FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Drew Brees turned to his wife when he woke up and asked: “Did yesterday really happen?

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Saints’ Brees savors Super victory

The Nielsen Co. says the Super Bowl got its highest overnight ratings in 23 years. It means, when final figures are released later Monday, there’s a strong likelihood the game will be the most-watched Super Bowl ever. Last year’s game between Pittsburgh and Arizona has that distinction, with 98.7 million viewers.

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Super Bowl on pace for record viewership (AP)

Donovan McNabb appears to be a very popular man these days. Plenty of teams have apparently called the…

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Numerous teams calling about McNabb (Yahoo! Sports)

The New Orleans Saints pulled off a 31-17 upset of the Indianapolis Colts after a stunning interception Sunday at Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, Fla.

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Saints go marching in

You can think of this as the ultimate primer for the NFL offseason, or at least the AFC offseason: Gary Horton of Scouts Inc. breaks down all the squads in the AFC and tells you their top three needs to address, be it via the draft or free agency.

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Scouts Inc.: AFC offseason needs

Here’s how New Orleans kicker Thomas Morstead spent the final 20 minutes of halftime at the Super Bowl: He sat silently at his locker. “I wasn’t worried,” Morstead said Sunday night. “I was just terrified.” The Indianapolis Colts wouldn’t have known it. With one squibbed kick, Morstead — a punter by trade — booted himself into the collection of Super Bowl plays…

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Morstead kicks his way into Super Bowl history (AP)

Laissez les bons temps rouler! The new New Orleans Saints rolled in the fourth quarter Sunday to upset the Indianapolis Colts in the Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Bowl.

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Paige: New Orleans richly deserves climb to top of sports world

Perhaps the league MVP voters really did get it wrong.

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Super Bowl MVP Brees defines efficiency

All the New Orleans Saints had to do to get through the postseason was beat teams quarterbacked by Kurt Warner, Brett Favre and Peyton Manning.

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Saints’ M.O. continues with big turnover

Before getting on the team bus to go to the Super Bowl, Tracy Porter sat in the Saints’ downtown Miami hotel, getting his head shaved by his regular New Orleans barber.

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Porter’s pick put Saints over top