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Super Bowl -- Running diary, final
The Green Bay Packers are champions of Super Bowl XLV. After the Steelers made it close with a touchdown in the middle of the fourth quarter, the Packers put it away with a late field goal and a defensive stop in the final minutes.
Feb 6 | By Melissa Jacobs
Super Bowl -- Running diary, pregame edition
Stay with espnW all Super Bowl Sunday for the latest and greatest observations about the commercials, broadcast, musical performances and, of course, the on-the-field action.
Feb 6 7:03 PM ET | By Melissa Jacobs
Key matchups to watch
Put the Super Bowl hype aside for a minute and let's talk some real football! Melissa Jacobs heads to the chalkboard to take a look at some of Sunday's key matchups.
Feb 5 | By Melissa Jacobs
Six key players to watch
Forget the parties, the celebrities and radio row. Somewhere hiding in all that Super Bowl hoopla is an actual football game -- a quite important one. Melissa Jacobs is here to discuss the six guys who could be the difference-makers come Sunday.
Feb 4 | By Melissa Jacobs
Blake, Jimmer and a Super-sized Sunday
With great hoops action featuring megastars, the Cavaliers chasing a pitiful record and a mega day of football on Sunday, there's little reason to leave your couch this weekend. Here's what we'll be watching.
Feb 4 1:40 PM ET | By Melissa Jacobs
Five prop bets to watch for the Super Bowl
Super Bowl Sunday is synonymous with many things -- parties, new commercials and a relatively important game -- but perhaps the most anticipated part of the big game is the release of those oh-so-crazy prop bets.
Feb 4 12:26 AM ET | By Melissa Jacobs
The best and worst NFL endorsements
Nothing will be more dissected on Super Bowl Sunday than the commercials. While we wait and see what the ad agencies have in store, Melissa Jacobs looks at some of the great and not-so-great NFL endorsements.
Feb 1 | By Melissa Jacobs
Secrets of Super Bowl week
Melissa Jacobs, sidelined from covering Super Bowl week for the first time since 2004, dishes the dirt on radio row and the infamous party scene.
Feb 1 | By Melissa Jacobs
A hoops game dud and a DPOY Freudian slip
A big game among women's basketball powerhouses, a cold reception for Cleveland in Miami, and some progress on the NFL labor front top a mixed bag night of sports action and news.
Feb 1 10:44 AM ET | By Melissa Jacobs
Hoops, there it is
What the sports scene lacks in quantity tonight, it makes up for in quality -- well at least when it comes to the ladies. We have the scoop on a behemoth women's college basketball game and some NBA action that may be FANtastic.
Jan 31 3:26 PM ET | By Melissa Jacobs
The weekend fix for a football diehard
How did an NFL junkie cope with the first weekend without (real) professional football since August? Sure, there was All-Star action and the Grand Slam finals, but it was really the compelling hoops that kept our sports fixes going.
Jan 31 9:07 AM ET | By Melissa Jacobs
Dear Roger Goodell: Rethink the Pro Bowl
Enjoy the Super Bowl because it's the only NFL football you may see for some time. Besides the looming lockout, there are other pressing issues, which NFL writer Melissa Jacobs will address in a series of letters to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
Jan 28 | By Melissa Jacobs
Run up the score much?
Would you consider a 108-3 victory in a high school girls' basketball game as running up the score? The winning coach says no, but Melissa Jacobs sees this as bad sportsmanship.
Jan 25 9:52 AM ET | By Melissa Jacobs
A Super game gets set this weekend
The NFL championship games took center stage, some intriguing center court matches went on Down Under, and a power forward continues to wow the NBA masses. Melissa Jacobs is here with those stories and more.
Jan 25 9:55 AM ET | By Melissa Jacobs
Steelers 24, Jets 19: Instant reaction
This tough game not only proved that defense wins championships -- well, AFC Championships -- but so does a clutch quarterback. Melissa Jacobs shares her reaction to Big Ben and the Steelers marching on to the promised land of Dallas.
Jan 25 9:55 AM ET | By Melissa Jacobs
Packers 21, Bears 14: Instant reaction
In a game full of ugly plays and ugly coaching decisions, none was uglier than Jay Cutler's baffling knee injury. Melissa Jacobs weighs in on an NFC Championship Game that was more about defense than quarterback greatness.
Jan 25 9:55 AM ET | By Melissa Jacobs
NFL preview: Defense wins championships
The old adage "defense wins championships" will certainly ring true this Sunday. While Patriots and Ravens fans may have trouble watching, it's hard to deny that Bears-Packers and Jets-Steelers are two amazing defensive matchups.
Jan 25 9:56 AM ET | By Melissa Jacobs
Looking past the pigskin
Melissa Jacobs has the quick and the dirty on the AFC and NFC Championship Games, but there's plenty of other action this weekend to get you ready for football. We're looking past the pigskin to give you the Games We're Watching.
Jan 25 9:56 AM ET | By Sarah Spain
American Idol: Athlete Edition!
As another glorious season of "American Idol" dawns, Melissa Jacobs -- the Bill Parcells of musical talent evaluation -- takes a look at some current athletes trying to double as rock stars.
Jan 25 11:14 AM ET | By Melissa Jacobs
A side of hoops to go with your NFL
Of course we were all about the NFL playoffs, but there was plenty of hoops action worthy of attention this weekend, including another win by an NBA team with a record that was supposed to be reserved for some threesome in Miami.
Jan 25 10:00 AM ET | By Melissa Jacobs
Still waiting on those new playoff OT rules
We're eight playoff games in and still no overtime. Melissa Jacobs explains the new playoff overtime rules and why she'd like to see some fifth quarter action as soon as possible.
Jan 25 10:15 AM ET
Previews, predictions for NFL divisional round
If you read Melissa Jacobs' NFL wild-card weekend preview and, ahem, predictions, she doesn't blame you for giving this column a Marshawn Lynch stiff-arm and running away. But for those who are jazzed up about divisional weekend, read on.
Jan 14 | By Melissa Jacobs
Athlete's Life
The woman behind Lombardi
Thanks largely to Tom Brady and Gisele's date night, the Broadway hit "Lombardi" has been the buzz of New York. After taking in the play herself, our Melissa Jacobs sat down with actress Judith Light, who plays Vince Lombardi's wife.
Jan 13 | By Melissa Jacobs
A Seattle surprise tops a football-filled weekend
If you predicted the Seahawks would be the only home team to win this weekend, then we're in awe. More on the playoffs, a near UConn women's loss and the cheesiness of bowl games, in a weekend edition of About Last Night.
Jan 25 10:19 AM ET | By Melissa Jacobs
The redemption of Seattle's Marshawn Lynch
Unless you had Seattle's Marshawn Lynch on your fantasy team, he was probably best known for his off-the-field issues -- that is, until the Marshawn Magical Run of 2011.
Jan 25 10:19 AM ET | By Melissa Jacobs

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