Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning has the privilege of coming from one of the most respected families in football, but he has also had to pay his dues along the way.Β
The 19-year-old phenom, who is set to finally take over as a starter in the 2025 season, said he has been bullied by his famous uncles, Peyton and Eli, and they have even given him wedgies.Β
"Back in the day, Eli and Peyton used to kind of bully me, so it was good, give wedgies and stuff like that," Arch said during an interview with ESPN on Thursday. "You just gotta make the younger guy tough. My brother and I, we went through it a little bit, it was good."Β
As the nephew of Peyton and Eli, and the son of their brother Cooper, Arch is expected to carry on the famed Manning mantle in the NFL. With that also comes the burden of carrying the Manning family mantle of sibling bullying, including wedgies.
Peyton shared a story of how Eli gave him a wedgie while on a golf trip, during a segment on ESPN's "Manningcast" in December 2022.Β
"I was trying to take a nap, and I was in a corner bed, and he came up behind me, he kind of had me leveraged into the wall, and he gave me a wedgie, he almost went atomic with it," Peyton said.Β
Eli insisted, "it was atomic." An atomic wedgie is classified as one in which a person's underwear is pulled above the victim's head or higher.Β
"I was about to be asleep, I was so angry, basically, because the nap was interrupted, but the atomic wedgie was like an added bonus," Peyton continued. "He was so proud, we almost threw down, but I was in pain and I couldn't fight to well."Β
Eli added that he ripped Peyton's favorite underwear in the incident.Β
Meanwhile, Eli has, on multiple occasions, described the harsh treatment Peyton instilled on him when the two brothers were growing up in Louisiana.Β
Prior to playing in Super Bowl XLVI in early 2012, Eli shared the story of how Peyton would pin him to the floor and give him intense football trivia challenges.Β
"I probably have quite a few of them, but to limit it to one -- his most popular move, he would pin me down and take his knuckles and knock on my chest and make me name the 12 schools in the SEC (Southeastern Conference). I didn't know them all at the time, but I quickly learned them. It was a great learning technique. I don't suggest anyone else try it out, but it definitely made me learn the schools of the SEC," Eli told reporters.Β
"Once I figured those out, he moved on. There were 28 teams in the NFL at that point, so all teams in the NFL. I had to get my studying on for that. Then once I figured that out β the one I never got was the 10 brands of cigarettes. When he really wanted to torture me and knew I had no shot of ever getting it, that's when I just started screaming for my mom or dad to come save me, or maybe Cooper. That was his go-to move."
The wife of a Delaware skating coach says she has "lost everything" after learning that her husband wasΒ one of the victims killed when an American Airlines plane collided midair with an Army helicopter in Washington, D.C., late Wednesday night.Β
Natalya GudinΒ told WPVI that she and her husband, Alexandr "Sasha" Kirsanov, were both skating coaches in Delaware. She recalled the now heartbreaking decision that she and her husband made that Kirsanov would travel to Wichita, Kansas, for a development camp.Β
"We are husband and wife," she told the station. "We decided who's going, who's staying home," she said. "We decided he would go to the development camp."
Kirsanov, 46, was one of 67 people killed when American Airlines Flight 5342 and a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter collided near Reagan Washington National Airport at around 9 p.m. local time.Β
What began as a search and rescue effort turned to a recovery operation after officials said they believed there were no survivors.Β
Among the victims included several members of the figure skating community.Β U.S. Figure Skating released a statement confirming that the victims were returning home from a development camp being held after the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, which concluded on Sunday.Β
"I lost everything. I lost my husband. I lost my students. I lost my friends," Gudin told the station.
University of Delaware President Dennis Assanis released a statement Thursday confirming that Kirsanov, a former figure skating coach with the university, was one of the victims in Wednesdayβs crash.Β
"I am incredibly saddened to share the news that several members of the figure skating community connected to the University of Delaware were among those who tragically lost their lives in an aircraft collision last night in Washington, DC," his statement read.Β
"Kirsanov and the skaters trained at the Universityβs High Performance Training Center, which uses UD ice rink facilities and has been the training home for many years of multiple world-class skating champions and competitors. The figure skating community is tight-knit, and many of our students and coaches have trained and competed alongside those who were lost."Β
Assanis also confirmed that Kirsanov was with "two young skaters" on the flight. He identified them only as members of the UD Figure Skating Club, butΒ Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., later identified them as Sean Kay and Angela Yang.Β
"Iβm devastated to hear the news that at least three Delawareans died during last nightβs air collision. Sasha Kirsanov, Sean Kay, and Angela Yang went to Wichita to pursue their passion for figure skating. It is a tragedy that none of them returned home to our state," his post on X read.Β
"Delaware is a state of neighbors, and tonight we hold all of our neighbors a little closer. My heart goes out to Sashaβs wife Natalia, the University of Delaware Figure Skating Club, and every other Delawarean touched by the three of them."Β
Kirsanovβs daughter, Nicole, also posted a tribute on social media following the loss of her father.Β
"I miss you Dad, I would do anything to bring you back and tell you that I loved you one more time," she wrote in a post on Instagram.Β
Kirsanov was an eight-time national coach and a three-time international junior world coach with nearly a decade of experience.Β
Super Bowl LIX will be played on Feb. 9 when the Philadelphia Eagles take on the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Eagles are looking for their second title and a chance to avenge their loss to the Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII.
The Chiefs are going for a chance at history as they seek to become the first team to win three consecutive Super Bowls, which would be their fifth title overall.
This yearβs game will be played at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. It's the city's 11th time hosting the Super Bowl.Β
Before the game on Feb. 9, read below for a little history of the Super Bowl.
The New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers are tied for the most Super Bowl wins with six titles each. Following close behind are the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys with five titles each.
There are a dozen teams that are still seeking their first Super Bowl win. Those teams are the Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota Vikings and Tennessee Titans.
Of those teams, the Browns, Lions, Texans and Jaguars have never appeared in the championship game.
Patriots (6)
Steelers (6)
Cowboys (5)
49ers (5)
Giants (4)
Packers (4)
Chiefs (4)
Broncos (3)
Commanders/WFT/Redskins (3)
Raiders (3)
Buccaneers (2)
Colts (2)
Dolphins (2)
Ravens (2)
Rams (2)
Bears (1)
Saints (1)
Jets (1)
Seahawks (1)
Eagles (1)
Since Super Bowl I, teams have battled it out for the championship title. Certain games, like the one played between the Chiefs and Eagles in Super Bowl LVII, ended with a close score. Others saw a much larger gap, like Super Bowl XXIV, where the 49ers defeated the Broncos, 55-10.
There are six players who have earned multiple Super Bowl MVPs. Of those six players, Patrick Mahomes is the only one to still be an active player in the league as quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Tom Brady (5)
Joe Montana (3)
Patrick Mahomes (3)
Bart Starr (2)
Eli Manning (2)
Terry Bradshaw (2)
The person named Super Bowl MVP is chosen by a combination of fan vote and a panel of 16 football writers and broadcasters.Β
The panel of 16 holds the majority of weight in the decision, with their ballots counting for 80% of the vote and the fan vote accounting for the remaining 20%. Electronic votes from fans have been part of the decision since 2001.Β
The MVP often goes to a quarterback, but the award has been given to those in other positions.
Super Bowl LIX: TBD
Super Bowl LVIII: Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs
Super Bowl LVII: Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs
Super Bowl LVI: Cooper Kupp, Rams
Super Bowl LV: Tom Brady, Buccaneers
Super Bowl LIV: Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs
Super Bowl LIII: Julian Edelman, Patriots
Super Bowl LII: Nick Foles, Eagles
Super Bowl LI: Tom Brady, Patriots
Super Bowl 50: Von Miller, Broncos
Super Bowl XLIX Tom Brady, Patriots
Super Bowl XLVIII: Malcolm Smith, Seahawks
Super Bowl XLVII: Joe Flacco, Ravens
Super Bowl XLVI: Eli Manning, Giants
Super Bowl XLV: Aaron Rodgers, Packers
Super Bowl XLIV: Drew Brees, Saints
Super Bowl XLIII: Santonio Holmes, Steelers
Super Bowl XLII: Eli Manning, Giants
Super Bowl XLI: Peyton Manning, Colts
Super Bowl XL: Hines Ward, Steelers
Super Bowl XXXIX: Deion Branch, Patriots
Super Bowl XXXVIII: Tom Brady, Patriots
Super Bowl XXXVII: Dexter Jackson, Buccaneers
Super Bowl XXXVI: Tom Brady, Patriots
Super Bowl XXXV: Ray Lewis, Ravens
Super Bowl XXXIV: Kurt Warner, Rams
Super Bowl XXXIII: John Elway, Broncos
Super Bowl XXXII: Terrell Davis, Broncos
Super Bowl XXXI: Desmond Howard, Packers
Super Bowl XXX: Larry Brown, Cowboys
Super Bowl XXIX: Steve Young, 49ers
Super Bowl XXVIII: Emmitt Smith, Cowboys
Super Bowl XXVII: Troy Aikman, Cowboys
Super Bowl XXVI: Mark Rypien, Redskins
Super Bowl XXV: Ottis Anderson, Giants
Super Bowl XXIV: Joe Montana, 49ers
Super Bowl XXIII: Jerry Rice, 49ers
Super Bowl XXII: Doug Williams, Redskins
Super Bowl XXI: Phil Simms, Giants
Super Bowl XX: Richard Dent, Bears
Super Bowl XIX: Joe Montana, 49ers
Super Bowl XVIII: Marcus Allen, Raiders
Super Bowl XVII: John Riggins, Redskins
Super Bowl XVI: Joe Montana, 49ers
Super Bowl XV: Jim Plunkett, Raiders
Super Bowl XIV: Terry Bradshaw, Steelers
Super Bowl XIII: Terry Bradshaw, Steelers
Super Bowl XII: Randy White & Harvey Martin, Cowboys
Super Bowl XI: Fred Biletnikoff, Raiders
Super Bowl X: Lynn Swann, Steelers
Super Bowl IX: Franco Harris, Steelers
Super Bowl VIII: Larry Csonka, Dolphins
Super Bowl VII: Jake Scott, Dolphins
Super Bowl VI: Roger Staubach, Cowboys
Super Bowl V: Chuck Howley, Cowboys
Super Bowl IV: Len Dawson, Chiefs
Super Bowl III: Joe Namath, Jets
Super Bowl II: Bart Starr, Packers
Super Bowl I: Bart Starr, Packers
The very first Super Bowl was held at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, where the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs.Β
Since then, the big game has been played in many different cities across the country. Super Bowl LIX marks the 11th time New Orleans will host the championship game.Β
Super Bowl LIX: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans
Super Bowl LVIII: Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas
Super Bowl LVII: State Farm Stadium, Glendale, ArizonaΒ
Super Bowl LVI: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
Super Bowl LV: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Super Bowl LIV: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
Super Bowl LIII: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
Super Bowl LII: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis
Super Bowl LI: NRG Stadium, Houston
Super Bowl 50: Leviβs Stadium, Santa Clara, California
Super Bowl XLIX: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
Super Bowl XLVIII: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Super Bowl XLVII: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans
Super Bowl XLVI: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis
Super Bowl XLV: Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas
Super Bowl XLIV: Sun Life Stadium, Miami
Super Bowl XLIII: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Super Bowl XLII: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
Super Bowl XLI: Dolphin Stadium, Miami
Super Bowl XL: Ford Field, Detroit
Super Bowl XXXIX: Alltel Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida
Super Bowl XXXVIII: Reliant Stadium, Houston
Super Bowl XXXVII: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego
Super Bowl XXXVI: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans
Super Bowl XXXV: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Super Bowl XXXIV: Georgia Dome, Atlanta
Super Bowl XXXIII: Pro Player Stadium, Miami
Super Bowl XXXII: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego
Super Bowl XXXI: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans
Super Bowl XXX: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona
Super Bowl XXIX: Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami
Super Bowl XXVIII: Georgia Dome, Atlanta
Super Bowl XXVII: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Super Bowl XXVI: Metrodome, Minneapolis
Super Bowl XXV: Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Super Bowl XXIV: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans
Super Bowl XXIII: Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami
Super Bowl XXII: Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego
Super Bowl XXI: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Super Bowl XX: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans
Super Bowl XIX: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California
Super Bowl XVIII: Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Super Bowl XVII: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Super Bowl XVI: Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan
Super Bowl LIX is Sunday, Feb. 9, at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans and features the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. Teams will once again compete for the championship title and the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
The Super Bowl has evolved into one of the most-televised programs in history. Thousands of fans shell out an excessive amount of money to travel and attend Super Bowl games, which are sold out each year. Some fans have even attended every Super Bowl game in history thus far.
The multimillion-dollar game has been a widely anticipated yearly event for decades. However, this wasn't always the case.
The very first Super Bowl, Super Bowl I, was originally known as the AFL-NFL World Championship Game, and it occurred in 1967. The crowd was less-than-sold-out and some tickets were sold for a measly $12. Nevertheless, it was the start to a lengthy history of nail-biting games, monumental sporting moments and legendary halftime performances.
The first Super Bowl was not as crowded as you may think.Β
The game was not sold out, with more than 32,000 of the stadium's 94,000 seats left empty, according to History.com.Β
A $12 ticket seems unimaginably low now as people dish out thousands to catch the championship game, but in the '60s, many complained about the high ticket prices.Β
There was also not as much excitement for the Super Bowl in its early years as there is today.Β
The first-ever Super Bowl was played by the Green Bay Packers, the National Football League champion, and the Kansas City Chiefs, the American Football League champion.Β
This game was played before the name "Super Bowl" was adopted at the suggestion of late Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt.Β
Super Bowl I remains the only Super Bowl broadcast by two different networks. NBC, the official broadcaster of the AFL, and CBS, which broadcast NFL games, both televised the event.
The score was tight at halftime of the first Super Bowl with the Packers holding a 14-10 lead over the Chiefs.Β
The Chiefs were able to score one touchdown that game, and it came in the second quarter on a pass to Curtis McClinton.Β
After halftime, Green Bay built its lead and won 35-10.
The quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs during Super Bowl I was Len Dawson. A legendary photograph of Dawson during halftime of that first Super Bowl shows him smoking a cigarette in the Kansas City Chiefs' locker room.Β
Although Dawson lost the first Super Bowl, he won a Super Bowl win with the Chiefs in Super Bowl IV, where they defeated the Minnesota Vikings, 23-7.Β
Dawson's many awards during his time in the NFL included the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987. Dawson died on Aug. 24, 2022 at age 87.
The University of Arizona Marching Band and the Grambling State University Marching Band were among the performers at the Super Bowl halftime show. The Anaheim High School Ana-Hi-Steppers Drill Team and flag girls also performed.Β
Since that first game, the Super Bowl halftime show has become an enormous production in which many legendary performances have taken place. Past performers have included Madonna, BeyonceΜ, Bruno Mars, Coldplay, Justin Timberlake, Maroon 5 and Shakira.Β
The Champions League playoff round has given us some tasty ties, including a meeting of the past two winners, Real Madrid and Man City. Here are our picks to advance to the round of 16.
Aaron Rodgers' future is in limbo, but the second half of his 2024 campaign may just keep him around.
The New York Jets arguably had their most disappointing season in franchise history, as they were just 5-12 despite playoff expectations and Super Bowl hopes.
Rodgers missed just about the entire 2023 season after rupturing his Achilles on just his fourth snap as a Jet. This season, he sure looked like a 40-year-old quarterback coming off a major injury.
At times, however, mostly in the second half, he turned back the clock, and Clay Matthews, who won Super Bowl XLV with Rodgers, thinks Rodgers can create some magic with new guys in charge.
"Iβd love to see him come back. I tuned into the Jets more than ever this year to see what he was able to do," Matthews told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "Obviously, there was a lot of excitement, and with the playmakers they had, the trade for Davante Adams. Being an armchair quarterback, you look at ownership, GM is fired, head coach is fired, but you wonder if heβs a part of it. Iβd love to see him play as a fan.
"He's still got it. Father Time is catching up, but you give him some protection and some playcalling, playmakers around him, I think he can still get it done."
Both Robert Saleh and Joe Douglas were fired midseason, but in Rodgers' final 10 games, he threw for 2,234 yards, 18 touchdowns and four interceptions, and had six games with a passer rating over 100.
New head coach Aaron Glenn said in his introductory press conference that Rodgers will be discussed with new general manager, Darren Mougey. Gang Green has the seventh selection in the draft, so it is not exactly prime time for a quarterback, considering it is considered a weak class.
Former Cleveland Cavaliers star Austin Carr took a swipe at President Donald Trump on Thursday as he congratulated some of the teamβs players for making the All-Star Game.
Carr, who serves as a TV analyst for the team, took his swipe in a post on X.
"Cavs have three all star, congrats, well deserved GO CAVS #ImpeachTrumpNOW" he wrote in the now deleted post.
The 76-year-old known as "Mr. Cavalier" did not specify why he wanted to impeach the president, but later tried to explain what happened in a follow-up post.
Trump addressed reporters from the White House briefing room earlier in the day after nearly 70 people were presumed dead when an American Airlines regional jet collided with a U.S. Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.
He set his sights on DEI standards at the Federal Aviation Administration and highlighted efforts by the Biden administration to lower aviation standards, though he acknowledged that the cause ofΒ Wednesday night's crashΒ has yet to be determined.
"We must have only the highest standards for those who work in our aviation system," Trump said. "Only the highest aptitude β you have to be the highest intellect β and psychologically superior people, were allowed to qualify for air traffic controllers.
"We have to have our smartest people. It doesn't matter what they look like, how they speak, who they are. What matters is intellect, talent. The word 'talent.' They have to be talented geniuses," he continued. "We can't have regular people doing that job. They won't be able to do it."
Trump later attributed the crash to a "confluence of bad decisions that were made."
Fox News' Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.
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