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Once again the phones started to ring, former San Diego Chargers from the franchise's lone Super Bowl team calling each other and digesting the news that another one of them was gone. With word that Junior Seau died Wednesday, the number of Chargers who played in the Super Bowl on Jan. 29, 1995, and are now dead, is eight. Eight in 18 years; too many in too little time. The subject is one I discussed, somewhat uncomfortably, with several of the former Chargers in 2008. This wasn't long after Chris Mims, their gregarious defensive end, was found dead in his Los Angeles apartment. Five had died back then. And that seemed like a lot.   I called a professor of actuarial science at the University of Wisconsin to see if she could put number on five men from a 53-man roster – all in their 20s and 30s – dying in so short a time. She said the odds were less than 1 percent.In the resulting story that ran in The Washington Post, many former players and coaches talked abo...

New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow took to the pulpit this morning in Georgetown, Texas,  on the holiest day of the Christian calendar to share his personal story of faith. In an interview during the service that lasted for about 20 minutes, he explained how he believes God deserves all the glory.Pastor Joe Champion at Celebration Church says he received an "out of the blue" phone call from Tebow, asking if he could come to Georgetown and speak on Easter Sunday.Champion said yes.   The church rented more than 100 buses to drive people to the service, and people arrived hours early to save a seat near the front. About 15,000 people attended the outdoor service. "Obviously, it's our Super Bowl. Easter is the resurrection of Christ in which we celebrate in our faith,"  Champion said. Champion said that despite his famous guest today, the message is still that God is great. "There will be a sacredness of Easter. It's not a Tim Tebow sho...

New York Giants receiver David Tyree was never able to cash in on the amazing "helmet catch" in Super Bowl XLII -- he was out of the NFL two seasons after leaping over New England Patriots safety Rodney Harrison and making one of the greatest plays in Super Bowl history. Receiver Mario Manningham, who was on the receiving end of Eli Manning's unbelievable throw -- the 38-yard play that began the Giants' 88-yard game-winning drive in Super Bowl XLVI -- will fare better than his one-hit predecessor. On Saturday, Manningham signed a two-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers, bringing in a yet-undisclosed sum in salary and guarantees.   "On the sideline they were going like this [gesturing a successful catch], so I knew I was in," Manningham said of the play right after the Giants' 21-17 victory. "It was a perfect throw. They rolled into cover-two at the last minute and I saw the corner was acting like he was going to backpedal, but he came up to play ...