Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. New Jersey's first legal Super Bowl wagers underwhelm

Sportsbooks in New Jersey handled nearly $35 million of wagers on Sunday's Super Bowl game, state gaming regulators said on Monday, the first time fans in the state could legally wager on what is usually the biggest American betting event of the year. It was good for betters. They won - and casinos and sportsbook operators lost - $4.6 million altogether on Sunday's otherwise unexciting game, regulators said. 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. Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Weir faces four-year ban

Australian trainer Darren Weir faces a four-year suspension from the sport after deciding not to contest charges against him for the possession of equipment used to deliver electric shocks to horses, Racing Victoria (RV) said on Monday. Victoria Police seized four electric devices, known within the racing circuit as 'jiggers' and which are outlawed, at the 2015 Melbourne Cup winner's stables on Jan. 30. '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." Tennis: Shaky Wawrinka suffers first-round defeat in Sofia

Three-times grand slam champion Stan Wawrinka fell at the first hurdle in the Sofia Open on Monday, beaten 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4 by Romanian Marius Copil. The Swiss, who has fallen to 57 in the rankings, strolled to the first set in just 23 minutes after breaking Copil in the sixth game, but the Romanian became more and more comfortable as the match went on and bagged the second set after a tiebreak. 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. Super Bowl champion Patriots return home to hero's welcome

The New England Patriots returned home to a hero's welcome on Monday, a day after beating the Los Angeles Rams in a defensive slugfest to win their sixth Super Bowl title. The Patriots' plane, with a now-out-of-date tail that has five Vince Lombardi Trophy images on it, landed in Warwick, Rhode Island, before the team drove 40 minutes to their stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. 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.