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GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - About a dozen Georgians have accused a prominent Gwinnett County businessman of taking off with nearly $1 million in a months-long Super Bowl ticket and business scam. Records obtained by Channel 2 Action News early Thursday morning show the man’s own mother has accused him of theft tied to the scam, and his wife told Channel 2 investigative reporter Nicole Carr she hasn’t seen him since reporting him missing early this month. Carr received the tip about Ketan Shah from an alleged victim who lives in Sandy Springs. The man told Carr that Shah, who owns...

<p>The US Super Bowl halftime show, one of pop music's most visible gigs, this year went from highly coveted to largely unwanted, leaving the NFL scrambling for takers as a cultural firestorm over social justice rages.</p> <p>Prominent artists including Rihanna, P!nk and Cardi B reportedly turned down the offer to headline Sunday's championship game between the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams, amid the controversy over racially charged police brutality protests spearheaded by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.</p>

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A quest by two New Orleans Saints ticketholders to force a full or partial do-over of this year's NFC championship game because of a blown "no-call" by game officials was rejected Thursday by a federal judge. Officials failed to call interference or roughness penalties when a Rams player leveled a Saints receiver with a helmet-to-helmet hit at a crucial point in the final minutes of regulation time. The Rams won the Jan. 20 game in overtime and are set to play the New England Patriots in Sunday's Super Bowl in Atlanta. Fan reaction in New Orleans...

Atlanta (AFP) - From smashing a golf club into the ground in frustration as a boy to pulling off the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history, refusal to accept defeat has been a recurring theme of Tom Brady's life. In the eyes of many, the New England Patriots star has long since settled the debate of whether he is the greatest quarterback the National Football League has ever seen. Nearly two decades at the pinnacle of his sport have yielded five Super Bowl titles and an array of records. On Sunday, Brady, 41, could become the oldest quarterback in history...

The comic and actor J.B. Smoove was standing in front of Bill Belichick at Super Bowl Opening Night here on Monday, participating in what has become a tradition of sorts – trying to draw the famously stern New England Patriots coach into some bit of awkward and potentially funny viral moment. Belichick, as with all members of the Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams, was mandated by the NFL to answer any and all questions thrown at him for an hour during this session at State Farm Arena. Through the years that has moved beyond sports writers and broadcasters asking...

Just in time for the 2019 Super Bowl, Sam Adams has released details about its latest beer: Too Old, Too Slow, Still Here is a tongue-in-cheek nod to Tom Brady and the Patriots’ 2018-2019 season. Inspired by both playful banter between Brady and Patriots receiver Chris Hogan (“I’m too old, you’re too slow,” Brady joked) and Brady’s rousing “We’re still here” chant, Sam Adams’ new farmhouse double New England IPA will debut during a release party at the Boston Brewery & Tap Room on Thursday, Jan. 31 from 4:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. The first 199 people — in honor of Brady’s...

NFL LIVE THREAD: Superbowl LIII SUNDAY, FEB 3, 2019 (All Times Eastern) AFC: New England Patriots vs. NFC: Los Angeles Rams 6:30 pm on CBS, Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Altanta, Georgia

Hype aside the two teams are powerhouses...question is who will win. Make your case...

Super Bowl Sunday will feature an unexpected confluence of three powers rife with conflict: mainstream media, the NFL and President Donald Trump. CNN reports that Trump will sit down for an interview with CBS’ Margaret Brennan on Friday that will air during the network’s pregame coverage of the Super Bowl. While mainstream media and the NFL have routinely maintained a symbiotic relationship, Trump’s disdain for both is well-documented. As Trump has routinely used media attention around newsworthy moments to make his case for a border wall, it makes sense that he’s taking advantage of a Super Bowl audience as he...

Tom Brady will be going for a sixth Super Bowl victory when his New England Patriots take on the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday. But the legendary quarterback will have at least one famous face cheering against him - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe. In an interview with Variety, Daniel called out Brady for his support of American president Donald Trump. In 2015, a Make America Great Again hat was spotted in Brady's locker, prompting the quarterback to declare that it "would be great" if Trump became president...

Coca-Cola is abandoning it’s eleven-year run of airing an ad during the Super Bowl this year, opting instead to run a commercial promoting “unity” as “our nation feels divided” just before the National Anthem. At up to $5.3 million per sixty-second spot, the soda giant has pulled out of airing an ad during the most expensive TV time of the year, but is not snubbing the game entirely, according to Variety. Coke-Cola will run an ad focusing on “diversity” in the half hour before kickoff. According to a statement, Coke celebrated its history of “unity and positivity.” “We have a...

FULL TITLE: Chick-fil-A restaurant inside this year's Super Bowl stadium will NOT open for the big game because of its 73-year-old policy to stay closed on Sundays The Chick-fil-A restaurant inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta will not open for those attending the Super Bowl game next Sunday. That's because of the fast food chain's 73-year-old policy to close on Sundays, which was established to give employees a chance to go to church or be with family. And February 3 will be no exception, despite the fact that 71,000 fans will pack the stadium to watch the New England Patriots face...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — They just won’t die. The Patriots survived a wild, back-and-forth game to beat the Chiefs 37-31 in overtime in the AFC Championship at Arrowhead Stadium. The win puts them back in the Super Bowl for the third straight year and fourth time in five years where they will face the Rams in two weeks in Atlanta.

Soul singer Gladys Knight, who will be singing the national anthem at this year’s Super Bowl in Atlanta, seemed to criticize Colin Kaepernick in a statement published by Variety on Friday.

When it comes to Super Bowl LIII, air traffic controllers are flying blind. The government shutdown has already resulted in canceled planning meetings for the Feb. 3 game in Atlanta, and if the federal budget impasse continues, airport screeners and flight controllers at the busiest airport in the world will be working on game day for no pay. Dan McCabe, a National Air Traffic Controllers Association representative, told NBC News that his colleagues had been holding meetings over the past year to prepare for the surge in travelers to the area. But now the planning meetings, which included officials from...

Jay-Z isn't the only person upset with Travis Scott for agreeing to perform with Maroon 5 at the 2019 Super Bowl halftime show. Rev. Al Sharpton slammed Scott, claiming that Scott essentially turned his back on the Black Lives Matter movement and police brutality against people of color by agreeing to perform at the NFL's biggest night. "I think anyone that goes into the halftime show is in effect directly violating those that want to raise the question that the NFL should come to terms with what they have done and continue to do to Colin Kaepernick and those that...

Who would have thought that the Super Bowl Halftime show, an American institution watched by more than 100 million people, would become the least wanted gig in music? But thanks to the ongoing controversy concerning the NFL’s stance on a player’s right to protest, brought to the forefront by football’s top conscientious objector Colin Kaepernick, Maroon 5 are learning the precarious stance that the performance represents. According to sources, the band has reached out to more than a half-dozen stars to appear as featured guests during the 13-minute slot midway through Super Bowl LIII, but so far, none have agreed...

Don’t look for Amy Schumer in any Super Bowl LIII commercials this time around. She’s sitting this one out as she stands with Colin Kaepernick and his take-a-knee protest against racism and police brutality. The comedian and “I Feel Pretty” actress explained her stance at length Friday on Instagram, challenging white NFL players to kneel as well. Addressing them directly, she wrote: “Otherwise how are you not complicit?”

The pop group Maroon 5 is scheduled to headline the annual 13-minute extravaganza this February at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia...Super Bowl LIII (or 53) will be played on Feb. 3, 2019, and broadcast by CBS.Maroon 5, led by the singer Adam Levine, who moonlights as a coach on NBC’s reality singing competition “The Voice,” currently has the No. 2 song on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Girls Like Us,” featuring the rapper Cardi B....

In a perverse way, it’s a skill, really. Just not a skill anyone would want. A reverse Midas touch; a jinx, if you will. Whatever you want to call it, liberals have an incredible ability ruin everything, and they’re on the job 24/7. Remember when you could watch a TV show or go to the movies and not have to be bombarded with left-wing political messages, either blatant or subtle? When you were entertained by entertainment and you went to church if you wanted to be preached to. That’s not the case anymore. The “progressive” church is politics, political correctness...