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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has long been a fan of trick plays.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — A right cross to an opponent's chin. An arrest on a marijuana possession charge. A decision to walk out on the Pittsburgh Steelers.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant has a torn right rotator cuff, the Los Angeles Lakers say.

Trick plays stand out in a Super Bowl a little like clown suits at a cocktail party.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The prosecution has rested its case in the rape trial of two former Vanderbilt football players.

PARIS (AP) — Scuffed balls, scratched balls, balls switched mid-game. Ball-doctoring isn't only an issue for the NFL, which is investigating a report that the New England Patriots used underin…

With less than two weeks until National Signing Day on Feb. 4, new University of Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst and his staff are rushing to finish out the Badgers’ Class of 2015.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — While Patriots coach Bill Belichick defended himself to reporters on air pressure in footballs, stadium sponsor Gillette had an ad up behind him: #Flexball.

BOSTON (AP) — Make no mistake: New England fans are pumped, not deflated.

Lee, from West Hills (Calif.) Chaminade, says “with the new coaches and their philosophy, (UW) was not a good fit for me.”

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has fined Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch $20,000 for making an obscene gesture during last Sunday's NFC championship game, a person with knowledge of the fine tol…

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Bernd Wieseberger birdied his last hole to join South Africans Branden Grace and George Coetzee on top of the Qatar Masters leaderboard after the second round on Thursday.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — There is a big difference between the Venus Williams of, say, the year 2000 and the Venus of 2015.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The alleged victim of a rape at Vanderbilt University has testified that she has no recollection of being sexually assaulted.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — With Li Na in retirement and not defending her title at the Australian Open, there are far fewer Chinese flags and fans with red-and-yellow-streaked faces in the st…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Because of deferred money, pitcher Max Scherzer's $210 million, seven-year contract with the Washington Nationals has a present-day value of $191.4 million by the calculation…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Most tennis players, though not all, remember to apply the sunscreen when playing under the often scorching rays at the Australian Open.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Patriots coach Bill Belichick said Thursday he doesn't know how footballs became deflated during the game that got his team to the Super Bowl.

ROME (AP) — Former Ferrari president Luca Cordero Di Montezemolo is gaining support to lead Rome's bid for the 2024 Olympics.

“It’s been well (documented) there were some kids I couldn’t get in school,” Andersen told CBS Sports. “That was highly frustrating to me."