Trent Cole has been named to the NFC Pro Bowl roster. Seattle Seahawks end Patrick Kerney will sit out the game with a shoulder injury. Cole is the youngest Eagles’ defensive end to earn a Pro Bowl. Cole comes off a season in which he ranked sixth in the NFL with 12 1/2 sacks. Cole notched 103 tackles this past season and he was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week after a 3 1/2-sack performance against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 8. Cole was voted Defensive Most Valuable Player by his Philadelphia teammates

Brian VanGorder left South Carolina to take the same job with the Atlanta Falcons.VanGorder spent last year as the Falcons’ linebackers coach.  Steve Spurrier hired him as co-ordinator last month during Week 15 of the NFL season.The Falcons hired Mike Smith as head coach on Wednesday. Smith replaced Bobby Petrino, who abruptly left the Falcons last month after just 13 games of a 4-12 season.VanGorder has held six jobs with four teams over the last five years.Petrino lost his defensive co-ordinator on Thursday when South Carolina hired him in the same capacity.Ellis Johnson left Petrino’s staff after just four weeks.

Prime space is given to the exploits of LaDainian Tomlinson. He is the face of the San Diego Chargers. There is the ball he carried into the end zone for his 100th career touchdown, which required just 89 games. No one in NFL history has reached that mark quicker.  While Tomlinson will forever be part of Chargers lore, many of his records perhaps will be broken.   He had a third of the team’s league-leading 30 interceptions during the regular season, and has one of the Chargers’ three picks in the playoffs. The sad part is San Diego coach Norv Turner knows Cromartie’s interception against Peyton Manning in last Sunday’s divisional playoff win over the Colts will never get the credit it deserves because a questionable holding call against Eric Weddle nullified an 89-yard return for a touchdown.

Broncos fans would be able to sell their season tickets for any price they can fetch and to whomever they please under a bill sponsored by Sen. Lois Tochtrop. The Thornton Democrat said the bill was prompted by the Broncos’ crackdown last year on fans who were selling their season tickets online or through brokers. Fans selling their tickets through newspapers, the Internet or any other media could face losing their season tickets, the letter said. Tochtrop said the policy means even people trying to sell their tickets to neighbors or through the office bulletin board could lose their season tickets.

The Cleveland Browns fired defensive coordinator Todd Grantham on January,11 after three seasons. Cleveland’s defense steadily declined under Grantham. The Browns were No. 16 in the NFL in 2005, No. 27 in 2006 and No. 30 this season. The Browns allowed 5,737 yards this season. Defensive backs coach Mel Tucker might be a candidate to replace Grantham.