The Texans had the nerve to boost ticket prices because the Houston economy is much stronger than most NFL cities and the team's average ticket price will still be a few dollars lower than the league average. The Texans celebrated their 70th consecutive sellout at Reliant Stadium against the Bears in the last game of the 2008 season. The team's $300 million stadium naming rights deal with Reliant is the richest in the NFL.."We kind of expected to win," firstyear Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said. "I know that sounds crazy, but we did expect to win. The fact that it happened, it's just kind of like, we want to take it in stride and go to the next one.

In a scientific statement published online Thursday in the AHA journal Circulation, a panel of cardiovascular experts concluded, after reviewing all the best studies on the topic, that pet ownership is associated with a lower risk of heart disease.Pet owners tend to have lower blood pressure and cholesterol level