Now I'm not saying let's not honor the best players of the season, but I'm sure there are better ways to do it. In fact, every other major sports, like MLB and the NBA, have more events than just the All-Star Game.

The National Football League's 60-minutes of football has become an increasingly complex game. According to the NFL, there have been over 60 rule changes implemented since 1985. Given that propensity, the refs most certainly have their hands full, as do the players and their prospective coaches.

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Rather than distracting us from our daily concerns, the local burden of hosting the Super Bowl is refocusing attention on our city's greatest challenge -- the fast growing gap between rich and poor.

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Tonight the NHL will host their All Star Skills Competition and tomorrow is the All Star Game. We gathered some predictions on what we think will happen this weekend in Nashville.

They argue that Sheikh Tamim, who took office after his father, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, stepped down in 2013, has begun with the reshuffle to move the old guard aside and pave the road for change.

It's not easy being a New England Patriots fan. You constantly have to be defending your team's behavior and always have people reminding you that your team has lied and cheated so many times it's hard to keep track of them all. But what does a fan's daily schedule look like on an hour-by-hour basis? We got an exclusive glimpse at an average fan's calendar so you could see exactly what it's like in a day in the life of a Patriots fan.

Headlining the UFC on FOX 18 main card (8 P.M. EST, FOX) are Anthony Johnson and Ryan Bader, a pair of top-five light heavyweights, both of whom are hoping to earn a title shot with a win this weekend.

I caught up with the American Top Team fighter by phone after her latest victory to talk about why she fights, how she got the nickname the Tiny Tornado, her evolution as a fighter, going to graduate school and if a fight against strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk is in her future.

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I grew up near Boston, so I root for the New England Patriots. I can tell you all about the Ideal Gas Law because I pretty much have a PhD in Deflategate, but I can't tell you when the NFL will welcome more gay players, including its first gay superstar. Hopefully soon.