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FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, file photo, actor Samuel L. Jackson has some fun before the NFL football NFC championship game between the Green Bay Packers and the Atlanta Falcons in Atlanta. With the Falcons on the verge of their first-ever NFL championship, many celebrities based in the city are showing their hometown team major support. Usher, Samuel L. Jackson and Ludacris have been spotted cheering from the sidelines at home games along with showing appreciation through social media with the team's slogan #riseup. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File_

Atlanta celebrities ‘rise up’ for Super Bowl-bound Falcons

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. - Associated Press

Denver Broncos fans Tatiana Bohorquez and Jorge Puerto look away from the TV while watching their team fall behind the Seattle Seahawks during the second half of the Super Bowl, inside Jackson's, a sports bar and grill in Denver, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. The Seahawks won 43-8. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) **FILE**

Super Bowl’s high stakes, tensions can be hazardous to one’s health

By Thom Loverro

Orangutan Acara touches a paper mache Atlanta Falcons helmet first at Utah's Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, and therefore designates the Falcons to win the Super Bowl. (Ravell Call/The Deseret News via AP)

The Latest: Apes pick Falcons to win Super Bowl at Utah zoo

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Ape to make Super Bowl pick at Salt Lake City zoo

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FAA says drones aren’t allowed near Super Bowl

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FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2017, file photo, former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick stands on the sidelines before NFL football game between the Falcons and the New Orleans Saints in Atlanta. Vick never made it to the Super Bowl with the Falcons. And his career with the team ended in disgrace. Yet no one is rooting harder for the Falcons to win their first championship.(AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Vick writes letter to Atlanta, says he’s huge Falcons fan

By PAUL NEWBERRY - 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

Atlanta Falcons' Matt Ryan walks to the bus as the team arrive at George Bush Intercontinental Airport for the NFL Super Bowl 51 football game against the New England Patriots Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Falcons arrive for 1st Super Bowl appearance since 1999

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Fans invited to rally for Super Bowl-bound Patriots

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Fans run the 40-yard dash at the NFL Experience Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in Houston. The New England Patriots will play the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, at NRG Stadium in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Super Bowl comes as Houston recovering from latest oil bust

By JUAN A. LOZANO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2012 file photo, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, left, and businessman Donald Trump, right, applaud on the field before an NFL football game between the Patriots and the New York Jets in Foxborough, Mass. In the six New England states that voted for Hillary Clinton, some Patriots fans are trying to reconcile their team allegiance with their distaste for Republican President Trump. The New York billionaire has made it no secret he's good friends with team owner Robert Kraft, head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady. New England faces the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl on Feb. 5, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Political football: For some, Super Bowl reflects US divide

By PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, photo Skip Horween, president of Horween Leather Co., poses for a portrait at the factory in Chicago. Horween represents the fourth generation of immigrants from Ukraine who opened a Chicago tannery in 1905 and would come to provide the leather for NFL game balls used today, including the Super Bowl LI ball. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Long, storied history behind the footballs of the NFL

By DAVE SKRETTA - Associated Press

Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, left, talks with head coach Dan Quinn during a workout at the NFL football team's practice facility in Flowery Branch, Ga., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. Shanahan is preparing for his first Super Bowl, a game his father won twice, and is expected to become coach of the San Francisco 49ers as soon as the season is over. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Family business: Shanahan follows father to the Super Bowl

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

Crews hard at work preparing stadium for Super Bowl

By KRISTIE RIEKEN - Associated Press

Atlanta Falcons head coach Dan Quinn leaves a press conference at the football team's practice facility in Flowery Branch, Ga., Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. The Falcons will play the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl on Sunday Feb. 5. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Falcons get back to work after earning trip to Super Bowl

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank dances with players 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)

Column: Brotherhood only gets you so far against Brady

By TIM DAHLBERG - Associated Press

New England Patriots wide receiver Chris Hogan (15) celebrates with quarterback Tom Brady (12) after a touchdown during the first half of the AFC championship NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Hogan’s big receiving day helps lead Patriots to Super Bowl

By KYLE HIGHTOWER - Associated Press

Atlanta Falcons' Matt Ryan throws during the first half of the NFL football NFC championship game against the Green Bay Packers, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

The Latest: Patriots will face Falcons in Super Bowl

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This Jan. 14, 2017 photo shows a countdown sign leading up to Super Bowl LI in Discovery Green park in downtown Houston. Super Bowl LI will be played Feb. 5 at NRG Stadium in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

A look at events and attractions surrounding Super Bowl LI

By KRISTIE RIEKEN - Associated Press

NFL Today, Divisional Playoffs

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