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The Carolina Panthers' new Nike uniforms were unveiled on Tuesday, along with a hidden message. The Panthers will have the words "Keep Pounding" stitched on the collars of their jerseys in honor of late linebacker and assistant coach Sam Mills.It is this kind of gesture that should be on every NFL uniform, remembering those who meant so much to the league. Mills was diagnosed with intestinal cancer in August 2003. Despite undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment, he remained on the field for the Panthers during the 2003-2004 season, and his inspirational plea to "keep pounding" led the team to a victory over the Dallas Cowboys in the divisional round. Mills said before the game,  "When I found out I had cancer, there were two things I could do—quit or keep pounding. I'm a fighter. I kept pounding. You're fighters, too. Keep pounding!" Keep Pounding is now a fund to sponsor cancer research programs. The Panthers' gestur...

Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf was arrested again on Monday, just days after he posted bail on similar charges that he burglarized a home and stole prescription drugs, authorities said.Leaf was first arrested on Friday after police found oxycodone pills in his golf bag that an acquaintance later said Leaf stole from his home.Early Monday, three days after posting a $76,000 bond, he was arrested again on accusations that he broke into another home outside Great Falls, Central Montana Drug Task Force commander Chris Hickman said.   The owners walked into the home Sunday afternoon to find a "tall man with an athletic build" inside, Hickman said. The man told the owners he had the wrong address and left. The owners later discovered three bottles of prescription medicines missing and phoned police. After describing his truck, his clothes and his "shiny black loafers," they picked Leaf out of a photo lineup. A search of Leaf's home turned up 89 hydrocod...

To reach the worst seat in the Superdome, you have to ride five escalators, walk halfway around the stadium, climb 38 more steps and duck your head under a low-hanging awning. That's where you'll find section 628, row 22, seat 6, the highest seat in the building directly behind one of the baskets. Louisville senior Tre Wampler, the unfortunate owner of that seat for Saturday night's national semifinals, actually had to be among the 700 "winners" of a student lottery in order to secure his ticket. Bleary-eyed students began lining up at the Superdome at 5 a.m. in hopes of receiving floor seats, but Wampler and his friends didn't make it to the stadium until 9 a.m., which explains their nosebleed seats.   "It was a bit shocking to be up so high and to be so far away from the action, but we're happy to be here to support our team," Wampler said before the games tipped off. Then he added with confidence that proved to be incorrect, "Hop...

In this unpredictable, headline-grabbing offseason, not even hot topics such as overtime or instant replay can push aside the New Orleans Saints and their bounty program.NFL owners completed their meetings Wednesday by passing several significant rules changes, including expanding the postseason OT rules to the regular season and having all turnovers reviewed by the replay official, just as all scoring plays currently are. Yet the spotlight all week was on the Saints, who are talking to Bill Parcells about becoming interim coach while Sean Payton is suspended for the 2012 season. Other NFL coaches offered their take on Commissioner Roger Goodell’s hefty punishments for Payton and former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, who was suspended indefinitely for overseeing the bounty pool that offered payouts for damaging hits to targeted opponents. Most coaches said they found it important to discuss. And not only with the media, but with their teams. “The whole lea...