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The Super Bowl is the biggest sporting event in America, and whether you’re a football fan or not, chances are you’ll be joining the millions of people crowding around their TV screens to see the Atlanta Falcons take on the New England Patriots. Or maybe you’re just there to eat wings and see this year’s batch of commercials. In the good old days (i.e., a couple of years ago) watching the Super Bowl just meant figuring out which of the three networks — NBC, Fox, or CBS — had the rights to air it this year and then figure out what channel number that was for your local affiliate. Nowadays, though, things are more complicated. Between online streaming, over-the-air broadcasts, apps for set-top boxes, and internet based TV services for cord cutters, it can be hard to figure out how to watch the Super Bowl. So let’s break it down: WHEN IS THE SUPER BOWL? This year is Super Bowl LI, which will take place between the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots. Kickoff is sched...

Disney will discontinue the Club Penguin subscription social game for desktop and mobile devices, and at the same will launch a new mobile game featuring the cartoon aquatic birds in March. The Mouse House acquired Club Penguin in 2007 for in a deal reportedly worth up to $700 million. At one point, Club Penguin had registered more than 200 million accounts on the freemium service aimed at young kids. Club Penguin announced the change in a blog post Monday. The current game will cease on March 29, 2017, and memberships for desktop Club Penguin and the Club Penguin app will no longer be available for purchase as of Jan. 31, at which time paid member accounts will no longer be charged for the service. Even with the demise of the existing 11-year-old service, Club Penguin promised “an amazing new product, Club Penguin Island” — set to launch in March — that “offers a uniquely penguin experience, with new features and gameplay, making it more ...

TORONTO — Even at their hottest, the Toronto Raptors couldn't find a way to overcome LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. James amassed 34 points, eight rebounds and seven assists as the Cavs wrested sole ownership of first place in the Eastern Conference with a 116-112 win Monday, ending Toronto's six-game winning streak in yet another tense, tightly contested game between two top teams that are becoming increasingly familiar with each other. James had significant help from his supporting cast, with  Kevin Love  posting 28 points and 14 rebounds and Kyrie Irving overcoming early foul trouble to put up 24 points and seven assists for the Cavaliers (14-5). DeMar DeRozan scored 31 points while Kyle Lowry added 24 points and nine assists for the frustrated Raptors (14-7), who seem increasingly convinced that the margin of error against the Cavs is tiny. "We've got to play a perfect game to beat a team like that," head c...

Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona will be looking for length out of his Game 2 starter, right-hander Corey Kluber (18-9, 3.14 ERA), who will oppose Boston Red Sox left-hander David Price (17-9, 3.99) on Friday afternoon in Game 2 of the ALDS. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI  | License Photo CLEVELAND -- With the Indians' top setup man and closer extended to the limit in the opener of the American League Division Series, Cleveland goes into Game 2 against the Boston Red Sox on Friday afternoon at a bit of a disadvantage. Thanks in large part to two scoreless midgame innings from Andrew Miller and 1 2/3 scoreless innings from Cody Allen for the save, the Indians emerged with a 5-4 in Game 1 on Thursday. Miller and Allen each threw 40 pitches. "We wanted to win the game tonight, and we did," Cleveland manager Terry Francona said. "Tomorrow might have to be a different design." Francona also used Bryan Shaw for two ...

Game of Thrones' The Door open up to the truth about young Hodor.  Photo: HBO SPOILER ALERT Warning: Spoilers for Game of Thrones season six, episode five -  The Door  - follow. If there was an underlying theme for  Game of Thrones ' fifth episode, The Door , it was penises. Sansa and Brienne .  Photo: HBO/Foxtel There was the absence of a penis, whether cut off or due to gender, issues for Varys, Theon Grey and Yara Greyjoy, and an up-close guest appearance of a penis, squished around by its aghast owner in the search for warts. There we were, poetically pondering Arya Stark having to watch a theatre recreation of her father's beheading and then, ping! A fleshy todger filling the screen so completely it took a moment to realise it was not an anaemic Dothraki warrior stretching after a bath. Arya gets her eyes back but is she finally a girl with no name?...