Arsenal striker Thierry Henry has been named by Time magazine as one of the world’s 100 most influential people – but Los Angeles-bound David Beckham did not make the cut.

SUPER BOWL XLI (41) is the first to feature two black head coaches, but tomorrow night the spotlight will be on the super-powered Indianapolis offence and Chicago’s vaunted defence.

THE Indianapolis Colts, the only team in NFL history to start 9-0 in consecutive seasons, fell to the upstart Dallas Cowboys 21-14 on Sunday.

UNDEFEATED Indianapolis and once-beaten Chicago made National Football League history Sunday in proving themselves the teams to beat for home-field advantage in the playoffs.

NFL win leader Indianapolis saw a Super Bowl dream end in misery while road triumphs on Sunday allowed bottom-seeds Pittsburgh and Carolina to sustain their title hopes.

THREE touchdowns off six turnovers sparked Washington past Philadelphia 31-20 on Sunday, launching the Redskins into the NFL play-offs for the first time in six seasons.

WHILE the Indianapolis Colts took another step towards perfection, the defending NFC champions Philadelphia Eagles hit the end of their road to the NFL playoffs on Sunday.

THE INDIANAPOLIS Colts have a message for the NFL: The Triplets are back and better than ever.

ST LOUIS and Denver got the victories they needed, while Minnesota and the New York Jets didn’t have to win to book their play-off berths as the National Football League regular season ended on Sunday.

COLTS quarterback Peyton Manning is well on his way to building a National Football League post season reputation, piloting Indianapolis to a 38-31 triumph over Kansas City on Sunday to reach the American Conference championship game.

LITTLE wonder the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are congratulating themselves on getting a bargain in head coach Jon Gruden.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers advanced to the first Super Bowl in the franchise’s 27-year history with a 27-10 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship game.

TAMPA BAY and Tennessee venture into inhospitable territory tomorrow as the battle for Super Bowl berths comes down to the wire in the NFL’s conference championship games.

BRAD JOHNSON and Tampa Bay buried San Francisco in the first-half, while Rich Gannon and the Oakland Raiders came on strong against the Jets in the second, and both ended up in the NFL’s divisional finals next week.

DREW BLEDSOE got all the hype in his debut as Buffalo Bills quarterback, but it was little known kick returner Chad Morton who proved to be the hero in the New York Jets’ 37-31 overtime victory in National Football League action on Sunday.