The Chiefs and Buccaneers meet in Super Bowl 55 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., on Sunday (6:30 p.m. ET, CBS).    Kansas City is seeking to become the first team to repeat as Super Bowl champions since New England in 2003-04. The Chiefs finished 14-2 in the regular season, and longtime coach Andy Reid and quarterback Patrick Mahomes are pushing toward […]

NFL: Brady and Mahomes prepare for Super Bowl LV The 55th edition of the of the Super Bowl promises to be another classic showdown. On one side there is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who will be first time to feature in their showpiece in their home stadium. They also boast Tom Brady in their ranks, with the 43-year-old quarterback playing […]

Human beings like points. It doesn’t really matter the sport — a game with more scoring can frequently be viewed as more entertaining. Who cares that “defense wins championships,” because points attract viewership. The NFL is likely happy overall, then, with scoring trends in the Super Bowl. Over time, scoring has trended upward in the big game. That hasn’t stopped […]

The old adage is that defense wins championships. But does anyone really tune in to the Super Bowl hoping for a defensive masterpiece?  Maybe a few, but most of us like points. Thankfully, there have been plenty of offensive fireworks in the Super Bowl through the years. Just think back a few seasons to when Nick Foles led the Eagles […]

You’re never too old to hand jive. That’s one lesson John Travolta shows off as he stars in a Super Bowl commercial advertising Scotts and Miracle-Gro. Travolta and his daughter, Ella, recreate one of the most famous dances from “Grease,” which Travolta starred in more than 40 years ago. The advertisement also features a number of other stars, including Martha […]

Teddy Bridgewater had his ups and downs on the field in his first season with the Carolina Panthers, but as has been the standard during his six-year career so far, he exemplified character and gamesmanship throughout. Thusly, Bridgewater received the 2020 Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award during NFL Honors on Saturday. Bridgewater emerged from a list of nominees that also included […]

NFL: Super Bowl LV in numbers Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers will face defending champions the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 2021. The game will take place at the Buccaneers’ Raymond James Stadium and will be the first time a team has played in the NFL’s showpiece in their home stadium. There will also be a 10th Super Bowl […]

Aaron Rodgers entered one of the NFL’s most distinguished clubs Saturday night. With the announcement during the NFL Honors show that he was voted the league’s Most Valuable Player for 2020, Rodgers becomes only the sixth player in league history to win at least three MVP awards. At the top of that list is Peyton Manning, who won a record five MVP […]

A wonderful, unlikely love affair between Peyton Manning and Colorado started nearly 10 years ago with an ugly pass to Rockies first baseman Todd Helton, who scooped a weak toss out of the dirt on one hop from a Hall of Fame quarterback who had forgotten how to throw a football. “We were out there on the field, walking around […]