AP Sports SummaryBrief at 5:20 p.m. EST

Expect Super Bowl victory celebrations to look different after last year's deadly shooting KANSAS CITY, Mo.

(AP) Expect more security and nerves at this years Super Bowl victory celebration regardless of who wins Sundays matchup in New Orleans between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles.

A shooting that left one dead and around two dozen wounded marred last years Chiefs victory rally, and a Philadelphia Eagles fan died last month in a fall from a utility pole while celebrating the teams NFC championship victory.

Now Kansas City is planning to boost its police presence, and Philadelphia is making its own plans to increase safety that could include greasing its poles.

New Orleans, which was the scene of a New Years Day truck-ramming attack, has plans to block some traffic routes.

Josh Allen wins AP NFL Most Valuable Player award NEW ORLEANS (AP) Josh Allen edged two-time winner Lamar Jackson for the AP NFL Most Valuable Player award in the closest race since Matt Ryan beat out Tom Brady in 2016.

Allen, who led Buffalo to a fifth straight AFC East title, got 27 first-place votes to Jacksons 23 and finished with 383 points.

He received 22 second-place votes and one third.

Jackson, who led the Ravens to a second straight AFC North championship, got 26 second-place votes and one fourth for a total of 362 points.

The NFL announces the Steelers will play in Dublin in 2025 for Ireland's first regular-season game NEW ORLEANS (AP) Dublin will host Irelands first NFL regular-season game when the Pittsburgh Steelers play at Croke Park in 2025, the league announced Friday.

The announcement came two days before the Chiefs and Eagles meet in the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

The Irish capital joins Madrid and Berlin as first-time hosts next season as the league continues to expand its global footprint.

The NFL announced earlier this week that a game would be played in Australia in 2026.

The Steelers have long-standing ties to the Emerald Isle and a partnership with the Gaelic Athletic Association, which operates Croke Park.

The date and Pittsburghs opponent will be announced this spring.

Tiger Woods to play at Torrey Pines, his first PGA Tour event since July SAN DIEGO (AP) Tiger Woods has committed to playing the Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines, returning to one of his favorite venues for his first PGA Tour start since the British Open last July.

Woods will be playing 18 holes in competition for the first time since he had a microdiscectomy in September to alleviate pain down his legs, his sixth surgery on his lower back.

He will also be playing just over a week after the loss of his mother, Kultida Woods, who died Tuesday at age 80.

Woods is the host of the Genesis Invitational, which was moved from Riviera Country Club because of wildfires that devastated the surrounding Los Angeles community of Pacific Palisades.

Lindsey Vonn hit pause on her life to 'set a new standard of whats possible' back on the ski slopes SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) She helped Salt Lake City secure hosting rights for the 2034 Winter Olympics and designed her own skiwear and goggles lines.

She invested in and advised companies and made a film about childhood idol Picabo Street.

She hosted a reality TV dog show while staying in shape between surgeries to repair her various skiing injuries.

Lindsey Vonn had plenty going on during her nearly six years of retirement.

All those ventures are on hold now though.

Thats because Vonn recently came out of retirement and is back ski racing at the age of 40.

She's currently at the world championships preparing to chase a medal in Saturdays downhill.

Hubie Brown, a basketball coach, broadcaster and always a teacher, calls his final game at 91 Hubie Brown taught basketball as an elective when he took his first college coaching job in 1968.

He hasn't stopped teaching the game since.

He did it both as a coach and later as a broadcaster.

Now 91, the Hall of Famer will call his final game Sunday when Philadelphia plays at Milwaukee on ABC.

Brown was twice the NBA Coach of the Year and has called 18 NBA Finals between TV and radio.

Mike Breen, his broadcast partner Sunday, says Brown has probably taught more people about the game of basketball than anybody thats ever lived.

Pawnbrokers raided in connection with Joe Burrow burglary denied bail days before the Super Bowl NEW YORK (AP) Two owners of a New York City pawnshop that was raided by the FBI in connection with an investigation into a burglary at the home of Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow have been denied bail.

U.S.

District Court Judge William Kuntz ordered Dimitriy Nezhinskiy and Juan Villar held until their August trial date during a court hearing in Brooklyn on Friday.

Burrows was among a string of high-profile athletes whose homes were recently burglarized.

However, it is unclear whether there are any links between those thefts.

Lawyers for the two pawnshop owners say theyll appeal the bail denial.

WM's zero-waste approach to golf's raucous Phoenix Open catching on in the sports world SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.

(AP) The Phoenix Opens famously booze-soaked 16th hole is one of the most unique spectacles in golf, where the normally gentile sport lets loose with stadium-style seating, deafening music and an enthusiastic announcer introducing players in a scene thats more WWE than PGA Tour.

Its safe to say that being environmentally conscience isnt the first thing on fans minds.

But the tournament which has been sponsored by Waste Management for the past 16 years is an unlikely incubator for ideas on how to make major sporting events easier on Mother Nature.

Its been certified as a zero-waste event by UL Solutions for the past 12 years.

Woman is accused of stealing from a TV reporter found dead at his hotel before the Super Bowl NEW ORLEANS (AP) Police are investigating the death of 27-year-old television reporter Adan Manzano, who was in New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl.

On Friday police announced the arrest of a woman they say used his credit card.

Manzano is a sports anchor and reporter for Telemundo in Kansas City, Missouri, who was found dead Wednesday in his hotel room.

According to a press statement released Friday, police have arrested Louisiana resident Danette Colbert, who is charged with property crimes, including fraud and theft-related offenses.

Police are awaiting the results of a coroner's full autopsy report which will determine if Manzano's death was a homicide.

Canelo Alvarez changes course, drops Jake Paul fight to sign big deal with Riyadh Season Canelo Alvarez has agreed to a four-fight deal with Riyadh Season.

The Mexican star has leveraged a widely speculated bout with Jake Paul for a much bigger contract.

Turki Alalshikh, the head of Riyadh Season and the General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia, announced the deal on social media.

The first fight under Alvarezs new deal would be in May in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Alvarez is then expected to fight Terence Crawford in September in Las Vegas.

Alvarez has spent years as the biggest moneymaker in boxing..

This article has been shared from the original article on bdtonline, here is the link to the original article.