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The 400 fans who were forced to watch Super Bowl XLV on TV because their tickets were for temporary seating in Cowboys Stadium that never got finished will get in to Super Bowl XLVI for free.

Forget Lombardi on Broadway. Green Bay has the newest Super Bowl hit: Aaron Rodgers. Capping one of the greatest postseasons for any quarterback, Rodgers led the Packers to their first NFL championship in 14 years Sunday, 31-25 over the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Packers reclaimed the Vince Lombardi Trophy, named for their legendary coach who won the first two Super Bowls and is making his own star turn in New York these days in the play named after him.

Deion Sanders always was Prime Time. Now he's All Time. Sanders and Marshall Faulk led a class of seven voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. Joining them were Shannon Sharpe, Richard Dent, Ed Sabol, Les Richter and Chris Hanburger.

The Green Bay Packers beat the Chicago Bears 21-14 to win the NFC Championship and advance to Super Bowl XLV.

While Favre could still change his mind, as he did during the 2008 and 2009 offseasons, there is no indication the granddaddy gunslinger will return this time. The 41-year-old quarterback stated 2010 was his final season after rejoining the Minnesota ...

New York reaches its second straight AFC championship game, as quarterback Mark Sanchez throws three touchdown passes

A most fitting comeback for Ben Roethlisberger. With the kind of playmaking that put two Super Bowl rings on his fingers, the Steelers quarterback connected on a 58-yard pass to rookie Antonio Brown with less than two minutes to go. The go-for-broke toss set up the winning touchdown in a rough-and-tumble 31-24 victory Saturday over the archrival Baltimore Ravens.

Behind a nearly flawless game by quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the Green Bay Packers pounded the Atlanta Falcons to earn a place in the N.F.C. championship game.

PFT's picks: Mike Florio and Gregg Rosenthal agree the Patriots will eliminate the Jets, but they are split on each of the other three divisional playoff games.

The Ravens overwhelmed the Chiefs and quarterback Matt Cassel, who threw three interceptions in his first playoff start.