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Fans line up in front of a big screen to have their photo taken with the Vince Lombardi Trophy on display at the NFL Experience ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl 53 football game between the Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots in Atlanta, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Super Bowl Matchups

By Barry Wilner Jan. 31, 2019 11:33 AM EST

Super Bowl Preview Capsule

By The Associated Press Jan. 31, 2019 10:22 AM EST
NEW ENGLAND (13-5) vs LOS ANGELES RAMS (15-3) Sunday, 6:30 p.m. ET, CBS OPENING LINE — Pick 'em, now Patriots by 2 1/2 ...

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen speaks during a security news conference for the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
NFL security chief: No threats to Super Bowl have surfaced

By Jeff Martin Jan. 30, 2019 07:58 PM EST

New England Patriots' Rob Gronkowski arrives for a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, ahead of the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game against Los Angeles Rams in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The Latest: Rams have a practice at Falcons' facility

Jan. 30, 2019 07:18 PM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2019, file photo, New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton talks to reporters after NFL football practice in Metairie, La. Payton said Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, that he turned to ice cream, binge-watching and seclusion after his team’s football season game to an excruciating end. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Saints' Payton: ice cream, binge-watching, bring consolation

By Brett Martel Jan. 30, 2019 07:12 PM EST

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers a question during a news conference for the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Atlanta spared repeat of ice which froze 2000 Super Bowl

By Charles Odum Jan. 30, 2019 06:25 PM EST

Sam Adams releases limited edition Tom Brady beer

Jan. 30, 2019 04:57 PM EST
BOSTON (AP) — One of Boston's most famous brewers is paying tribute to the city's favorite quarterback. Sam Adams is releasing a beer in honor of Tom...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers a question during a news conference for the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Lots of questions for Goodell, not a lot of answers

By Barry Wilner Jan. 30, 2019 04:47 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2018, file photo, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) battles Los Angeles Rams defensive end Aaron Donald (93) for a ball Wilson lost on a fumble and returned for a touchdown by defensive end Dante Fowler during the second half in an NFL football game in Los Angeles. The Rams know they've got to pressure Tom Brady early and often to have a chance in the Super Bowl, and they've been assembling the tools for this job all year long. They signed Ndamukong Suh to a big free-agent deal, wrote a record-breaking contract for Aaron Donald and acquired edge rusher Dante Fowler from Jacksonville down the stretch. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo, File)
Chasing Brady: Donald, Suh to lead Rams' Super Bowl pursuit

By Greg Beacham Jan. 30, 2019 04:06 PM EST

Key rulings expected soon in NFC 'do-over' suit

By Kevin Mcgill Jan. 30, 2019 02:28 PM EST
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Key court rulings are expected soon in a lawsuit seeking a possible do-over of the NFC title game that ended with a Los Angeles Rams victory over...

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2019, file photo, Los Angeles Rams' Nickell Robey-Coleman breaks up a pass intended for New Orleans Saints' Tommylee Lewis during the second half of the NFL football NFC championship game in New Orleans. Robey-Coleman says he received "one or two" death threats from frustrated New Orleans Saints fans on social media after the NFC championship game. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Rams' Robey-Coleman says he got threats from Saints fans

By Dennis Waszak Jr. Jan. 30, 2019 02:13 PM EST

File- This Dec. 30, 2018, file photo shows, Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin during an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, in Pittsburgh. With only a handful of minorities in the stepping-stone positions of offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, the NFL saw its sharpest-ever one-year drop in minority head coaches, causing concern among advocates for diversity declaring unsatisfactory progress 16 years after the Rooney Rule was implemented. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
AP analysis: Few minority NFL coaches in top offensive jobs

By Dave Campbell And Josh Dubow Jan. 30, 2019 09:36 AM EST

New England Patriots' Rob Gronkowski answers a question during Opening Night for the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Gurley over Gronkowski in Madden NFL 19 video game matchup

Jan. 30, 2019 02:09 AM EST

FILE- In this Dec. 23, 2018, file photo, New England Patriots running back Sony Michel carries the ball against the Buffalo Bills during the first half of an NFL football game in Foxborough, Mass. Sony Michel was a freshman and Todd Gurley a junior when the pair shared the backfield together at the University of Georgia. Now the former Bulldogs teammates will be on opposite sides when they meet in the Super Bowl. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Gurley says he taught Michel to 'run and catch' at Georgia

By Charles Odum Jan. 29, 2019 06:05 PM EST

New England Patriots' Matthew Slater speaks with members of the media during a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, ahead of the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game against Los Angeles Rams in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Matthew Slater carries proud family football tradition

By Barry Wilner Jan. 29, 2019 04:49 PM EST

FILE-In this Jan. 29, 2014 aerial file photo, abandoned cars at I-75 headed northbound near the Chattahoochee River overpass are piled up in the median of the ice-covered interstate after a winter snow storm, in Atlanta. A winter storm watch goes into effect at 4 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, for Atlanta, a city known for its ability to grind to a halt even in relatively light snowfalls. (AP Photo/David Tulis, File)
Atlanta sounds alarm over snow; New England fans unfazed

By Jeff Martin Jan. 29, 2019 04:30 PM EST

Los Angeles Rams' Ndamukong Suh answers a question during Opening Night for the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
No reputation remake for Suh in Los Angeles

By George Henry Jan. 29, 2019 04:29 PM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2018, file photo, Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Brandin Cooks (12) celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers during the first half of an NFL football game in Santa Clara, Calif. Cooks is the first player in NFL history to have three consecutive 1,000-yard receiving seasons with three different teams. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)
LA's Cooks grabs 2nd shot at Super Bowl after Patriots trade

By Greg Beacham Jan. 29, 2019 04:25 PM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2017, file photo, New England Patriots' Tom Brady holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy after winning the NFL Super Bowl 51 football game against the Atlanta Falcons in Houston. The NFL’s inexorable trend of going younger and cheaper does not bypass the best in the league. No team does it with quite the high-profile zeal as the Patriots, who have collected five Super Bowl titles since 2002, and will be going for No. 6 on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, against the Rams. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
In the younger, cheaper NFL, Super Bowl champs get cut, too

By Eddie Pells Jan. 29, 2019 03:36 AM EST

Los Angeles Rams' Jared Goff answers a question during Opening Night for the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Column: How will brash Rams cope with wily ol' Patriots?

By Paul Newberry Jan. 29, 2019 02:26 AM EST