Indianapolis has been awarded the 2012 Super Bowl, the fourth time a cold-weather city will host the NFL?s championship game, according to an Associated Press report on Tuesday.

Injured defenders Bob Sanders and Dwight Freeney have each had surgery in the past six months and are looking forward to taking the field, according to The Associated Press. "It's tough because football players always want to be on the field," Sanders said Sunday. "When you're on the field, you can get better. Right now, though, I'm trying to get healthy." "This is by far the worst," Freeney said. "It's something where you wake up in the morning, you feel it, but once you get going it sort of works itself out. It's a process, it's one of those things where you have to understand every week is new and just because it hurts on Tuesday doesn't mean it will hurt on Thursday." Sanders and Freeney will continue be restricted until training camp opens July 24.

Indianapolis receiver Reggie Wayne is hoping to improve upon the career-highs he put up on the field in 2007 and hopes to do it with Marvin Harrison lining up on the other side of the Colts' offensive line, according to the NFL.com. "It was shutting up the critics," Wayne said. "They were always talking about could I do it, could I do it. They always said it was because Marvin was there, which is true. But I was still able to do it when he wasn't there." Harrison missed a majority of last season with an array of injures, easily making Wayne Peyton Manning's top target all season long. Marvin has missed the opening part of the team's workouts because of legal issues stemming from a shooting that took place in his hometown of Philadelphia, which he has denied all involvement in. "You can tell it's definitely hurting him not being out there," Wayne said. "That's where I got a lot of my practice skills from, because he never takes plays off so when Peyton's out there, I don't take plays off. We feed off each other and I'd much rather have him out there because the more we're together, the better off we'll be."

Organizers of Indianapolis? Super Bowl bid say local companies and individuals have pledged $25M in hopes of luring the 2012 event, according to an Associated Press report. NFL owners will meet in Atlanta this coming week to decide which city will get the game. Indianapolis is competing against both Phoenix and Houston.

Colts quarterback Peyton Manning is withholding any reaction to teammate Marvin Harrison's recent legal woes, according to ESPN.com. Harrison reported to the team's minicamp on Friday, but did not practice with the team. "I didn't have a whole lot of reaction to it because I hadn't talked to anybody personally about it," Manning said. "I've been around long enough that until I hear from somebody that really knows what's going on, I don't give it a lot of merit."

Indianapolis wide receiver Marvin Harrison is expected to attend the team's three-day minicamp on Friday, according to a report on ESPN.com. "I'm assuming he will," Colts' Coach Tony Dungy told the Indianapolis Star. Harrison has been questioned numerous times involving a shooting near one of his businesses in his hometown of Philadelphia.

Marvin Harrison has assured the Colts that he was not involved in the shooting that took place in his hometown of Philadelphia last month, according to The Indianapolis Star. "We look at everything seriously if we have an incident with any of our players. At the same time we want to make sure that we know what the facts are," owner Jim Irsay said Monday. Harrison reportedly had a conversation with Coach Tony Dungy and team President Bill Polian, insisting that he had no part in the incident. "It's an ongoing investigation, and we are following leads wherever they take us," Lt. Richie Brown, a Philadelphia detective, said. "Mr. Harrison is cooperating fully with the police department."

The Joseph Addai, Dominic Rhodes tandem that helped the Colts win its first title has been reunited after Rhodes agreed on a one-year deal. Rhodes? agent, Mike McCartney confirmed the signing Wednesday in an e-mail to The Associated Press, although he did not disclose financial details.

It seems likely that recently released running back Dominic Rhodes will re-join the Indianapolis Colts, according to the NFL Network. He shared the backfield with Joseph Addai when the Colts won the Super Bowl in 2006. The Raiders released Rhodes after drafting Darren McFadden, something they promised him heading into the Draft.

Marvin Harrison is not considered a suspect in a shooting that took place in Philadelphia last week, according to a report on the Indianapolis Star Web site. "He's not a suspect at this point," police spokesperson Tanya Little told The Star Tuesday morning, declining further comment.