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Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart and University of Southern California basketball player Brynn Cameron are expecting a baby in the fall, PEOPLE has learned. Leinart, 23, one of PEOPLE's 2006 Most Beautiful People, graduated from USC in December 2005 and lives in Los Angeles and Arizona. Cameron, a 20-year-old USC junior, will sit out the upcoming basketball season. "It's an exciting time in their life," says a source who knows both athletes. "They both have support from their families."

The following 7 QBs are in the Hall of fame; Troy Aikman, Dan Fouts, Terry Bradshaw, John Elway, Joe Montana, Warren Moon, Steve Young. Cumulative passer rating Regular season: 83.03 Cumulative passer rating Post season: 85.32 Cumulative passer rating: 83.22 14 Super Bowl win out of 17 starts. Fouts and Warren did not play in a Super Bowl. Warner passer rating Regular season: 93.71 Warner passer rating Post season: 102.84 Warner passer rating: 94.64 1 Super Bowl win out of 3 starts. Yards - Aikmann - 36,791 Yards - Fouts - 45,165 Yards - Bradshaw - 31,822 Yards - Elway...

Even as he retired from football, Kurt Warner couldn't help but be concerned about the team he's leaving behind. The Arizona Cardinals' fledgling success directly correlated to the rhythm of their passing offense, directed by the 38-year-old quarterback with perhaps the most improbable rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches story in professional sports history. But now he's gone. "I don't think you can help but think about that," Warner said of the predicament his retirement could bring the Cardinals. "That's the hardest part for me." However, thanks to Warner, a two-time league MVP, at least a model for success has been built. "It's important to...

38 year old Kurt Warner, quarterback extraordinare, is calling it quits with the Arizona Cardinals in order to retire from the NFL. After 12 seasons as one of the best quarterbacks in the league, he has decided that it is time to move on to greener pastures, even though he has 1 year left on his two-year $23 million contract. Apparently he doesn't need the money ...

Warner calls it quits Cardinals QB Kurt Warner, a two-time league MVP and former Super Bowl MVP, will retire after 12 seasons.

In between being intercepted on the first play of the game and stripped of the ball on the last play, Aaron Rodgers was terrific in the best game of the NFL’s wild-card weekend. But Kurt Warner was better — historically good. He completed 29 of 33 passes for 379 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions, with a 154.1 passer rating. It was, by at least one measure, one of the two best playoff performances by a quarterback in history. Before Warner’s big game, 10 other quarterbacks in the last 50 years had a passer rating above 150. But nine of...

It's said that we have trouble appreciating what we have until it is gone. Well, it took me a while, but I've come to appreciate Kurt Warner and what he brings to the Arizona Cardinals. Don't get me wrong - I never disliked the guy. I knew he was a great QB and an even better person off the field. But, I didn't think he could get the team to a Super Bowl and thus, I saw no point in continuing forward with the aging veteran instead of trying to find a younger, long-term replacement. Aside from the fact that...

rizona Cardinals QB Kurt Warner set an NFL single-game record for completion percentage in Sunday's Week 2 romp in Jacksonville. He completed 24-of-26 passes for 92.3 percent completions and he tied the record to start a game, going 15-of-15. Warner finished with 243 yards and a pair of TD strikes with no INT. Analysis: The previous record holder was Cleveland Browns QB Vinny Testaverde, who completed 24-of-26 passes for a 91.3 percent mark back on December 26, 1993 at L.A. Rams. Warner remains a must-start in all fantasy leagues heading into Week 3 against Indianapolis.

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PHOENIX (AP) — Kurt Warner is staying with the Arizona Cardinals, agreeing to a two-year, $23 million contract and ready to play after a season in which he led his team to the Super Bowl. "I'm excited about building on what we started last year, the last couple of years," the 37-year-old quarterback said at a news conference Wednesday. "I'm looking forward to getting back to football. I'm glad this is over with, but I'm extremely excited to be a Cardinal." Warner made a highly publicized visit to the San Francisco 49ers on Monday but had made clear he wanted...

(excerpted)... According to NFL VP of Officiating Mike Pereira, the replay official upstairs did see the play clearly. “We confirmed it was a fumble,” said Pereira. “The replay assistant in the replay booth saw it was clearly a fumble. The ball got knocked loose and was rolling in his hand before it started forward. He has to have total control.”

“If God is for us, who can be against us?” — Romans 8:31 Does God care who wins? Of course He doesn’t. Unless He does. After all, who knows what He cares about? Who knows if He is even a He or a She or a Who Am? Or if He even is. Who knows?Does God care that Kurt Warner, the quarterback of the Arizona Cardinals, is more likely to be spotted carrying his bible than his playbook? Does God care that Ben Roethlisberger, Warner’s counterpart in Super Bowl XLIII this Sunday, used to adorn his armbands with the letters...

Kurt Warner and Ben Roethlisberger have at least two things in common. Both led their teams on Sunday to the Feb. 1 Super Bowl. And both are strong Christians who don't mind showing it. Take Warner, the Arizona Cardinals' quarterback who led the team to its NFC Championship on Sunday, 32-25, over the Philadelphia Eagles. The first person Warner thanked in his nationally televised interview was God. He and his wife are known for being devout born-again Christians. Later Sunday Roethlisberger led the Pittsburgh Steelers to their AFC Championship Game victory, 23-14, over the Baltimore Ravens. Back in 2006, the...

There was Kurt Warner, addressing the godless - notebook-toting cynics who worship at the altar of the free media buffet. Our saviors are sharp-eyed copy editors, and our gods were the Babe and Unitas and Jordan. Who has time for Jesus talk? Unfortunately, our subject behind the microphone has nothing more important to talk about. No, it wasn't surprising that it took Warner just a couple of minutes before his talk turned from football to faith. But - and I suspect this was a news conference first - there were no groans from the assembled flock of hacks. "It makes...

The end of one of the greatest NFL stories ever was supposed to have come on Nov. 24, 2004, high above the country on a flight, coincidentally, from Phoenix. That's where Tom Coughlin first pondered making the switch that figured to mark the end of Kurt Warner's career. The next day, Warner, then 33, was a backup quarterback, just like he was when he started his career. He was destined to spend the rest of his NFL life holding a clipboard, mentoring young quarterbacks, or serving as an insurance policy for a competitive team. Nobody saw his resurrection coming. Nobody...

Kurt Warner did more than lift the historically dysfunctional Cardinals franchise into its first Super Bowl on Sunday. He also lifted himself past the Chosen One, Peyton Manning, to right behind Tom Brady on the list of the best quarterbacks in the NFL today. His performance against Philly in the NFC title game was classic big-game Warner, the type we've rarely seen out of Manning in the playoffs. The Eagles entered the NFC title game with one of the league's best defenses: they ranked fourth in scoring (289 points allowed) and fifth in defensive passer rating (72.9). It didn't matter....

Kurt Warner, miracle worker. When Warner became the quarterback of the St. Louis Rams in 1999, he inherited the reins of the worst NFL team of the decade with a 45-99 record. The Rams finished in last place six times that decade. Warner took them to a Super Bowl championship in his first season at the helm. When Warner arrived in Arizona in 2006, he inherited the reins of the worst franchise in NFL history. The Cardinals won only two playoff games and two NFL titles in the first 87 years of franchise history. No team had a longer championship...

Meet Brenda Warner, a United States Marine Corps veteran who is married to Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner. Brenda is said to be the driving force behind her husband’s exceptional performance on the field recently which contributed to the Cardinals’ first opportunity to play in the Super Bowl. See photos, video and a biography of Brenda Warner here. Brenda has been with her husband through the rough patches that he had to hit before making it big in NFL. After the 32-25 win over the Eagles, the first thing Kurt asked for was about his wife, who was making her...

NOTE: For those who don't get it, Jesus is not rooting for any particular team. When players say that they thank God or say they thank Jesus, they are thanking our Creator for giving them the strength to use the talent God gave them and to be the best they can be. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ GLENDALE, Ariz. -- That's not a mirage rising out of the desert, folks. It's the Arizona Cardinals soaring to their first Super Bowl. Yes, the Cardinals, founding members of the NFL, but historically among the most dysfunctional of franchises, finally have joined the big boys. Capitalizing on...

So who do you really want on your team, a born-again Christian who'd rather read the Bible than the playbook, who thinks God is even bigger than Coach, or a psycho on parole who knows that if he doesn't give up his body for you, he'll be giving it up to the Offense in a cellblock at Oz? This is not a trick question to cap your credit rating. There's a real debate going on. "I think God wants you to be a winner in life, and that spills over into athletics," the Rev. Jerry Falwell told me a few...