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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Chris Pratt was teased about his early acting roles while being roasted Friday night at Harvard University, where he received the Hasty Pudding Man of the Year award by America's oldest undergraduate drama troupe.Pratt walked to the stage while a band played an instrumental version...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - The judge overseeing the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has chastised his lawyer for making a joke about Deflategate while questioning a witness in court.James Sultan was questioning a state police trooper about tire pressure Thursday when he jokingly...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - The Chicago Bears added Ohio State assistant Stan Drayton to new coach John Fox's staff as running backs coach Thursday.The team also informed running backs coach Skip Peete that he will not return.Drayton spent the last four years at Ohio State, serving as assistant...

RENTON, Wash. (AP) - Seattle Seahawks strong safety Kam Chancellor played in the Super Bowl with a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee, according to the team's website.In a story on Seahawks.com posted Wednesday, Chancellor said two days before the loss to New England he was told...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Steelers are bringing back long snapper Greg Warren.The team and Warren agreed to a one-year contract Wednesday for his 11th season with the team. Warren has played in 149 regular- season games and 10 postseason games since making the team as a free agent...

BOSTON (AP) - Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he ''would love to'' give the truck he got for winning his third Super Bowl MVP to defensive back Malcolm Butler.Butler made the game-saving interception at the goal line in the final minute of Sunday night's 28-24 victory over the Seattle...

CLEVELAND (AP) - The NFL has suspended Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon for at least one year without pay for violating the league's substance-abuse program.Gordon, who has already served two league suspensions, will have to apply for reinstatement. A league spokesman said his one-year ban begins immediately. The former...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - Testimony in the murder trial of ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez is set to resume with the girlfriend and mother of the man Hernandez allegedly killed taking the stand.Proceedings began last week but were suspended Monday when another snowstorm hit.The former New England Patriots standout...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Boston is postponing its victory parade for the Super Bowl-winning New England Patriots because of heavy snowfall.Mayor Marty Walsh said late Monday that the city will delay the celebration until Wednesday morning. The city had announced earlier that the downtown parade would take place Tuesday.Walsh...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - In the silence of the locker room, Byron Maxwell was already addressing the most important challenge Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks will face going forward.One play on Sunday night changed the story for the Seattle Seahawks.Instead of becoming the first repeat champions in a...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - The retractable roof will be open for the Super Bowl.With temperatures in the upper 60s and no chance of rain Sunday, the NFL decided to let the sunshine in for the title game between New England and Seattle.It's a change of course at University of...

PHOENIX (AP) - Jimmy Fallon is planning his own match-up on Super Bowl Sunday.The host of NBC's ''The Tonight Show'' is set to wage a lip sync contest with actors Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart during a special post-game episode at the Orpheum Theater in Phoenix.The contest is just...