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A $1.1 million bet, and a lot of happy bookies in Vegas

This year likely to beat record $132.5 million wagered last year

DATE: Feb 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Does Brady need a 5th ring to be declared best ever?

Title Sunday would put him ahead of Bradshaw and Montana

DATE: Feb 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Edge in experience could be telling in Super Bowl

HOUSTON – There’s no hiding it. One edge the New England Patriots have over the Atlanta Falcons in Sunday’s Super Bowl can’t be denied: experience. It’s a factor never to be scoff...

DATE: Feb 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Brocnos’ Terrell Davis runs into Pro Football Hall of Game

Broncos RB part of 7-man class

DATE: Feb 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Blip, or was this the year fans started tuning out the NFL?

HOUSTON – It may have been a blip, explained as much by the must-watch presidential debates as by some wholesale turn away from football. Or, decades from now, 2016 could be remembered as th...

DATE: Feb 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

LT, Taylor, Dawkins, Jones, Tagliabue among hall candidates

HOUSTON – It seems that one word is commonly used by candidates for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. LaDainian Tomlinson says it. So does Jason Taylor, and Tony Boselli. ...

DATE: Feb 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Column: NFL needs to stop blowing smoke when it comes to pot

HOUSTON – Kyle Turley will gladly run down the list of chronic ailments he has because of football. Might want to grab a seat. This is gonna take a while. “I...

DATE: Feb 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Freeman, Coleman provide Super Bowl Falcons with 1-2 punch

HOUSTON – Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman are so interchangeable in the Atlanta Falcons backfield, Matt Ryan gets a little mixed up at times. “He doesn’t even know who’s in the ...

DATE: Feb 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

How to sound like an NFL fan while watching the Super Bowl

If you’re among the millions of people who watch precisely one NFL game each year, yet want to sound like a real football fan during Sunday’s Super Bowl, The Associated Press has you covered...

DATE: Feb 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Belichick among the greats of coaching

Belichick follows a familiar script to coaching greatness

DATE: Feb 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

That was awkward: Goodell dodges on Raiders, parries on Patriots

HOUSTON – Nothing produces awkward NFL moments quite like watching the commissioner parry all those thorny issues involving the league’s oldest and newest troublemakers — the Raiders and Pat...

DATE: Feb 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

LIVINGSTON: Fort Lewis football fails National Signing Day

National signing day is supposed to be like Christmas morning for college football teams. Santa Claus skipped Fort Lewis College this year. While rival teams in the Rocky Mountain...

DATE: Feb 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.