REDMOND, Wash., May 21 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp gave the world a first look at its new Xbox One on Tuesday, announcing that its first gaming console in eight years will come with exclusive video and software content, including a “Halo” series produced by Steven Spielberg. The Xbox One, which will be available later this year at a price to be [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - San Francisco and Houston were chosen on Tuesday as the host cities for the 2016 and 2017 Super Bowls. National Football League (NFL) team owners voted for the cities ahead of Miami, which had already hosted the sport’s championship game a record-tying 10 times. San Francisco will host the 50th Super Bowl in early 2016 at Levi’s Stadium, [...]

Nate Kaeding of Iowa City, one of the National Football League’s most-productive placekickers of the last decade, announced his retirement from football Thursday. “Over the last three years I’ve struggled with recurring muscle injuries in my kicking leg,” Kaeding said. “Since January of this offseason I executed a deliberate and comprehensive training regimen devised to [...]

By John Kass – With all that college beef on parade this week, the NFL draft is a wonder of sports marketing, a televised pageant for the multibillion-dollar American football industry. But there’s something football fans should know: Football is dead in America. Even through all the chatter and cheerleading and media hype, football as [...]

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers have reached agreement on a five-year contract extension that will pay Rodgers$110 million in addition to the $20.75 million remaining on the final two years of his current contract. The $22 million annual average for Rodgers puts him ahead of Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco. The Super Bowl MVP signed a contract in March that averages $21.6 [...]

The New Orleans Saints announced Monday that they signed veteran free agent quarterback Seneca Wallace to a one-year contract. Wallace, who was out of football last year, worked out for the Oakland Raiders last week. He went 1-6 as a starter for the Cleveland Browns over two years but the team cut him during training [...]

KCRG-TV9′s Josh Christensen talked to former Hawkeye kicker Nate Kaeding about his recent signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and more in the video above.

AMES – Coe second team D3football.com all-American Frank Weymiller wasn’t sure pro day would be for him. Then a call came at 4:30 p.m. Monday. Teams had expressed interest in seeing him. So the defensive lineman from tiny New Albin loaded up his “old, muddy Grand Prix” and headed to Ames for the 9 a.m. [...]

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Greg Jennings spent seven years getting the best of the Minnesota Vikings secondary while playing for their bitter rivals in Green Bay. No longer feeling as important to the Packers after two seasons shortened by injuries, Jennings crossed the border and found a team that welcomed him with desperately open [...]

The Atlanta Falcons replaced Michael Turner with another proven, productive running back. Steven Jackson, the top running back in free agency, agreed to a three-year, $12 million deal with the Falcons on Thursday. Also getting new deals were backup quarterback Matt Cassel in Minnesota, pass rusher Cliff Avril in Seattle and cornerback Keenan Lewis in [...]