HOUSTON: The final countdown to the biggest date on the US sporting calendar kicked off here Monday (Tuesday in Manila) with a traditional media circus greeting the arrival of Super Bowl 51 opponents New England and Atlanta.

Thousands of fans and several hundred journalists from across the globe thronged MinuteMaid Park, the home of the Houston Astros baseball team, as the Patriots and Falcons held court ahead of next Sunday’s showpiece in Texas.

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