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Lady Gaga answers questions at a news conference for the NFL Super Bowl 51 football game Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Tom Brady, the Super Bowl and the politics of protest

By Tommy Chalk - The Washington Times

Correction: Super Bowl-Gostkowski story

By KYLE HIGHTOWER - Associated Press

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are introduced during opening night for the NFL Super Bowl 51 football game at Minute Maid Park Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Coaches, QBs lapped by Brady/Belichick marvel at success

By TERESA M. WALKER - Associated Press

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick are preparing for their record seventh Super Bowl on Sunday. Only three other coaches reached the Super Bowl with the same quarterback as many as four times. (Associated Press Photographs)

Tom Brady, Bill Belichick lap closest coach/quarterback competition

By Teresa M. Walker - Associated Press

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft answers questions during opening night for the NFL Super Bowl 51 football game at Minute Maid Park Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Robert Kraft praises Trump’s loyalty: ‘He called me once a week’ for a year after wife died

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

New England Patriots' Tom Brady answers questions during opening night for the NFL Super Bowl 51 football game at Minute Maid Park Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Tom Brady, Super Bowl suddenly focus of anti-Trump wave

By Tommy Chalk - The Washington Times

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady speaks to fans gathered at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, for a send-off rally for the NFL football team. Behind Brady are Dont'a Hightower, from left, head coach Bill Belichick and Devin McCourty. The Patriots face the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, Feb. 5, in Super Bowl 51. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP)

Patriots eye history, Atlanta looks for first Super Bowl win

By CALLIE CAPLAN - Associated Press

Minnesota Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau yells during the third quarter of the team's NBA basketball against the Brooklyn Nets in Minneapolis, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. The Timberwolves defeated the Nets 129-109. (AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King)

Belichick has quite a fan in Minnesota’s Thibodeau

By JON KRAWCZYNSKI - Associated Press

Thousands of fans give Patriots raucous send-off to Houston

Associated Press

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick answers questions during opening night for the NFL Super Bowl 51 football game at Minute Maid Park Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Super Bowl opening night a bit more tame than usual

By KRISTIE RIEKEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 1991, file photo, New York Giants defensive coordinator Bill Belichick, center, goes over the defensive game plan with other coaches as they prepare for Super Bowl 25 against the Buffalo Bills, in Tampa, Fla. The Giants defeated the Bills 20-19 in Super Bowl 25 on Jan. 25, 1991. The top "D" almost always prevails against the top "O," going 5-1 so far when those teams meet to determine a champion _ even though each offense was led by a quarterback who is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame (or, in the most recent case, is expected to be). (AP Photo/File)

Bill Belichick will have an answer for the Falcons

By Thom Loverro

Fans invited to rally for Super Bowl-bound Patriots

Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2016, file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) runs with the ball during an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns, in Cleveland. The Falcons (13-5) take on the New England Patriots (16-2) in Super Bowl LI in Houston on Feb. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/David Richard)

Matchups for the Falcons-Patriots Super Bowl

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press

Atlanta Falcons Offensive Coordinator Kyle Shanahan warms up before the first half of an NFL football NFC divisional playoff game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Seattle Seahawks, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Super Bowl LI: Falcons’ Kyle Shanahan says Patriots defense ‘the best defense we’ve seen’

By Tommy Chalk - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2017, file photo, New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick checks photos of plays on the sideline during the first half of an NFL divisional playoff football game against the Houston Texans in Foxborough, Mass. Belichick has a knack for turning unheralded, no-name guys into key contributors. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Top D (Patriots) usually beats top O (Falcons) in Super Bowl

By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press

In this Aug. 9, 2016, file photo, Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones (11) and Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (2) talk during an NFL football training camp practice in Flowery Branch, Ga. Atlanta led the NFL in points (540) by a wide margin, thanks to a career year from QB Matt Ryan (2), who along with WR Julio Jones (11) are All-Pros. The Falcons (13-5) take on the New England Patriots (16-2) in Super Bowl LI in Houston on Feb. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Patriots and Falcons sport Super Bowl LI patches

By Tommy Chalk - The Washington Times

Atlanta Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff answers questions from the media at the NFL football team's practice facility in Flowery Branch, Ga., Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Dimitroff is revisiting his past in New England's front office as Atlanta prepares to play the Patriots in the Super Bowl. For Dimitroff, this Super Bowl season has re-established his reputation as a GM who can build a winner. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Super Bowl against Pats ‘dream game’ for Falcons’ Dimitroff

By CHARLES ODUM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2015, file photo, former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana (16) carries a Super Bowl trophy as he and other former players are introduced for a halftime ceremony during an NFL football game between the 49ers and the Cincinnati Bengals in Santa Clara, Calif. Montana remembers what it was like to start his first Super Bowl. Montana was in his third season with the 49ers, when they faced the Cincinnati Bengals in the Pontiac Superdome. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)

Montana: There’s an edge when you have Super Bowl experience

By SIMMI BUTTAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2017, file photo, New England Patriots defensive back Devin McCourty (32) breaks up a pass in the end zone intended for Houston Texans tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz (87) during the first half of an NFL divisional playoff football game in Foxborough, Mass. McCourty is one of four former Rutgers players expected to start in the Super Bowl between the Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Super Bowl is best thing to happen to Rutgers this season

By TOM CANAVAN - Associated Press

Atlanta Falcons' Matt Ryan celebrates after the NFL football NFC championship game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, in Atlanta. The Falcons won 44-21 to advance to Super Bowl LI. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Overreactions: There’s no stopping Matt Ryan and the Falcons

By ROB MAADDI - Associated Press