INDIANAPOLIS — Maybe, just maybe, the Colts and Peyton Manning are done stealing headlines during Super Bowl week.

They might save the real news for later.

The simmering spat between Manning and Colts owner Jim Irsay bubbled up Thursday night, when Manning's surgeon sent out a statement saying the star quarterback had been cleared to play.

Irsay responded on Twitter in the wee hours before dawn Friday, declaring that: "Peyton has not passed our physical nor has he been cleared to play for The Indianapolis Colts" — a terse statement that suggested Manning might have yet worn out his welcome in Indianapolis.

Then for the second straight Friday, Irsay tried to patch things up.

"Peyton Manning, Jim Irsay and the entire Colts family remain close and unified as we continue to work through all the options that relate to his future with the Colts," the owner said in a statement that included a color photo from Irsay's party that was taking place at about the same time as the controversy erupted.

The photo shows Manning, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, Irsay, former Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, actress Meg Ryan and singer John Mellencamp.

Notes

• All-Pro tight end Rob Gronkowski was listed as questionable for the New England Patriots for the Super Bowl after moving without a limp as the Patriots walked through their offensive plays. Coach Bill Belichick said Gronkowski, dealing with a high-ankle sprain, had no setbacks after Thursday's practice.

• Running back Ahmad Bradshaw missed the New York Giants' practice because of a sore right foot. Coach Tom Coughlin listed Bradshaw as probable for Sunday's game, and said he expects him to play.

• During his annual Super Bowl news conference, commissioner Roger Goodell said there hasn't been any discussion about adding to the league's 32 teams, and indicated he's not too keen about the idea of shifting a franchise, either.

He announced that every club will appear on prime-time TV in 2012, thanks in part to a new slate of Thursday games that now will be scheduled from Week 2 through Week 15. NBC will air a game on Thanksgiving night; the other 12 Thursdays will go on the NFL Network, which aired eight games in 2011.

• Former Cowboys offensive lineman Kurt Vollers was sentenced in Dallas to 2 ½ years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to distribute marijuana.

• Chapel Hill, N.C., police said Shane Michael Mularkey, the son of new Jacksonville Jaguars coach Mike Mularkey, is among three former North Carolina athletes arrested for possession of cocaine.