If the New England Patriots defeat the Atlanta Falcons to win their fifth Super Bowl this Sunday at NRG Stadium in Houston, the resulting championship rings are likely to be the biggest and blingiest ever. The National Football League seems to maintain an unwritten rule that allows teams with multiple Super Bowl victories to design the most extravagant rings. The …

A New York City man, who helplessly watched as his beloved gold wedding band fell off his finger and rolled in “slow-motion” through a sidewalk grate, got it back one week later with the help of a NYC utility company. There are 39,000 sidewalk grates citywide and each one can strike fear into the heart of an average pedestrian. Unlike Marilyn …

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you hit songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, Canadian songstress Amanda Marshall throws caution to the wind while wearing a very special locket in her 1995 chart-topper, “Dark Horse.” In the song she co-wrote with Dean McTaggart and David Tyson, Marshall tells the story of a …

A viral Kiss Cam video allegedly showing a fan proposing to his girlfriend during Saturday’s Atlanta Hawks basketball game — but then dropping the ring — has been exposed as a hoax by the team’s beat writer. In the 95-second video posted by the team, a bunch of handsome couples are gladly taking part in the Kiss Cam ritual — …

A custom Fender Stratocaster guitar inlaid with 1,000 diamonds was one of the biggest draws at last weekend’s National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) trade show in Anaheim, Calif. Conceived by senior master builder Yuriy Shishkov, the Art Deco-inspired design celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Fender Custom Shop. The guitar includes 423 diamonds on the front, 462 on the …

The love story of former Marine Daniel Frye and girlfriend Lauren Williams has all the trappings of a Hollywood blockbuster. Frye, who had served two tours in Afghanistan, credited Williams with saving his life as he struggled to recover from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). “When I got out of the Marine Corps, I went through some dark years,” Frye …

A backstage worker at the 50th Annual CMA Awards in Nashville in November found a pretty pear-shaped stone sitting on top of a band cart and dropped it in his pocket, reasoning that it was merely a worthless prop. The “prop” turned out to be a 13.73-carat colored diamond that had come loose from a ring worn by Beyoncé after her show-stopping …

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you chart-topping songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, a chance after-hours encounter between a bar owner and a patron results in a marriage proposal in Brad Paisley’s country hit “We Danced.” In the song written by Paisley and Charles Dubois, the narrator is a bar owner …

An extraordinary 887-carat rough emerald dubbed “La Gloria” is set to headline Guernsey’s auction of the Marcial de Gomar Collection on April 12 in New York City. “La Gloria,” which is said to be the largest Muzo rough emerald in North America, carries a preliminary estimate of $4 to $5 million and is part of a 2,000-carat collection that is expected to yield a …

For the second time in two months, workers at the Town of Babylon Recycling Center on Long Island have defied all odds by turning up treasured diamond rings among tons of stinky garbage. West Babylon resident Vicky Salzone had accidentally tossed three diamond bands into a trash bag while sorting through old Christmas decorations. By the next morning, she and …