Sports Rewind: Ravens and 49ers Head to Super Bowl XLVII

Super Bowl XLVII buzz, Payton gets reinstated, plus more.

Sibling Rivalry at the Super Bowl - The Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers punch their ticket for Super Bowl XLVII, Sean Payton returns to the New Orleans Saints, Allen Iverson settles bitter divorce, plus more sports news. — Britt Middleton  It’s official: The San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens will go head to head for Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans on Feb. 3. The game will mark the first time sibling coaches have squared off for the NFL championship: Jim Harbaugh leads the 49ers and brother John coaches the Ravens. (Photo: AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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Sibling Rivalry at the Super Bowl - The Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers punch their ticket for Super Bowl XLVII, Sean Payton returns to the New Orleans Saints, Allen Iverson settles bitter divorce, plus more sports news. — Britt Middleton It’s official: The San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens will go head to head for Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans on Feb. 3. The game will mark the first time sibling coaches have squared off for the NFL championship: Jim Harbaugh leads the 49ers and brother John coaches the Ravens. (Photo: AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

New Orleans Coach Sean Payton Reinstated - New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton can now resume his duties with the team after the NFL lifted his year long suspension on Tuesday. Payton and others on the team were penalized for their part in a “cash-for-hits” bounty program that ran from 2009 until 2011. (Photo: Jason Miller/Getty Images)

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New Orleans Coach Sean Payton Reinstated - New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton can now resume his duties with the team after the NFL lifted his year long suspension on Tuesday. Payton and others on the team were penalized for their part in a “cash-for-hits” bounty program that ran from 2009 until 2011. (Photo: Jason Miller/Getty Images)

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Patriots’ Derrick Martin’s Home Robbed - Things aren’t so great on the home front for New England Patriots defensive back Derrick Martin, whose Denver home was robbed while he was away playing in the AFC Championship game on Sunday. Two masked men reportedly forced themselves inside the home, where at least one adult and several children were inside, but no one was injured. (Photo: NFL via Getty Images)

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Patriots’ Derrick Martin’s Home Robbed - Things aren’t so great on the home front for New England Patriots defensive back Derrick Martin, whose Denver home was robbed while he was away playing in the AFC Championship game on Sunday. Two masked men reportedly forced themselves inside the home, where at least one adult and several children were inside, but no one was injured. (Photo: NFL via Getty Images)

A Little Trade Action - According to reports, the Memphis Grizzlies and Cleveland Cavaliers have signed off on a trade deal that will send Marreese Speights, guard Wayne Ellington and guard Josh Selby to the Cavaliers in exchange for the Cavs’ Jon Leuer. The Cavaliers reportedly also picked up a future first-round draft pick in the transaction. (Photos from left: Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers)

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A Little Trade Action - According to reports, the Memphis Grizzlies and Cleveland Cavaliers have signed off on a trade deal that will send Marreese Speights, guard Wayne Ellington and guard Josh Selby to the Cavaliers in exchange for the Cavs’ Jon Leuer. The Cavaliers reportedly also picked up a future first-round draft pick in the transaction. (Photos from left: Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers)

Parting Words - “R.I.P Coach Joe Paterno you were a blessing to college football and you will not be forgotten #LEGEND,” said New York Giants wide receiver Jerrel Jernigan, via Twitter. (Photo: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Supporters to Hold Vigil for Joe Paterno - Fans of beloved Penn State football coach Joe Paterno will hold a vigil marking the one-year anniversary of his death from lung cancer on Tuesday night, according to reports. Paterno’s decades-long tenure with the school was tainted for many in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. (Photo: AP Photo /Carolyn Kaster, File)

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A Bitter Divorce Is Finalized - Former NBA star Allen Iverson has reached a $3 million settlement with estranged wife Tawanna, ending what has been described as a long and bitter divorce. The couple married in 2001 and have five children together. (Photo: AP PHOTO/JENNIFER MIDBERRY)

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A Bitter Divorce Is Finalized - Former NBA star Allen Iverson has reached a $3 million settlement with estranged wife Tawanna, ending what has been described as a long and bitter divorce. The couple married in 2001 and have five children together. (Photo: AP PHOTO/JENNIFER MIDBERRY)

Sore Loser - After taking jabs at Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis on her Facebook page, Anna Burns Welker, wife of New England Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker, has apologized for being “a sore loser.” In her original post, Anna dug into Lewis for having  “6 kids and 4 wives” and for being acquitted in a murder case back in 2000. (Photos from left: Peter Kramer/Getty Images, Al Bello/Getty Images)

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Sore Loser - After taking jabs at Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis on her Facebook page, Anna Burns Welker, wife of New England Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker, has apologized for being “a sore loser.” In her original post, Anna dug into Lewis for having  “6 kids and 4 wives” and for being acquitted in a murder case back in 2000. (Photos from left: Peter Kramer/Getty Images, Al Bello/Getty Images)

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Manti Comes Clean - Though he maintains he was a victim of an Internet scam known as “catfishing,” Manti Te’o admitted that he knew his relationship with "Lennay Kekua" was a fake as early as Dec. 6. He said he kept it secret so as not to distract his Notre Dame teammates as they prepped for the BCS National Championship against Alabama.  (Photo: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

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NFL Fails to Hire New Black Coaches in 2013 - All of the NFL’s coaching vacancies for 2013 were filled by white men, leading many to criticize the league for its lack of diversity in positions of power. There are currently only three African-American head coaches in the NFL: Marvin Lewis of the Cincinnati Bengals, Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Leslie Frazier of the Minnesota Vikings. (Photo: Joe Sargent/Getty Images)