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  • University of Cincinnati sues ex-QB Brendan Sorsby after his transfer to Texas Tech

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    The University of Cincinnati is suing Brendan Sorsby, accusing the former Bearcats quarterback of breaching his name, image and likeness contract following his transfer to Texas Tech.

    The university filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Wednesday.

    According to the lawsuit, Sorsby signed an NIL agreement in July 2025 covering the 2025 and ’26 seasons and that there would be a $1 million buyout if Sorsby transferred, payable within 30 days. Sorsby announced on Dec. 15 that he was entering the transfer portal and announced on Jan. 4 that he would be attending Texas Tech.

    Sorsby received the most lucrative deal of the portal period — a reported $5 million — to return to his home state for his final season.

    “Cincinnati Athletics is proud to partner with its student-athletes and honors the contractual commitments it makes to them. We expect student-athletes and their representatives to do the same,” the university said in a statement. “In his lucrative NIL agreement with Cincinnati Athletics, Brendan Sorsby committed to stay and play for two seasons as a proud Bearcat representative. He also agreed that if he left the university before that time, he would pay the university a specific amount for the substantial harm that his breach would cause. Cincinnati Athletics intends to enforce that contractual commitment.”

    Sorsby’s agent, Ron Slavin, said pursuing legal action against his client is misguided and that Sorsby intends to fight the lawsuit and any resulting damages.

    Sorsby passed for 2,800 yards, 27 touchdowns and five interceptions last season. He also ran for 580 yards and nine TDs. The Bearcats started 7-1 before losing their final five games.

    Slavin said Sorsby was paid $875,800 by Cincinnati under its revenue-sharing structure for the 2025 season.

    “In that time, he generated millions in value for the program. Attempting to recover those funds now sends the wrong message to current and future student-athletes and risks damaging the long-term credibility of Cincinnati football,” Slavin wrote in an email. “This is further disappointing given that Brendan parted ways with UC in what was a mutually agreeable manner. The money the university seeks to recover from him is nothing more than an unlawful penalty under Ohio law.”

    This is at least the third case this year in which a school has sought a legal remedy related to an NIL deal with a quarterback.

    Duke sued Darian Mensah were engaged in a legal fight until reaching a settlement last month. Mensah signed a two-year contract in July 2025 before he led the Blue Devils to their first outright Atlantic Coast Conference title since 1962. A judge granted Duke’s request for a temporary restraining order to block Mensah from doing anything beyond entering his name into the transfer portal until both sides came to an agreement.

    Mensah ended up transferring to Miami.

    Demond Williams Jr. had planned to transfer from Washington, then changed his mind two days later as the Huskies were preparing to file a lawsuit to enforce a buyout of nearly $4 million.

    Sorsby began his career at Indiana before transferring to Cincinnati. In 35 career games, including 31 starts, he has passed for 7,208 yards and 60 touchdowns, along with 1,295 rushing yards and 22 TDs.

    Sorsby and the Red Raiders, who won the Big 12 last season and reached the College Football Playoff for the first time in school history, will play at Cincinnati on Oct. 24 during the university’s 100th homecoming celebration.

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  • Jets Plan to Use a Tag on Hall, While Futures for Walker and Montgomery Remain Uncertain

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    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The New York Jets don’t plan to let running back Breece Hall hit the open market at the start of the league year, while the futures of other top running backs such as Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III and David Montgomery remain more in flux.

    Jets general manager Darren Mougey said Tuesday at the NFL scouting combine that the team plans to use either the franchise tag or the transition tag on Hall before the deadline on March 3.

    Hall would be guaranteed a salary of about $14.5 million next season with the franchise tag and about $11.7 million with the transition tag. Another team could sign Hall to an offer sheet with the Jets having five days to match the offer or receive two first-round picks as compensation with a franchise tag or no compensation with a transition tag.

    “The tags are an option,” Mougey said. “Ideally we find a way to get a deal done to keep Breece around. I think I’ve said that for the last year since I got here. Breece is a good player, we want to find a way to keep him around. We’ve been going through that process and are still doing so and we have a week to find out if we can’t get to an agreement, which way we’ll go.”

    Hall was drafted in the second round in 2022. He rushed for a career-high 1,065 yards last season for New York and ranks 12th in the NFL with 2,935 yards rushing the past three seasons.

    Only one running back in the NFL is scheduled to make at least $14 million in cash next season with 2024 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year Saquon Barkley set to be paid $16.75 million from the Philadelphia Eagles.

    Walker’s status is more uncertain after he capped his fourth season in the NFL by winning Super Bowl MVP for Seattle when he rushed for 135 yards in the win earlier this month over New England.

    Walker is coming off the second 1,000-yard rushing season of his career and averaged 104.3 yards per game rushing in the playoffs when he showed he could carry a heavy load after Zach Charbonnet went down with a season-ending knee injury in the divisional round.

    General manager John Schneider declined on Tuesday to answer whether the team would use a tag to keep Walker locked up for 2026.

    “We’d love to have Ken back, we’d love to have everybody back,” Schneider said. “But he knows this better than anybody, it’s about our 70, our collective, and what it’s going to look like. And we’ll have those meetings down here. We’ll start, you know, talking to all the agents and, yeah, we’ll have a better feel of where we’re going to go toward the end of the week. But, obviously, we’d love that (having Walker back). When you get something special like that, let’s run it back.”

    Montgomery is still under contract in Detroit through the 2027 season and is owed about $6 million in 2026, but could be on the trade market as Jahmyr Gibbs has emerged as the featured back for the Lions.

    Montgomery, who turns 29 in June, is coming off career lows of 158 carries for 716 yards last season as Detroit’s offense revolved more around Gibbs, who is eligible for a contract extension this offseason.

    Montgomery had rushed for 1,790 yards and 25 touchdowns his first two seasons with the Lions as the team’s starter but came off the bench in all 17 games last season.

    “I’ve been in touch with David’s agent, his representation,” Lions GM Brad Holmes said. “We love David. He’s a great player. We’d love to have him. Kind of want to put last year in the rear view and just move forward. But, obviously, a player has to want to be in a certain place as well. So those conversations are still fluid and we’re just trying to see how it goes.”

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  • Commentary: For Sacramento State, visions of football glory clouded in fuzzy math

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    The USC football schedule this year starts with a vacancy. The Trojans plan to welcome an opponent to be determined to the Coliseum on Aug. 29, and Sacramento State would love to be that opponent.

    “We’re trying,” Sacramento State President Luke Wood said Monday.

    Wood announced last week that the Hornets had jumped into the Football Bowl Subdivision, the upper tier of NCAA Division I football, and what more glamorous way to make an FBS debut than against the most storied team in California?

    Wood called the Hornets’ move to join the Mid-American Conference in football “a calculated business decision that would provide our university with the greatest possible exposure.”

    However, the $975 million he trumpeted in economic impact over the next five years appears unsupported by a study from a consulting firm Wood thanked publicly, primarily because of its reliance on a metric dismissed by experts as flawed and outdated for more than a decade.

    The metric is called advertising value equivalency (AVE), cited by Collegiate Consulting in its study as the basis for the lion’s share of the claimed economic impact: $600 million over five years from broadcast exposure. Sacramento State provided The Times with a copy of the study.

    In a post on social media late Monday, Collegiate Consulting explained the figure Wood had instead announced for economic impact from broadcast exposure: $675 million over five years, citing what the firm said was the MAC average annual valuation of $135 million.

    “You’re trying to put a dollar value on something you don’t easily have a price tag on,” said Holy Cross economics professor Victor Matheson, past president of the North American Assn. of Sports Economists.

    Collegiate Consulting did not respond to messages seeking comment.

    The premise of AVE is simple: An advertisement has a cost, so the value of publicity in any form — say, dozens of references to Sacramento State in a three-hour ESPN game — can be calculated in relation to the cost of an ad.

    “The industry moved away from AVE a long time ago,” said Sal Della Monica, executive vice president of strategic integration and marketing at MikeWorldWide, an international public relations firm. “It’s absolutely outdated, and not a real indicator of economic value.”

    If someone sees Sacramento State on TV, that’s exposure. If someone then buys a ticket to a Sacramento State game, or enrolls at Sacramento State, that’s economic impact.

    “We expect the exposure would generate revenue through corporate partners and ticket sales and merchandise, all those types of things,” Sacramento State athletic director Mark Orr said, “from national audiences seeing Sacramento State on their television.”

    Said Matheson: “They’re conflating appearing on TV and losing 52-7 to Bowling Green with a targeted ad designed to actually bring people to Sacramento to spend money and spend tuition dollars. They are conflating just being on TV with actual advertising.”

    Della Monica said today’s sophisticated metrics allow for economic impact to be traced to its source rather than broadly estimated in advance — for instance, if you bought a ticket based on a TV promotion that required a click to redeem.

    Isn’t a televised football game in itself a three-hour advertisement for the school? Yes, but …

    “We saw you on ESPN, and now we want to sponsor you?” Della Monica said. “That isn’t how sports sponsorships work.”

    Even Russell Wright, the founder of Collegiate Consulting, acknowledged to CBS Sports that economic impact estimates by themselves are of limited use.

    “Unless there’s something actionable after the fact it’s not really economic impact, it’s more economic valuation,” Wright said.

    Wright told CBS that Wood’s $675 million estimate of broadcast-related economic impact was “not anywhere in our report.” (It’s not.) Wright also said Wood’s $975 million estimate of total economic impact mischaracterized the study.

    Wood said he simply took the one-year estimate in the study and multiplied it to account for Sacramento State’s five-year agreement with the MAC. He said he was baffled by Wright’s comment.

    “I wonder how that was asked of him,” Wood said. “Over five years is exactly what I said.

    “I’m a professor. I’ve done economic impact studies. Multiplying that number by five years is perfectly appropriate.”

    That adjective would not apply to a public skirmish between the president of the university and the consultant that conducted the study commissioned by the university.

    Cal State campuses in Long Beach, Fullerton and Northridge dropped football to save money decades ago, and today each campus enrolls more students than Sacramento does. For Wood and Orr, the football upgrade in Sacramento nonetheless represents a play to increase enrollment — particularly from out-of-state students that pay higher tuition — and engage a region with almost 3 million residents and limited sports options.

    “It’s us and the Kings,” Wood said.

    UC Riverside, in a larger metropolitan area, also dropped football long ago but jumped into Division I and the Big West Conference for its sports in 2000. The school billed itself as the Inland Empire’s Division I home team, but community and donor support languished, and the basketball teams still play in a student-funded gym designed as a student recreation center.

    Wood envisions crowds of 20,000 in a new or renovated stadium, at a cost estimated in the study from $171 million to $300 million. Sponsorship revenue is up 300 percent, Orr said – to $1.7 million.

    Orr said the models are Boise State and James Madison, not USC.

    What the Hornets want from USC is not a rivalry, just the $1 million or so the school would pay Sacramento State for what the Trojans would assume would be an easy win. The Hornets’ budget cannot work without those kinds of games, year in and year out.

    There is a narrow but viable lane to success here, but the chances decrease as talk of profits and losses outpaces talk of wins and losses.

    Sacramento State is running a deficit. The athletic department is paying $23 million over five years to move its football team into the MAC and paying travel costs for league opponents to play in Sacramento. Student fees and university funds subsidize intercollegiate sports; those two sources comprised 87% of Sacramento State’s 2024 athletic budget, according to Knight Center data. (The average figure for MAC schools: 66%.)

    The skeptics only get louder with billion-dollar claims of economic impact.

    “My usual rule of thumb is, move the decimal point one place to the left,” Matheson said. “But, man, when it comes to this advertising stuff, probably move it two or three.”

    The way Wood sees it, it might be an audacious vision, but why not? Nowhere else in America can you find a media market so large with neither an NFL nor an FBS team.

    “If we were in any other part of the country, what we are doing would not work,” Wood said.

    In this one? Check back in five years. In the meantime, they’ll fight on, particularly for that USC check.

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  • Amon-Ra St Brown to play in mother’s home of Germany as Detroit set for NFL Munich game

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    MUNICH — Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown says a long-time dream will come true after his team was confirmed to play in the NFL game in Munch this year.

    St. Brown’s mother was born in Germany and his career has been closely followed by the NFL’s large German fan base.

    “It has been a dream of mine to play a game in my mother’s home country of Germany since coming to the league,” St. Brown said in a league statement on Tuesday.

    “I cannot wait to play in front of the incredible fans that I’ve gotten to know through my visits and football camps in the country. Their support for me and the country’s instant connection to the Lions brand is inspiring, and I’m looking forward to our team getting to showcase Detroit football on an international scale.”

    Detroit’s opponent will be confirmed later. The Munich game is part of a record schedule of nine international games in 2026 including new host cities in France, Australia and Brazil.

    The NFL is heading back to Munich for its third game at a stadium better known as the home of German soccer champion Bayern Munich. The city hosted the NFL’s first game in Germany in 2022 and another in 2024. Frankfurt and Berlin have also hosted games.

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  • NFL wide receiver Rondale Moore found dead in Indiana

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    NEW ALBANY, Ind. — NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — NFL wide receiver Rondale Moore, who suffered a season-ending training camp knee injury in each of the last two years after a standout college career at Purdue and a promising start in the league with the Arizona Cardinals, died of a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound on Saturday in his native Indiana, police said. He was 25.

    Moore was found dead in the garage of a property in New Albany, police chief Todd Bailey said. The death remained under investigation. Floyd County Coroner Matthew Tomlin also confirmed Moore’s death. He said an autopsy would be conducted on Sunday.

    After being traded to the Atlanta Falcons in 2024, Moore dislocated his right knee during training camp and never played for them. He signed with the Minnesota Vikings in 2025, but he blew out his left knee while returning a punt in their first exhibition game and spent another full season on injured reserve. Moore was so distraught after immediately realizing the seriousness of that injury that he slammed his hand down on a cart so hard the sound was audible throughout the stadium.

    The Vikings said they had spoken with Moore’s family to offer condolences and support.

    “I am devastated by the news of Rondale’s death. While Rondale had been a member of the Vikings for a short time, he was someone we came to know well and care about deeply,” coach Kevin O’Connell said in a statement distributed by the team. “He was a humble, soft-spoken, and respectful young man who was proud of his Indiana roots. As a player, he was disciplined, dedicated and resilient despite facing adversity multiple times as injuries sidelined him throughout his career. We are all heartbroken by the fact he won’t continue to live out his NFL dream and we won’t all have a chance to watch him flourish.”

    In a statement, the Cardinals said they were “devastated and heartbroken.”

    “Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with his family, friends, teammates, and everyone who loved him and had the privilege of knowing such a special person,” the team said in a social media post.

    Moore grew up in New Albany, just across the Indiana border from Louisville, Kentucky, and was named a first team All-American as a freshman at Purdue in 2018.

    “Rondale Moore was a complete joy to coach. The ultimate competitor who wouldn’t back down from any challenge. Rondale had a work ethic unmatched by anyone. A great teammate that would come through in any situation. We all loved Rondale; we loved his smile and his competitive edge that always wanted to please everyone he came in contact,” Louisville coach Jeff Brohm said on social media. Brohm was the coach at Purdue when Moore played there.

    Drafted in the second round by the Cardinals in 2021, Moore had 1,201 receiving yards and three touchdowns plus 249 rushing yards and one score over three seasons. He served as their primary returner for kickoffs and punts as a rookie before injuries pushed him away from that role.

    “Can’t even begin to fathom or process this,” former Cardinals teammate J.J. Watt said on social media. “There’s just no way. Way too soon. Way too special. So much left to give. Rest in peace Rondale.”

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  • Nielsen revises Super Bowl final rating to 125.6 million viewers

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    Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald holds the trophy as quarterback Sam Darnold, right, and others look on after the team’s win in the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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  • NFL announces punishment decision for Seahawks player in Super Bowl

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    The Seattle Seahawks are still celebrating their 29-13 win over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX, but there’s a dark cloud over one of their players.

    The Seahawks made history on Sunday, Feb. 8, by bringing home the team’s second Super Bowl win in franchise history, but as with any big game, there was drama on the field.

    Now, the NFL has officially handed down a punishment to one of the Seattle Seahawks players for his actions in the Super Bowl.

    Seahawks cornerback Josh Jobe officially fined by the league for on-field infractions during Super Bowl LX, and he actually received two fines for unnecessary roughness on one play in the fourth quarter of the showdown.

    Jobe went after New England wide receiver Stefon Diggs out of bounds at the end of a play with 13:24 left in the game, and that cost him one fine for a late hit. His other fine was also from a Diggs moment, this one being his response when Diggs came back at him after that shot.

    Diggs took hold of Jobe’s facemask, and then, the cornerback threw a punch at the him. So, that move cost Jobe a second fine. Both fines were for were for $9,222.

    More sports news: Seattle Seahawks Set to Make Record $7 Billion Decision After Super Bowl LX

    The good news is that both fines will go to a good cause. The fines, according to NFL research, are “collected are donated to the Professional Athletes Foundation to support Legends in need and the NFL Foundation to further support the health, safety and wellness of athletes across all levels, including youth football and the communities that support the game.”

    If Jobe wants to appeal the fine, he’s allowed to do that, too. “Players are notified of violations and may appeal any ruling,” the NFL states on their official website. “Cases are heard by appeals officers and former NFL players, Derrick Brooks, Ramon Foster or Jordy Nelson, who are jointly appointed and paid by the NFL/NFLPA. The decisions made are final and binding.”

    More sports news: Giants QB Jameis Winston Makes Final Decision on His NFL Future

    Also, ahead of the season, the schedule of fines and penalties was jointly negotiated between the NFL and the NFLPA. Plus, each player is notified of the rules going into the season, so that they know how to avoid getting fined.

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  • Dolphins releasing star receiver Tyreek Hill in major roster cuts

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    MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The Dolphins released star receiver Tyreek Hill on Monday, ending the All-Pro’s four-year tenure in Miami.

    Hill, who turns 32 on March 1, is recovering from a season-ending injury suffered in a game against the New York Jets on Sept. 29 that required surgery to repair significant damage to his left knee, including a torn anterior cruciate ligament.

    It is one of several major roster cuts the Dolphins made on Monday. Miami also cut offensive lineman James Daniels and receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, and will release two-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Bradley Chubb.

    The Dolphins acquired Hill in a trade with Kansas City ahead of the 2022 season and gave him a $120 million, four-year contract extension that made him the highest-paid player at his position at the time.

    His contract, which runs through 2026, would have represented around $51 million against Miami’s cap.

    “These past few years have been some of the most meaningful of my life and career,” Hill said in an Instagram post Monday afternoon.

    Hill had consecutive 1,700-yard receiving seasons in his first two years with Miami, including a league-leading 1,799 yards and 13 touchdowns in 2023. The five-time All-Pro entered the 2025 season aiming to regain that elite form after a relatively down year in 2024, when he had 81 catches for 959 yards — his lowest totals in both categories since 2019.

    He had 21 receptions for 265 yards before he was hurt while making a catch in Miami’s Week 4 win against the Jets. Hill was running toward the sideline and planted his left foot, and his knee twisted as he was getting pulled down. He was carted off the field and placed on season-ending injured reserve on Oct. 1.

    Hill’s Dolphins tenure was characterized by tremendous production on the field coupled with numerous rocky moments off the field, including an altercation with police outside of Hard Rock Stadium ahead of the 2024 season opener, and pulling himself from that season’s finale and later indicating he wanted to play elsewhere.

    In an October podcast interview, Hill, who has played 10 NFL seasons, said he was undecided on whether he plans to retire when he’s done rehabbing his injury, but on Monday he indicated on social media that he’s not done playing yet.

    “The Cheetah don’t slow down. Ever,” Hill said in the post. “So to everyone wondering what’s next…just wait on it. The Cheetah will be back…Born Again.”

    Chubb spent the past three seasons with the Dolphins after being traded to Miami from Denver in 2022.

    He suffered a gruesome knee injury late in the 2023 season that required surgery to fix a torn anterior cruciate ligament, meniscus and patellar tendon in his right knee and sidelined him all of 2024. Chubb had 11 sacks — the most he had in a season since getting 12 as a rookie in 2018 — in 2023 before the injury.

    Last season, Chubb’s 8 1/2 sacks led the team. He represented a $31 million cap hit for 2026.

    New general manager Jon Eric Sullivan, who was hired by the Dolphins last month along with head coach Jeff Hafley, was expected to begin making moves to overhaul Miami’s roster.

    “We will move with responsible aggression here,” Sullivan said when the Dolphins introduced him on Jan 22. “We will utilize every avenue of player acquisition to bolster this roster.”

    Sullivan still faces the question on whether to move on from 2020 first-round pick Tua Tagovailoa, who was benched by former Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel toward the end of last season because of poor play.

    Tagovailoa signed a four-year, $212.4 million extension in July 2024, but has since shown a decline in accuracy and mobility. Tagovailoa finished 2025 with 15 interceptions, second most in the NFL and a career high.

    He is guaranteed $54 million for 2026, and the Dolphins would incur significant hits to the salary cap by releasing him. Cutting him would result in a $99 million dead cap charge. If the move is designated as a post-June 1 release, those charges are split over two years, with $67.4 million allocated to the 2026 cap and $31.8 million in 2027.

    Sullivan said last week at a fan event that he doesn’t know “what the future holds right now.”

    “And I told Tua that,” Sullivan said. “We’re working through some things. What I can tell you is that we’re going to infuse competition into that room — whether Tua is part of the room, whether he’s not part of the room.”

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    Great Britain have claimed a second gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics after Huw Nightingale and Charlotte Bankes won the mixed team snowboard cross event.

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  • Judge rules Vikings DC Brian Flores’ NFL discrimination lawsuit can head to open court, not arbitration

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    The Brian Flores-led discrimination lawsuit against the NFL can proceed to open court and avoid the league’s arbitration process, a federal judge ruled Friday.

    Flores, who is joined in the lawsuit by Steve Wilks and Ray Horton, sued the league and three teams in February 2022 after he was fired the previous month by the Miami Dolphins. Now the Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator, Flores alleged in his original suit that the league was “rife with racism” regarding its hiring practices when it comes to Black coaches.

    The NFL argued Flores should go through the league’s arbitration process rather than the legal system, but Judge Valerie Caproni of the Southern District of New York sided with the plaintiffs.

    “The court’s decision recognizes that an arbitration forum in which the defendant’s own chief executive gets to decide the case would strip employees of their rights under the law,” Flores’ attorneys Douglas H. Wigdor and David E. Gottlieb said in a statement. “It is long overdue for the NFL to recognize this and finally provide a fair, neutral and transparent forum for these issues to be addressed.”

    The NFL did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

    A pretrial hearing has been set for April 3.

    Flores was fired after going 24-25 record over three years without a playoff appearances. The Dolphins did have back-to-back winning seasons before Flores was dismissed.

    He sued the NFL as well as the Denver Broncos, New York Giants and Houston Texans. Flores interviewed with the Broncos in 2019 and the Giants and Texans in 2022.

    Wilks, who was fired in December as the New York Jets defensive coordinator, joined the lawsuit by claiming the Arizona Cardinals in 2018 hired him as a “bridge coach” and didn’t provide him with a realistic chance to succeed.

    Horton, who last coached in the NFL in 2019, alleged the Tennessee Titans didn’t offer him a genuine interview for the head coaching position in 2016.

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  • Puerto Rico Stops for 13 Minutes to Applaud History and Bask in Bad Bunny’s Glow

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    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Super Bowl lasted all of 13 minutes for many Puerto Ricans in San Juan and beyond.

    People turned their backs to TV screens as food, music and chatter filled the first half of the game until a hush fell across the island. The halftime show was starting.

    “He appeared at the right moment in the history of Latin America,” said Marielys Rojas, 39, who is originally from Venezuela but has lived the last 22 years in Puerto Rico.

    She was among the hundreds who gathered by a grassy knoll near a beach in Puerto Rico’s capital to watch the halftime show on a huge screen as waves crashed behind them and the sounds of coquís, an endemic frog, filled the salty air.

    Amarilys Reyes, 55, arrived at the seaside watch party with her 22-year-old daughter.

    She had never watched a Super Bowl and didn’t know who was playing, but it didn’t matter. Like many others, she was only there for Bad Bunny.

    “It’s the biggest show of his life,” Reyes said.

    Energy, nerves and excitement had been building across Puerto Rico ever since the NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced that Benito Antonio Ocasio Martínez would headline the Super Bowl XL Halftime Show.

    Watch parties were quickly organized across the U.S. mainland and the island. Some dubbed it “Super Bori Sunday,” a shortened nod to “Boricua,” which refers to someone with Puerto Rican ancestry, while others referred to it “The Benito Bowl: Morcilla, Sancocho, Mofongo, Reggaetón and a little bit of Football.”

    One woman wrote on social media that she would watch the halftime show with her 87-year-old mother in Puerto Rico so they could dance together, while another person posted that they had prepared a PowerPoint presentation for their American friends dubbed “Bad Bunny 101.”

    Creativity flowed as Feb. 8 approached: One bar in Puerto Rico posted a promo featuring the quarterbacks from the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots sitting on the iconic white plastic lawn chairs that grace the cover of Bad Bunny’s newest album.

    Even the Teletubbies got in on the excitement, shaking their colorful rumps to Bad Bunny ’s “Baile Inolvidable” a day before the show.

    Wonder Woman also lent her support, with Lynda Carter noting on social media that she was a “huge fan” of Bad Bunny, whom she noted was an American citizen: “Make no mistake.”

    But criticism of the first all-Spanish NFL halftime show spiked as the first half ended.

    Jake Paul, a YouTuber-turned-boxer who has property in Puerto Rico and has posted about life on the island, wrote on X: “Turn off this halftime. A fake American citizen performing who publicly hates America. I cannot support that.”

    Puerto Ricans quickly responded.

    “Don’t you live where he’s from?” wrote one person while many others noted that Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.

    Luke Lavanway, a 35-year-old who lives in New York but was vacationing in Puerto Rico to escape the ongoing cold snap, said he had no problem with a halftime show in Spanish.

    “That’s part of us,” he said. “That’s what makes us great, and we should just enjoy it.”

    The crowd that had gathered for the halftime show began streaming out of the watch party as soon as the second half started, smiling as they reflected on what they had just witnessed.

    “I thought it was phenomenal that Bad Bunny brought all Latinos together in one place and represented them all equally,” said Carlos Ayala, 36, of San Juan. “It’s an important moment for Latino culture.”

    He also thought it fantastic that Ricky Martin sang Bad Bunny’s, “Lo que le pasó a Hawaii,” which laments gentrification in Puerto Rico, a worsening issue for many on an island with a more than 40% poverty rate.

    “Transmitting that message is extremely important in these times,” he said, adding that he also appreciated the light posts and exploding transformers featured during the show, a nod to Puerto Rico’s chronic outages “so the world can see what we live through.”

    Among those beaming after the show was Juliana Santiago, 35, who said her heart swelled with pride on Sunday night.

    She said Bad Bunny proved that “you can accomplish things, that the American dream truly is real.”

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    Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba (11) makes a catch during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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  • How much does a Super Bowl 2026 ticket cost? See the cheapest and most expensive prices

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    The cheapest seat to this Sunday’s Super Bowl matchup between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks will cost you roughly four times what the typical U.S. worker earns in a week.

    In recent years, lower-priced tickets to the big game have averaged between $4,000 and $6,000, according to Ticketmaster, the official ticketing partner of the NFL. Add the cost of flights and lodging and the price tag to attend the Super Bowl in person can balloon into the five digits.

    Lower-priced face value tickets exist, but they are exceedingly hard to come by. That’s because that tranche of tickets, starting at $950, is reserved for the National Football League, which distributes the tickets to all 32 teams, according to CBS Sports. Those tickets then go to players, team front-office officials and, on occasion, season-ticket holders. The Seahawks and Patriots will each get 12,450 tickets.

    To get a ticket, most fans will have to turn to secondary ticket marketplaces like Ticketmaster, Stubhub and SeatGeek. Just be sure that the site you’re purchasing from is legitimate, as fraudsters often pose as authentic ticket sellers.

    How much do the cheapest Super Bowl tickets cost for 2026?

    As of Feb. 5, the lowest price for a single seat was $4,447 on StubHub, $4,840 on Ticketmaster, $4,757 on SeatGeek and $4,288 on TickPick. The cheapest ticket was $4,169 on Vivid Seats.

    TickPick, an online platform where fans can buy and sell tickets, said prices tend to fall as game day approaches, but warned that’s not a guarantee, as some buyers will wait until the last minute to snatch a seat. 

    How much are the most expensive Super Bowl tickets for 2026?

    As of Wednesday, the most expensive seat for the SuperBowl was $30,751 per ticket on StubHub, according to CBS Sports. Those seats were behind Seattle’s bench in prime viewing territory. (CBS Sports’ John Breech recently made his way to Levi’s Stadium to give fans a sense of the view from the seats with the luxury price tag.)

    Prices for prime seats on StubHub were even higher on Thursday, with the top ticket — also behind the Seahawks bench — selling for $40,530.

    How does the cost of a 2026 Super Bowl ticket compare to previous years?

    Ground-level seats were also the most in demand in last year’s matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs. Seats near the Chiefs’ bench hit as high as $22,663 on StubHub last year. The cheapest seats cost about $3,000.

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  • How many Super Bowls have the Seahawks won? All of Seattle’s past wins and appearances

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    The Seattle Seahawks take the field against the New England Patriots for Super Bowl LX on Sunday night, more than a decade after their 2015 Super Bowl loss to the same team. 

    It will be the fourth time the Seahawks have played in the big game, and it comes 20 years after their first appearance, which ended in a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. 

    Here’s the full list of the Seattle Seahawks’ Super Bowl appearances and details on their sole win so far. 

    How many Super Bowls have the Seahawks won?

    The Seahawks have won the Super Bowl once. That was in 2014, when they defeated the Denver Broncos 43-8 in Super Bowl XLVIII. 

    Seattle Seahawks Russell Wilson celebrates with the Vince Lombardi trophy after winning Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014.

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    How many Super Bowl appearances do the Seahawks have?

    The Seahawks have three previous Super Bowl appearances. Sunday’s game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, will be their fourth. 

    The details on the Seahawks’ last Super Bowl win

    The Seahawks decisively defeated the Broncos, 43-8, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in 2014. 

    The Seahawks were underdogs going into the game. The Broncos had Peyton Manning as their quarterback and were known for a high-scoring offense, but the Seahawks scored their first points just 12 seconds after kickoff. By halftime, the Seahawks were up 22-0. The team relied on a strong defense that kept Manning and the rest of the Broncos’ offense from getting a foothold. 

    “This game was the Seahawks smacking the Broncos in the mouth and Denver standing around just taking it and bleeding all over the field,” CBS Sports reporter Will Brinson wrote at the time. 

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    Clint Gresham of the Seattle Seahawks celebrates their 43-8 victory over the Denver Broncos to win Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014.

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    The Seahawks’ domination continued after halftime, with wide receiver Percy Harvin running the second-half kickoff 87 yards for a touchdown to make the score 29-0. Denver did manage to score one touchdown in the second half but the game was never close.

    The Seahawks also set a Super Bowl record for most playing time with the lead: Seattle had led Denver for 59 minutes and 48 seconds, or over 99% of the 60-minute game time. 

    The details on the Seahawks’ last Super Bowl appearance

    Sunday’s game will be a rematch for the Seahawks and the Patriots. When the teams played for the title in 2015, the Patriots won 28-24 in an exciting game that CBS Sports ranked as the 4th-best Super Bowl ever. 

    The teams were tied at halftime after a breakdown in the Patriots’ defense allowed the Seahawks to score a second touchdown moments before the break. By the end of the third quarter, the Seahawks were up by 10 points. 

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    Julian Edelman of the New England Patriots makes a catch against Tharold Simon of the Seattle Seahawks in the second half of Super Bowl XLIX in 2015.

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    Tom Brady was able to engineer two scoring drives and the Patriots took the lead 28-24 near the end of the fourth quarter. But New England appeared doomed in the final seconds of the game: The Seahawks were in possession of the ball on the Patriots’ 1-yard line and seemed about to score a touchdown that would potentially make them champions again. That’s when Patriots rookie Malcolm Butler intercepted a short pass near the goal line, snatching the victory from Seattle. 

    “I jumped up off that chair and I couldn’t believe it. I almost knocked my TV over,” Patriots fan Henry Fernandez told CBS Boston as he recalled the moment. “It was the greatest thing. It was a greatest thing.” 

    The play is still considered one of the best in Super Bowl history and is immortalized in the Patriots Hall of Fame.  

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    Malcolm Butler of the New England Patriots intercepts a pass by Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks late in the fourth quarter during Super Bowl XLIX.

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    Full list of Seahawks Super Bowl wins

    • 2014: Seattle Seahawks def. Denver Broncos 43-8

    Full list of Seahawks Super Bowl appearances

    • 2006: Pittsburgh Steelers def. Seattle Seahawks 21-10
    • 2014: Seattle Seahawks def. Denver Broncos 43-8
    • 2015: New England Patriots def. Seattle Seahawks 28-24
    • 2026: Seattle Seahawks vs. New England Patriots

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  • Football player at southern Colorado college hired 3 men to kill dorm neighbor, police say

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    A football player at a southern Colorado college is accused of hiring three men to kill his residence hall neighbor after the pair argued about hair left in their shared shower, according to the Fort Lewis College Police Department.

    Jackson Thomas Keller, 19, was arrested on Jan. 29 in Durango on suspicion of soliciting a homicide and illegally carrying a weapon on college grounds, according to an arrest affidavit.

    The student targeted by Keller told police that they played football together and had started “having issues” in recent weeks, police wrote in the affidavit. Their rooms were next to each other in Cooper Hall and shared an adjoining bathroom.

    Keller started a fight with the student over leaving hair in the shower about a week before trying to arrange his death, police said in the arrest report. The targeted student started locking his door after that fight, so Keller could no longer access his dorm room from the shared bathroom.

    On Jan. 28, the student was in his dorm room when he heard the knob on his bathroom door rattling like someone was trying to enter, according to the affidavit. The student told police this had been an ongoing issue and that he knew it was Keller trying to get in, so he went to confront Keller in his dorm room.

    The student told police he argued with Keller and kicked over Keller’s TV, knocking it into a PlayStation. Keller then challenged him to a fight and the student retreated into the hall.

    Keller never followed, but a friend of the targeted student told him that Keller was waiting in his dorm room and holding a pair of scissors behind his back, allegedly planning to stab the student if he came back in, according to the affidavit.

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  • What About NFL Cheerleaders And Cannabis

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    What about NFL cheerleaders and cannabis as laws change nationwide? Inside contracts, conduct rules, and where teams draw the line.

    As the Super Bowl spotlight once again turns to the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots, questions around cannabis in professional football continue to expand beyond players and into the wider NFL ecosystem. One which comes up with increasing frequency is simple but nuanced: what about NFL cheerleaders and cannabis or CBD? The most accurate answer is also the most familiar in modern sports policy— it depends.

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    Cheerleading has been part of American football culture for well over a century. What began on college campuses in the late 1800s evolved into an NFL tradition in the 1950s, when teams began forming official sideline squads. Over time, cheerleaders became ambassadors for their franchises, representing teams not only on game days but also at charity events, military visits, and major moments like the Super Bowl. With visibility came strict standards of conduct still shaping the profession today.

    When it comes to cannabis and CBD, cheerleaders exist in a different regulatory universe than NFL players. Players are governed by the non-profit NFL league-wide collective bargaining agreement including drug testing rules and penalties. Those rules have loosened considerably in recent years as public opinion and state laws around marijuana have changed. The league now imposes fines rather than suspensions for positive marijuana tests, and discussions around CBD and player recovery are increasingly mainstream. Former players have publicly credited CBD with helping manage pain and inflammation, and the NFL itself has funded research into cannabinoids as alternatives to opioids.

    Cheerleaders, however, are not part of the NFL Players Association and are not subject to league drug testing. Instead, they are typically employed by individual teams or third-party management companies under contracts emphasizing personal conduct and brand representation. These contracts often include language about behavior which could reflect poorly on the organization, particularly while in uniform or at official events.

    That is where the “it depends” comes in. In states where cannabis is legal, some teams appear to have quietly adjusted their expectations to reflect local law and cultural norms. Off-duty, legal cannabis use is not automatically prohibited in every cheerleader contract, especially in states like Washington, where the Seahawks are based. However, public use, impairment while representing the team, or activity conflicting with team image standards can still result in discipline.

    In more conservative or medically limited states, or on teams with stricter conduct clauses, the door may be far less open. CBD products present another gray area. While federally legal if derived from hemp, many teams remain cautious due to quality control concerns and the risk of THC contamination, even though cheerleaders are not tested under NFL drug programs.

    RELATED: Marijuana Use And Guy’s Member

    As the Seahawks and Patriots prepare for the Super Bowl stage, their cheerleaders are focused on performance, travel, and high-profile appearances rather than policy debates. Still, their situation reflects a broader shift happening across professional sports. Cannabis is no longer a fringe topic, and in legal states, the conversation has moved from prohibition to discretion.

    For NFL cheerleaders today, cannabis and CBD use is not governed by a single league rulebook. It is shaped by state law, team culture, and contract language. In some markets, the door is clearly opening. In others, it remains firmly closed.

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  • Road closures in Santa Clara, San Francisco and San Jose as Super Bowl LX nears

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    As Super Bowl LX between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots approaches, multiple road closures are in place near Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara and for game-related events in San Francisco and San Jose.

    In San Francisco

    Closures are in effect near Moscone Center, where the Super Bowl experience is taking place. Howard Street between 3rd and 4th streets is closed 24 hours. Meanwhile Mission Street between 3rd and 5th streets and 4th Street between Market and Folsom streets are closed daily from 7 a.m. through 11 p.m.

    The closures around Moscone Center are in effect through Tuesday.

    Other closures in San Francisco include 19th Street between 3rd and Tennessee Streets in the city’s Dogpatch neighborhood for the NFL Culture Club at the Pearl through Saturday. Meanwhile, closures and detours are in place near the Palace of Fine Arts for the NFL Honors on Thursday night and the Studio 60 concerts on Friday and Saturday nights.

    Near City Hall, Grove Street in front of the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium is closed through Monday due to a series of concerts at the venue. Additional closures on Grove next to City Hall, along with Polk Street between McAllister and Hayes streets are in place on Saturday due to a private event.

    Other street closures are planned near Grace Cathedral for an event on Friday and the Taste of the NFL at The Hibernia at Jones and McAllister streets on Saturday.

    In San Jose

    San Carlos Street between Almaden Boulevard and Market Street in downtown will be closed in both directions through Monday. Lane closures between San Carlos and San Salvador streets are also in place. Officials said access to the Hilton Hotel and the San Jose McEnery Convention Center will be maintained.

    Outside of downtown, Humboldt Street will be closed between South 7th and South 10th street for 2-4 hours through Saturday, as the Seahawks conduct practice at San Jose State University’s fields.

    In Santa Clara / Levi’s Stadium

    Tasman Drive between Calle Del Sol and Great America Parkway has been closed since Jan. 28. The road, which passes in front of the stadium, will be closed through Friday, Feb. 13.

    Officials have announced multiple detours around the closure. For local traffic, drivers and cyclists can bypass the closure by using Great America Way, Great America Parkway, Lafayette Street, Calle De Luna and Calle Del Sol.

    A regional detour is also in place, using Highways 101, 237, Montague Expressway, Lawrence Expressway and North 1st Street.

    For pedestrians, sidewalk access on Tasman Drive will also be closed around the stadium. Officials suggested taking VTA Light Rail between the Great America and Lick Mill stations to get around the closure, as other pedestrian detours are significantly longer.

    The San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail in front of the stadium is also closed to pedestrians and cyclists, which remains in effect through Tuesday.

    On Sunday, Great America Parkway between Patrick Henry Drive and Bunker Hill Lane will also be closed.

    Meanwhile, the closure on Tasman Drive on game day will be expanded to Old Ironsides Drive and Lick Mill Boulevard. Ahead of the game, pedestrian access on Tasman between Convention Center and Calle Del Sol will be limited to credentialed staff and Super Bowl ticketholders.  

    Additional information about the closures can be found on the Bay Area Host Committee website.

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  • Bad Bunny says 2026 Super Bowl halftime show will

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    Bad Bunny says he’s approaching his highly anticipated Super Bowl halftime performance with a mix of excitement, gratitude and perspective. 

    “To be honest, I don’t know how I’m feeling. There’s a lot. I’m still in the middle of my tour. I was just at the Grammys last week. All of that,” he said in English on Thursday at a press event hosted by Apple Music. He walked out to his 2017 single “Chambea.”

    “I’m excited, but at the same time, I feel more excited about the people than even me — my family, my friends, the people who have always believed in me,” he said. “This moment, the culture — that’s what makes these shows special.”

    Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican superstar born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is one of the most-streamed artists on the planet. He will take the Super Bowl stage just one week after he won album of the year at the 2026 Grammys for “Debí Tirar Más Fotos.” It’s the first time an all Spanish-language album has taken home the top prize.

    During the conference, Bad Bunny joked that fans didn’t need to learn Spanish to enjoy his set — but they should be prepared to dance, a reference to his “Saturday Night Live” monologue from last October.

    Apple Music’s Zane Lowe and Ebro Darden hosted the conversation with Bad Bunny. Thursday’s event began with conversations with pregame performers at 10 a.m. Pacific time.

    This year, a long line formed well before the doors opened, with credentialed media — including a noticeable presence of Spanish-language and Latin American outlets — packing the conference room nearly an hour before the news conference began.

    It marked a stark contrast to Kendrick Lamar’s 2025 news conference, when the room didn’t fill up until roughly 15 minutes before the event.

    Despite the heightened interest, Bad Bunny offered few specifics about what viewers will see Sunday.

    Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show performer Bad Bunny smiles during a news conference, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, in San Francisco ahead of the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots.

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    “It’s going to be a huge party,” he said. “What people can expect from me … I want to bring to the stage, of course, a lot of my culture. But I really don’t, I don’t want to give any spoilers. It’s going to be fun.”

    For the artist, the journey to the Super Bowl was never driven by recognition or awards. He said “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” became his most meaningful project because it was rooted in reconnecting with his identity, history and culture but not chasing milestones.

    “I wasn’t looking for album of the year. I wasn’t looking to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show,” he said. “I was just trying to connect with my roots, connect with my people, connect with myself.”

    That mindset, he said, ultimately opened the door to something larger: bringing a deeply personal expression of culture to one of the world’s biggest stages.

    “You always have to be proud of who you are and where you’re from,” he said. “But don’t let that limit where you can go.”

    Bad Bunny is no stranger to the Super Bowl stage. He previously appeared during the halftime show at Super Bowl LIV in 2020 alongside Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. But he said his focus has remained unchanged.

    “My biggest pleasure is just to create, have fun doing it and connect with the people,” he said. “That’s what I’m always looking for every time I’m in the studio.”

    When asked if he will have surprise guests, he said “That’s something I’m not going to tell you.”

    Then he said he will actually have a lot of guests watching — his friends, family, “the Latino community,” and people around the world who love his music.

    At the end of the interview, Bad Bunny took questions from a few student journalists, including one who asked him to name an early supporter. “My mom,” the singer replied.

    “Before everything, she believed in me as a person, as a human. She believed in me, in my decisions, in my opinions,” he continued. “I think that’s what got me here, you know? Not because she believed that I was a great artist but that she believed that I am a great person.”

    The Super Bowl will be held Sunday at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, with the Seattle Seahawks facing off against the New England Patriots.

    The Super Bowl pregame show will open with several standout performers in Northern California: Charlie Puth will hit the stage to sing the national anthem, Brandi Carlile will take on “America the Beautiful” and Coco Jones will sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”

    “I want them to feel inspired. I want everybody to know that music is such an amazing thing,” Puth said of his performance.

    “This is pretty much the top of the top,” added Jones. “This is the bee’s knees. … It’s hard to compete. Maybe my wedding will be up there.”

    The national anthem and “Lift Every Voice and Sing” will be performed by deaf performing artist Fred Beam in American Sign Language. Julian Ortiz will sign “America the Beautiful.”

    Before the game, Green Day will play a set to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Super Bowl. The band, which has its roots in the Bay Area, plans to “Get loud!” according to lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong.

    In a historic first, the halftime show will include a multilingual signing program featuring Puerto Rican Sign Language, led by interpreter Celimar Rivera Cosme. She was also the interpreter for Bad Bunny’s landmark residency in Puerto Rico last year that drew more than half a million fans.

    All signed performances for the pregame and halftime shows will be presented in collaboration with Alexis Kashar of LOVE SIGN and Howard Rosenblum of Deaf Equality.

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  • How to avoid buying fake Super Bowl merchandise

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    Officials are warning fans to watch out for counterfeit Super Bowl LX merchandise ahead of Sunday’s big game and offering tips on how to spot authentic gear.

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