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Super Bowl mania is descending upon Minneapolis. That means it's time to open arms for a warm welcome for the incoming fans - or maybe not.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) - Fox and the NFL have agreed to a five-year deal for Thursday night football games. Those games previously were televised by CBS and NBC, two of the league's other network partners. But Fox announced Wednesday that it will televise 11 games between Weeks 4 and 15, with simulcasts on NFL Network and Fox Deportes. Fox, which has the Sunday afternoon NFC package, will...

As the Super Bowl excitement ramps up along Nicollet Mall, the finishing touches are falling into place just blocks away at U.S. Bank Stadium.

The Super Bowl is less than a week a way and with both teams finally in Minnesota the excitement is reaching a new high point.

Operating out of Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie, U.S. Customs and Border Protection will be the eyes in the sky on Super Bowl Sunday.  

The defending Super Bowl champions are officially in Minnesota. 

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey community has raised enough money to send a beloved school bus driver and die-hard Philadelphia Eagles fan to the Super Bowl.

The Detroit Pistons shook up their struggling roster in dramatic fashion, acquiring star forward Blake Griffin in a trade with the Los Angeles Clippers.

The Atlanta Braves have a new big, fuzzy fan.

ATLANTA (AP) - The Atlanta Braves haven't closed the door on adding a free agent, preferably on a short-term deal.

ATLANTA (AP) - The site of next year's Super Bowl already is celebrating a championship for best concessions.

ATLANTA (AP) - Kent Bazemore scored 22 points, including a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2:09 remaining, and the Atlanta Hawks rallied after trailing by 11 in the third quarter to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 105-100 on Monday night.

Divisive and hotly debated, the Chief Wahoo logo is being removed from the Cleveland Indians' uniform next year.

The Philadelphia Eagles have touched down in Minneapolis prior to Super Bowl LII, with just one week to go until kickoff at the big game.

Eagles fans, including members of the FOX 29 staff, were greeted in Minneapolis with a little bit of sarcasm in response to events that transpired before and during the Eagles NFC Championship win over the Minnesota Vikings last weekend.

NEW YORK (AP) - ESPN says outspoken "Sportscenter" anchor Jemele Hill is leaving that role to write for a company website and do occasional on-air commentary.

Michigan State University athletic director Mark Hollis announced his retirement Friday amid the Larry Nassar sexual abuse case making headlines across the country.

A day after Kobe Bryant's 'Dear Basketball' scored an Oscar nomination for best animated short, an online petition asking the academy of motion picture arts and sciences to rescind the nomination has 7,000 signatures so far.