Patriots back home after winning titleFOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots defensive lineman Trey Flowers walked into the team’s locker room still wearing the “Super Bowl Champions” hat the players were handed on the field in Houston after winning the NFL title.“I haven’t taken it off much” in the previous 20 hours, Flowers said. “There was a lot of work to get this hat.”The Patriots returned to New England, bringing their fifth Vince Lombardi Trophy home to show off for fans who filled the parking lots outside the team’s stadium and lined up for hours outside the souvenir shop hoping to buy championship gear.

Shanahan hired as 49ers new coachSANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers officially hired Atlanta offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan as their new head coach more than a month after firing Chip Kelly after just one season.The 49ers settled on Shanahan a couple weeks ago but had to wait until after the Falcons played in the Super Bowl to sign him to a contract. Shanahan will be formally introduced at a news conference later this week.

Law enforcement hunts Brady jerseyAUSTIN, Texas — Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is asking the state’s top law enforcement officers to help locate Tom Brady’s missing game jersey, which disappeared from the New England Patriots’ locker room after the Super Bowl.The Republican said in a statement that Brady’s jersey “was stolen” after the Patriots beat the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 at Houston’s NRG Stadium, and that city police were already investigating.Patrick said Texas places “a very high value on hospitality and football,” adding: “It is important that history does not record” that Brady’s jersey was stolen in the state.He continued: “Whoever took this jersey should turn it in.”