1. 5 reasons why the Falcons collapsed in the Super Bowl. What a devastating loss by the Atlanta Falcons. After holding a 25-point lead with 8:31 left in the third quarter, the Falcons collapsed — I think choked is too harsh — and lost 34-28 to the great Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in overtime. [Read more]

2. What Matt Ryan had to say after the historic Super Bowl collapse. "There's nothing you can really say. That's a tough loss. Obviously very disappointed, very close to getting done what we wanted to get done, but it's hard to find words tonight." [Read more]

3. Your Daily Jolt: Alt-Righter says 'Patriots won for White America.' Amid all the trash talk that followed the Atlanta Falcons' heartbreaking loss in the Super Bowl, one Twitter comment stood out. It came from Richard Spencer, the white nationalist leader who advocates an "ethno-nation" – and has been given a platform from which to speak by Breitbart.com. [Read more]

4. What Dan Quinn had to say after the Super Bowl loss.  "Well, I think for sure we ran out of gas some. I don't know what the time of possession was, I didn't look at that. But, I can tell you how hard these guys battled for it. We knew it was going to come down to the end for sure, and just at the end for them to have the scores back-to-back, that was the difference for sure." [Read more]

5. Teen hit by now-fired Gwinnett police officer dies. A teenager who was in the hospital for nearly a week after being hit by a now-fired Gwinnett County police officer has died, Gwinnett police confirmed. [Read more]

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