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The most VIP Super Bowl weekend costs $1.5M, includes butler

By KELLI KENNEDY | January 28, 2020

MIAMI (AP) — Private jet service, a personal butler, or how about a meal with former Patriots star Rob Gronkowski to top off Super Bowl weekend? From legendary nightclubs to exclusive parties, no place caters to the rich and famous quite like glitzy...

Pro Bowlers remember Kobe Bryant as AFC tops NFC again

By MARK LONG | January 26, 2020

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Green Bay linebacker Za’Darius Smith hastily organized an homage to Kobe Bryant minutes before the Pro Bowl.Smith and his NFC teammates learned about Bryant's death while they were in the locker room getting ready for the NFL's...

Washington State’s Anthony Gordon leads North in Senior Bowl

By JOHN ZENOR | January 25, 2020

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Washington State quarterback Anthony Gordon is used to waiting his turn.Gordon, who didn't start until his senior year, led the North to three touchdowns in the third quarter in a 31-17 victory over the South in the Senior Bowl on...

Ex-‘Bachelor’ contestant stripped of $1M fantasy sports win

January 25, 2020

BOSTON (AP) — Sports gambling giant DraftKings won't give a former "Bachelor” contestant the $1 million prize for winning an online fantasy football contest after she and her husband were accused of cheating.Jade Roper-Tolbert, who appeared in “The...