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Ricky Williams hosting ‘Bring Your Own Weed’ party for Super Bowl

- By Johnny Diaz Staff writer

The Florida/Georgia High School All-Star Game — featuring 44 players from Palm Beach County — ended in a massive brawl that cut the game short in the third quarter.

The 6th annual senior football exhibition, which pits Palm Beach County players against athletes from the entire state of Georgia, took place at Southern Crescent Stadium in Riverdale, Ga., on Saturday afternoon.

The Florida team led 16-0 in the middle of the third quarter when the fight broke out. It’s unclear who or what started the benchclear­ing brawl, but players from both sides quickly stormed out to midfield and began throwing punches and stomping opposing players.

The game broadcast cut to the announcers in the booth after 50 seconds of the fracas, but the melee was still going strong. The game was called in the third quarter with the Florida team leading 16-0.

The YouTube broadcast was deleted shortly after game.

The FHSAA says it will not be looking into this incident.

Here’s an invitation you don’t get every day: Former Miami Dolphin Ricky Williams is throwing a cannabis-friendly Super Bowl party on Feb. 4 in California.

Williams, who became a poster boy for marijuana use among athletes, tweeted the announceme­nt this week.

“Want to join me for my cannabis-friendly #SuperBowl party in the Hollywood Hills?” Williams asked on Twitter, where he has more than 23,000 followers.

The party, which will run from 2 to 8 p.m., will take place in a private residence. The guest list is limited to 50 people.

Food and an open bar are included. Guests are welcome to “BYOW” — bring your own weed, for the uninitiate­d.

Tickets cost guests must be years old.

RSVPs can be made at williamssu­perbowlpar­ty.splashthat.com.

The running back, who won the 1998 Heisman Trophy, had two stints with the Dolphins between 2002 and 2010 — years punctuated by several failed drug tests, suspension­s, a retirement, a return and a year in the Canadian Football League after being suspended by the NFL for the 2006 season. He officially retired in 2012.

Although he now lives in Los Angeles, Williams, 40, does make it back to South Florida. Last summer, he was a speaker at the “Pro Football, Pro Cannabis” event at the Southeaste­rn Cannabis Conference and Expo in Fort Lauderdale. He has also conducted meditation classes at Nova Southeaste­rn University. $250 and at least 21

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