No decision yet for Favre

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08/04/2010 - Hattiesburg, MS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brett Favre has not yet decided if he will play the upcoming season for the Minnesota Vikings and on Wednesday denied sending messages to teammates that he will call it quits.

According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and ESPN, Favre said the ankle injury that required surgery in May will determine if he is able to return for a 20th NFL season and second as quarterback of the Vikings.

Reports from the Star-Tribune on Tuesday said Favre had begun telling Vikings personnel, including teammates, that he would not play in 2010. Vikings head coach Brad Childress then dismissed the reports on Tuesday, saying he hadn't heard directly from Favre on the subject, and reporters caught up with Favre on Wednesday at Oak Grove High School in Hattiesburg.

As Favre was trying to leave in his vehicle, he briefly spoke to ESPN and others. He said he had not sent messages to teammates indicating his playing future, and did not elaborate on when a decision might come.

After the reports surfaced Tuesday, another story from the Star-Tribune on Wednesday said the Vikings were willing to offer Favre a pay increase to continue playing.

Favre has one year left on his contract at a reported $13 million, but the Vikings are apparently set to make it $16 million in salary with another $4 million available through incentives.

It was thought that Favre would return sometime during, or after, training camp. However, throughout the summer Favre has insisted that he hadn't yet made a decision on his playing future while he continued to recover from the ankle surgery.

In May, Favre confirmed he had a procedure to remove scar tissue and bone spurs from his injured left ankle. He was knocked around during last season's NFC Championship Game loss to New Orleans, needing help to leave the field at one point during the contest.

Favre has already retired twice -- after the 2007 season with Green Bay and following the 2008 campaign with the Jets. Last summer, Favre underwent surgery for a partially torn biceps tendon, then on August 18 decided to come back and play for Minnesota.

The 2009 season was one of the best in Favre's brilliant career. He threw for 4,202 yards with 33 touchdowns and just seven interceptions. His quarterback rating of 107.2 was second only to New Orleans' Drew Brees.

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Super Bowl XLIII, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Super Bowl XLIII is now set, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet each other on February 1st in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium to battle it out for the coveted Lombardi Trophy. The game kicks off at 6:00pm ET on NBC with announcers Al Michaels and John Madden covering the on-field action. Super Bowl XLIII betting odds at online bookmaker MySportsbook.com have the Steelers listed as an early -6.5 against the spread favorite.Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds

Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.

The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.

The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.

Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.

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Pittsburgh Steelers -6.5 (-110), Over 46.5 (-110), -260 (Money line)

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