeLo Green, Nicki Minaj, LMFAO and M.I.A. Her performance was seen by 114 million people, a higher average than the game itself, which was seen by an estimated 111.3 million people, according to the Nielsen Co. The Black Eyed Peas performed at the 2011 Super Bowl, with The Who singing in 2010.

Who will be playing in the next Super Bowl won't be known for another three months but CBS has already decided what show it will air  once the final gun for the big game sounds. Getting one of the most sought after spots in television is CBS's drama "Elementary," which stars Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu as a modern-day Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The show made its debut this fall and has been a solid performer for CBS. The game will air on Feb. 3. The Super Bowl is the most-watched program in the United States every year.