Boston delays Super Bowl parade until Wednesday due to storm
BOSTON (Reuters) – Boston will delay until Wednesday its parade to celebrate the New England Patriots’ Super Bowl victory, after Mayor Marty Walsh decided on Monday to push the event back a day because of a snowstorm pounding the city.
Super Bowl draws U.S. record 114.4 million TV audience
(Reuters) – The New England Patriots’ heart-stopping 28-24 victory over the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl delivered the largest television audience in U.S. history with an average of 114.4 million viewers, network NBC said.
Obama calls foul on donor tax break for college sports tickets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – College sports fans who donate money to their favorite schools and get priority seating at big games in exchange could lose a tax break under a federal budget plan proposed on Monday.
U.S. judge orders Don King to pay $1.5 million over canceled title fight
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday ordered boxing promoter Don King to pay more than $1.5 million for breach of contract over a World Boxing Association cruiserweight championship bout that was canceled after one of his fighters failed a drug …
Judge blocks NFL concussion settlement, demands changes
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday refused to accept a proposed settlement between the National Football League and thousands of retired players over concussions, saying some changes were needed before she would approve it.
Seahawks’ secondary ravaged by injuries
(Reuters) – The Seattle Seahawks’ vaunted “Legion of Boom” secondary will be healing wounds this offseason as cornerback Richard Sherman will have elbow surgery and safeties Kam Chancellor and Earl Thomas may also go under the knife.
Brady, Belichick enjoy turnabout after painful Super losses
(Reuters) – There was heartache in Seattle for Seahawks fans crushed by the last-minute turn of fortune in a bitter Super Bowl loss to the Patriots on Sunday — a feeling well understood in New England.
“I don’t want it to end,” says four-time winner Brady
PHOENIX (Reuters) – New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has now won four Super Bowls and he will be 38 when the 2015 NFL season gets underway.
German race looks unlikely in 2015, says Ecclestone
LONDON (Reuters) – Germany — home of world champions Mercedes — looks unlikely to host a Formula One Grand Prix this year but there is still time to secure a deal, the sport’s commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone told Reuters on Monday.
No real worries for McLaren, says Button
(Reuters) – Jenson Button stayed positive on Monday despite McLaren experiencing a second day of testing woes with their new Honda-powered Formula One car in southern Spain.