Clydesdales have almost become synonymous with the Super Bowl. So have Coca-Cola’s polar bears. But if you’re hoping to see those creatures in commercials during Super Bowl 55, you’re out of luck. Budweiser, Coke, Pepsi and Hyundai are all skipping out on commercials during the Feb. 7 matchup between the Chiefs and Buccaneers. That’s opened the door for some first-time […]

NFL referees and officials have been under the microscope a lot during the 2021 playoffs for controversial calls and no-calls. That might raise a question for fan bases on the wrong end of those decisions: How much are these folks in stripes being paid to mess up a team’s season? It’s not a simple question to answer, though. The NFL […]

You’ve surely seen it everywhere you’ve looked as the Super Bowl approached: “LV.” Those two letters accompany this year’s Super Bowl everywhere, because it’s Super Bowl LV. No, it’s not in Las Vegas, and what fun would that be during a global pandemic? Honestly, still probably pretty fun. Maybe not that safe, though. Regardless, you’re here to know what that […]

Let’s get it out of the way: There’s nothing complicated about the Superb Owl meme that takes over certain corners of the Internet on Super Bowl Sunday. It may have started as a mistake, although its origins aren’t clear. But it’s obvious how it works — move the ‘b’ that starts ‘bowl’ to the end of ‘super.’ What’s that form? […]

For the 10th time in the past 20 seasons, the hype train steaming toward Super Bowl Sunday is loaded with Tom Brady stories. At this point, most Americans are intimately familiar with the "GOAT," whether they're aware of his numerous rings, passing records, rags-to-riches NFL arc, social media presence, dietary preferences, occasional scandals or supermodel wife Gisele Bündchen. Brady himself still […]

DURHAM, N.C. — Duke and North Carolina.  There's really no further explanation needed. It's the greatest rivalry in college basketball and maybe all of sports, but Saturday's game at Cameron Indoor Stadium — the 253rd meeting in the series — lacks its usual Super Bowl-like hype with each team struggling to build a case for an NCAA tournament bid.  Yet somehow, that makes […]

If you’ve just joined the cord-cutting craze, don’t be afraid: The Super Bowl is still available to you in a number of ways. Super Bowl 55 kicks off on Feb. 7, pitting the Chiefs against the Buccaneers. Patrick Mahomes will look to repeat as a champ while Tom Brady chases his seventh ring, and you won’t want to miss out. Thankfully, […]

It sure pays, being a world-class athlete. Just ask Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Mahomes signed a gargantuan 10-year (!) extension with the Chiefs in July 2020, just the fourth year of his rookie contract. If he meets all the incentives of that deal, then it will net him roughly $503 million — the richest contract in American sports history and […]

As it pertains to overcoming the legendary superpowers of one Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr., the Kansas City Chiefs have a not-so-secret superweapon – but it's not the guy with the frohawk and frog in his throat wearing the red No. 15 jersey. No, it's the pleasant 61-year-old with the Boston accent who's often been able to make football wicked hahd for Brady. […]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers running backs coach Todd McNair, whose career as a college coach was derailed by his alleged role in the Reggie Bush scandal at Southern Cal, will get a new trial in his defamation lawsuit against the NCAA.  In a decision released Friday, the California 2nd District Court of Appeal sided with a previous ruling granting McNair a […]