Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. Pats' Gronk calls Super Bowl win his biggest, quiet on future

New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski called Sunday's Super Bowl win over the Los Angeles Rams the sweetest of his three championships but said he would need more time to decide whether it was his last game. Gronkowski made one of the biggest plays of the game, a 29-yard diving catch in the fourth quarter that put the ball on the Ram's two-yard line that set up the game's only touchdown and the Rams never threatened again as they fell 13-3. Red Bull and Mercedes to launch 2019 F1 cars on same day

Red Bull will give a first glimpse of their new Honda-powered RB15 Formula One car next week on the same day that world champion Lewis Hamilton's 2019 Mercedes breaks cover at Silverstone. Former champions Red Bull, who finished third overall behind champions Mercedes and Ferrari last year, have switched from Renault power units to Honda for the season starting in Australia on March 17. 'Simple taste of fear' as Maroon 5 lead drama-free Super Bowl halftime show

Maroon 5 threw just about everything at the Super Bowl halftime show: a gospel choir, a drumline, pyrotechnics, a giant letter "M" and even SpongeBob. But what it didn't summon was the faintest whiff of political drama. And to critics, that was the point. The choice of the pop rock act was intended to "please fans - and corporate overlords - eager for a halftime show that put politics aside for a few sweet moments," wrote the Los Angeles Times. "The reality put across something else, though, and that was the simple taste of fear." NFL: Not really passing the torch as Pats old guard stands firm

Those watching the Super Bowl on Sunday to see a passing of the torch instead saw the old guard stand firm as the New England Patriots won a battle of the generations 13-3 over the Los Angeles Rams ensuring their dynasty will carry on. The National Football League will mark its 100th season in 2019 and the Patriots will be right at the center of the celebrations after another Super Bowl performance that was literally one for the ages with 41-year-old Tom Brady and 66-year-old Bill Belichick entering the record books as the oldest quarterback and coach to hoist the Vince Lombardi trophy. NFL: McVay's offense gets lesson from defensive guru Belichick

Sean McVay may have been credited with changing the way NFL teams play with the ball, but the Los Angeles Rams coach and his high-octane offense were given a lesson by defensive master Bill Belichick in the Super Bowl on Sunday. Belichick's New England Patriots shut down McVay's team on Sunday, keeping them scoreless in the first half, to complete a 13-3 victory in Atlanta and the second-year coach admitted he had few answers to the veteran's defensive scheme. 'Flying Finn' Nykanen dies at 55

Matti Nykanen, the Finnish ski jumping great who soared to unprecedented Olympic glory but struggled with alcohol addiction and personal chaos, died on Monday at the age of 55. "Matti died last night," his wife Pia Nykanen told Finnish weekly magazine Seiska, without revealing the cause of death. Maybe I'll get lucky, says Vonn as final races loom

U.S. ski great Lindsey Vonn prepared for the final speed races of her glittering career at the Alpine world championships on Monday, hoping to do her best and get lucky in the end. The 34-year-old's time in the first women's downhill training session in Are certainly suggested she remained a contender. Patriots beat Rams to win sixth Super Bowl title

The New England Patriots beat the Los Angeles Rams 13-3 on Sunday to capture a National Football League record-tying sixth Super Bowl title. The victory, which moves the Patriots into a share of the all-time mark with the Pittsburgh Steelers, was also a record sixth Super Bowl triumph for Tom Brady, who at 41 also became the oldest quarterback to win the championship game. Wehrlein and Hartley join Ferrari in simulator roles

Ferrari have hired ex-Formula One drivers Pascal Wehrlein and Brendon Hartley to help develop their 2019 race car in the simulator. The pair were among four simulator drivers named on Monday to work at the Italian team's Maranello factory in support of racers Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc. Patriots Edelman becomes unlikely Super Bowl MVP

Patriots' Julian Edelman, an undersized wide receiver few thought would ever make a name for himself in NFL, won the Super Bowl MVP trophy on Sunday after his key plays helped lift New England to a 13-3 victory over the Los Angeles Rams. In a game where both offenses struggled to find the end zone, Edelman made the most of his opportunities, catching 10 of the 12 passes thrown his way for 141 yards while rushing once for eight yards.