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FRIDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:NBA: NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, 7 p.m. (ESPN)NBA: NBA Rising Stars Game, 9 p.m. (TNT)NHL: NY Rangers at Buffalo, 7 p.m. (NHL Network)NHL: Boston at Anaheim, 10 p.m. (NESN)
AROUND THE WEB:
-- The Falcons decided to spread the love on Thursday in honor of Valentine’s Day and sent a custom Valentine tweet to every NFL team.
When the team sent the Patriots a card reading, “We’d love to grab Bruschis with you some time,” the Patriots had a clever response.
pic.twitter.com/vvFyiSXifh
— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons)
February 14, 2019 “It’s a date! Meet at your place? (We love it there),” the account responded, referring to the Patriots’ Super Bowl LIII win in Atlanta this month
It’s a date! Meet at your place? (We love it there)
— New England Patriots (@Patriots)
February 14, 2019 Patriots players also shared Valentine’s Day messages on social media to their loved ones.
My Forever Valentine!!! Te amo tanto amor da minha vida! ❤️
A post shared by Tom Brady (@tombrady) on Feb 14, 2019 at 4:37am PST
Happy Valentines Day to my baby! See you soon ❤️!! #valentinesday
A post shared by Rob Gronkowski (@gronk) on Feb 14, 2019 at 10:38am PST
The only flower I want on Valentine’s Day --
A post shared by Julian Edelman (@edelman11) on Feb 14, 2019 at 8:53am PST
-- Almost two weeks after the Patriots beat the Rams in Super Bowl LIII, Trey Flowers is still reliving the memories.
Flowers tweeted a reminder to everyone on Thursday that the Patriots held to Rams to only three points to win it all.
3 pts...
— Trey Flowers (@III_Flowers)
February 14, 2019 Flowers got a lot of support from fans in response to his reminiscing.
We want you in NE for life!!!
— Steve Femia (@NFLDraftGuru315)
February 14, 2019 This Razorback fan thinks you’ve found your home. Hope it all works out for you - but do what you gotta do. (But remember what makes you happy, too.)
— Arvil Hebert (@Ami54Arvil)
February 14, 2019 Question: if the fans got a GoFundMe together to offer Trey an “endorsement deal” in exchange for his willingness to stay in NE would such a deal be in violation of the NFL CBA or rules? If not, I’ll throw $30 in that pot.
— Tito's Fish Tacos (@TitosFishTacos)
February 14, 2019 pic.twitter.com/VetwGat4Jg
— Brendan (@bmoneyproblemz)
February 14, 2019 You guys held the top scoring team in the entire league to 0 pts during two quarters and the second scoring team to just a field goal during the whole super bowl, yet some "sports analysts" have the nerve to say the Patriots have no defense.You guys are living legends!! #LFG
— David Bonilla Bravo (@Cavari924)
February 14, 2019 QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I’ve got one thing to worry about. I’m a pitcher. I’m going to go out there and pitch and do everything I can to make myself better and make my team better. I just don’t have time to worry about it, and I’ve never had time to worry about it. I’ve never thought about this or that, contracts extensions or free agency. I’ve always just gone out and pitched. … I’ve never had to worry about it so I’m going to keep on not worrying about it." -- Chris Sale, on his approach to his new contract
