MIAMI — The Lombardi Trophy almost has become another appendage for Sean Payton. The New Orleans Saints` coach admitted he actually slept with the trophy — and probably even drooled on it a couple of times — following Sunday`s 31-17 Super Bowl XLIV win over the Indianapolis Colts.

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One bad pass by Peyton Manning hasn`t cost the Indianapolis Colts any cachet.

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Thanks to an ever-increasing U.S. population, the Super Bowl on Sunday night was the most-watched program in American television history.

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