The Sanders family is in the football limelight, and for very good reason.
Shedeur Sanders may very well be the first selection in this year's NFL Draft just as his father, Deion, has put the Colorado football program on the map as the team's head coach.
After a successful season, Deion's name has been floated around the NFL rumor mill, perhaps not coincidentally, as his son will go pro in about three months.
Shedeur's brother, Shilo, isn't as highly touted as the others in his family, but he was still at the Senior Bowl this week to give scouts another look.
Well, the practices didn't go great for him, as several video clips of him getting beat went viral.
Shilo was asked about those videos, and then he compared himself to President Donald Trump.
"If you just hate me, or you want to hate me . . . paint me in a bad picture, they do that to our President, they do that to everybody, you know. So I’m not going to be safe from it," Sanders said. "But it does get aggravating whenever you’re putting in work, and you’re working on your craft and people are just steadily destroying you."
"I just care about what the scouts think, I care about what Coach Prime thinks and my family thinks," he added. "And I’ve got a good circle around me, so I really don’t let that stuff affect me. It’s just really stupid, though, how people always just try to destroy you, and I don’t do nothing bad to nobody."
The actual Senior Bowl itself was a better showing for Shilo. Although his West team lost, 25-0, he finished with five tackles and a pass breakup.
Shilo joined the Buffaloes along with his father and brother, who left Jackson State at the end of the 2022 season to head to Boulder. Shilo played in 10 games this past season, recording 67 tackles as a corner, the same position his father played during his Hall of Fame career.
Jason and Kylie Kelce are torn about whom to root for in Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.
On one hand, they have a family member, star tight end Travis Kelce, playing for the Chiefs.
On the other hand, Jason played 13 seasons for the Eagles and is still close to several people in the organization. Kylie is a die-hard Eagles fan who also has many friends in the organization.
So, whom to root for? Your brother/brother-in-law or your hometown team with some people you consider extended family.
"Here’s the biggest thing. Obviously, you’re my brother. I’ll always root for my brother. That’s the reality of it alright, even though I’m decked out in Eagles gear I’m always going to root for Travis," Jason said during a recent episode of "New Heights."
"Take that, Philly," Travis said while laughing.
"But, there’s a lot of people in the Philadelphia organization, whether it’s players, coaches, people in the building, that feel like extended family to me. Especially my former linemen, like Lane Johnson, feels like a brother in a lot of ways, and I’m rooting for those guys, too," Jason said.
"I’m rooting for Philadelphia, and I’m rooting for Travis Kelce. That’s the reality of it. No matter what, on gameday I’m going to be happy for one of those sides, and I’m going to be sad for the other side."
What makes it difficult for Jason is that he still feels so close to the organization.
"It’s similar to the last time we played. I mean maybe a little bit less intense, because I’m not playing now, but I think it’s going to be very, very similar, I really do. I live in Philadelphia, I still go to the facilities on a very regular basis, I still feel like I am a Philadelphia Eagle and that I’m a part of all of these people that root and cheer on our team," Jason said.
"I would be lying if I said I don’t want the Eagles to win. You know what I mean? I want them, too, but I also want Travis Kelce to win. So that’s a longwinded way of saying I just want to see a good football game, and whoever wins I’m going to be happy for that guy."
As for Kylie, she is very happy about Travis’ success.
"I am so happy and proud of Travis and the Chiefs’ accomplishments. I think that the opportunity to play for such a historic milestone is incredible to be able to potentially witness, and I think that Travis has been there for his entire career. He has worked so hard and put in so much time that I am truly, as always, cheering Travis on. And I love him, he’s my family, so I will always cheer on Travis’s accomplishments and hopefully success," Kylie said during a recent episode of "Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce."
Despite being proud of Travis, that doesn’t mean Kylie is rooting for the Chiefs.
"That being said, I was raised to bleed green. I have friends who are still associated with the team, I have a close relationship with a lot of people in the Eagles organization. I get to live in the Philadelphia community, so I will also be cheering for the success of those people," Kylie said.
Kylie can’t even bring herself to say her customary ‘Go Chiefs’ when interacting with Chiefs fans, due to the upcoming Super Bowl.
"That any other week when I see Chiefs fans, I will tell them, ‘Go Chiefs,’ I will not be saying that for the next two weeks. I can’t bring myself to do it because then it feels as though I’m actively wishing it against, yeah, no. Can’t, ah, this is hard, I don’t like this. I’m not having fun. Like I’m having fun independently. I’m having fun as an Eagles fan, I’m having fun as a Travis fan. It’s hard. It is hard. I don’t like it. I don’t like it, but also, it's very exciting, but I’m mad about it. I feel like I’m having a manic episode," Kylie said.
While Kylie is torn, she said her daughters will be supporting their uncle.
"I will say, we have made moves to get the girls ‘Go Uncle Trav’ shirts, because they love their uncle, and, of course, they love cheering him on, and, to be fair, they love cheering on the birds, too. But he is our family, and I want to make sure that the girls feel included."
The Chiefs take on the Eagles in the Super Bowl on Feb. 9 at 6:30 p.m. ET on FOX, where Jason and Kylie will have mixed emotions, no matter the outcome.
FOX’s Super Bowl coverage begins at 1 p.m. ET. Coverage can also be streamed live on Tubi for the first time ever.
Alydia and Everly Livingston, who were known as the "Ice Skating Sisters," were identified as victims of the deadly plane crash in Washington, D.C., that claimed the lives of 67 people when an American Airlines plane collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night.
Eleven-year-old Alydia and 14-year-old Everly, were killed in the crash along with their parents, Peter and Donna Livingston.
The girls were members of the Washington Figure Skating Club in D.C., which is affiliated with U.S. Figure Skating.
The club released a joint statement with the Skating Club of Northern Virginia after several of the victims were linked to the clubs.
"This heartbreaking accident has shaken the local skating community in Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia — as well as in Boston and across the nation. Our hearts go out to families, friends, and loved ones mourning this unimaginable grief.
"As we continue to process this tragedy, we honor the memories of those who we have lost — their passion for the sport, the friendships they cultivated, and the joy they brought to the ice. Their presence at our rinks and in our community is deeply felt, and their absence is indescribable."
In a tribute posted to The Skating Lesson Facebook page, Alydia was described as having a "vivacious personality" and a true passion for the sport. Her older sister, Everly, was said to be more "shy," but that changed when she was on the ice.
In a final post shared to the girls’ joint Instagram, the sisters posed for a picture at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas, which concluded Sunday. According to a statement from U.S. Figure Skating, several of its members were aboard the American Airlines flight after a development camp held after the championships.
Several victims have been identified in the days since the accident. Officials say 14 of the 67 victims belonged to the skating community.
"You said that if your mortgage was paid off that you would retire, or you won’t work, or you can pick if you want to work still, so your mortgage has been paid," Reese said.
Webb Reese nearly dropped the cake she had been given, in disbelief.
"What?" Webb Reese said, flabbergasted.
"Today, your mortgage has been paid. You ain’t gotta worry about your mortgage no more. And if you want to still work and keep yourself busy, you can keep yourself busy," Reese continued.
The Kansas City Chiefs are pursuing history next weekend when they take on the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX. A victory will make the Chiefs the only NFL team in league history to ever win the coveted Vince Lombardi Trophy in three straight seasons.
However, if that does happen, celebrations involving fans will potentially look different from years past.
Sources told FOX 4 that officials have decided against hosting a public rally following last year’s mass shooting that left one person dead and dozens of others injured when several people opened gunfire at the rally on Feb. 12, 2024.
According to the report, plans include a celebration at Arrowhead Stadium for only players, families and some local and state officials. Players will then move to Crown Center, where they will gather for the parade route – which has been designed to minimize crowd density.
The decision follows a meeting held Thursday which was attended by head of the Kansas City sports commission Kathy Nelson. Fox News Digital contacted Nelson and the Chiefs for comment.
During last year’s Super Bowl where the Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers to become back-to-back champions, a mass shooting erupted at the Chiefs’ rally in downtown Kansas City. The parade drew in an estimated 1 million people.
Police said the shooting happened when one group of people confronted another for staring at them. Officials said 12 people brandished firearms and at least six fired those guns. Prosecutors added that some of the guns recovered from the scene included at least two AR-15-style rifles.
Several individuals were charged.
Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a local radio host and mother of two, was killed in the gunfire. Officials at the time said around two dozen more were injured.
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.
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.
"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."
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.
"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.
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.
"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."
Eli added that he ripped Peyton's favorite underwear in the incident.
Meanwhile, Eli has, on multiple occasions, described the harsh treatment Peyton instilled on him when the two brothers were growing up in Louisiana.
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.
"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.
"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 – 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 was one of the victims killed when an American Airlines plane collided midair with an Army helicopter in Washington, D.C., late Wednesday night.
Natalya Gudin 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.
"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.
What began as a search and rescue effort turned to a recovery operation after officials said they believed there were no survivors.
Among the victims included several members of the figure skating community. 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.
"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 Wednesday’s crash.
"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.
"Kirsanov and the skaters trained at the University’s 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."
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, but Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., later identified them as Sean Kay and Angela Yang.
"I’m devastated to hear the news that at least three Delawareans died during last night’s 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.
"Delaware is a state of neighbors, and tonight we hold all of our neighbors a little closer. My heart goes out to Sasha’s wife Natalia, the University of Delaware Figure Skating Club, and every other Delawarean touched by the three of them."
Kirsanov’s daughter, Nicole, also posted a tribute on social media following the loss of her father.
"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.
Kirsanov was an eight-time national coach and a three-time international junior world coach with nearly a decade of experience.
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 year’s game will be played at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. It's the city's 11th time hosting the Super Bowl.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Super Bowl LIX: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans
Super Bowl LVIII: Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas
Super Bowl LVII: State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
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: Levi’s 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.
The game was not sold out, with more than 32,000 of the stadium's 94,000 seats left empty, according to History.com.
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.
There was also not as much excitement for the Super Bowl in its early years as there is today.
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.
This game was played before the name "Super Bowl" was adopted at the suggestion of late Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt.
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.
The Chiefs were able to score one touchdown that game, and it came in the second quarter on a pass to Curtis McClinton.
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.
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.
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.
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, Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, Coldplay, Justin Timberlake, Maroon 5 and Shakira.
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.
"I’d 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 he’s a part of it. I’d 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 team’s 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 of Wednesday night's crash 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 — you have to be the highest intellect — 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.
Toward the end of his 13-year career in the NFL, Brandon Marshall found himself in East Rutherford, New Jersey, playing for the New York Giants.
"I think it’s one of the dopest brands in all of sports. I love what they stand for," Marshall, who played his 2017 season with the Giants, told Fox News Digital.
While the Giants are rooted in tradition and respect, winning has been hard to come by in recent seasons. Marshall knows about that, having gone 3-13 with the team one year after they reached the playoffs.
But the 2024 season not only had a 3-14 finish, it saw an ex-franchise cornerstone piece light it up with a rival elsewhere.
And Saquon Barkley, starring now for the Philadelphia Eagles, is heading to Super Bowl LIX.
Owner John Mara was seen on HBO's "Hard Knocks" telling general manager Joe Schoen that he would have trouble sleeping if Barkley ended up with the Eagles. Schoen believed Eagles general Howie Roseman was out on Barkley, but boy, did he turn out to be wrong.
What transpired is arguably the greatest running back season of all time, and NFL fans have been ripping the Giants each week as Barkley seemed to outdo himself with every game that came up next on the schedule.
It's a tough pill to swallow for the Giants and their fan base, but Marshall doesn't want to hear any complaining from anyone on New York's side.
"It’s what comes with it. This is the big leagues," he said. "The Tisch [and Mara] family has been phenomenal to me. … I do think that they can embrace a little change and get with the times a little bit in some areas. But I’m a big fan of the Giants.
"With that being said, no, this is absolutely what comes with it. You had a generational talent in your building, and you knew it. It’s why you drafted him."
Marshall flashed back to former general manager Dave Gettleman, who owned the No. 2 pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, saying that you choose a player that high who has an opportunity to reach the Hall of Fame.
Barkley showcased that ability in six seasons with the Giants, especially in 2022, when his efforts to set the tone in the backfield helped break the team's playoff drought. But just one season with the Eagles shows what Barkley can do behind one of the best offensive lines in the sport.
That was on full display this past Sunday as Barkley rushed for three touchdowns in the 55-23 rout of the Washington Commanders to head to his first Super Bowl. It led Dallas Cowboys great Dez Bryant to join the trolls on social media, which ultimately led to current Giants defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux getting into a heated argument with him.
Thibodeaux might be defending his team, but it goes back to Marshall's point: When you allow a generational talent to walk, expect the consequences.
"It’s unfortunate that they weren’t able to surround Saquon with the right offensive line, with the right coordinators, with the right receivers," Marshall explained. "You insert [head coach] Brian Daboll, who I love to death, but it was way too late. Then, the whole market around the running back shifted. Now, you have Saquon Barkley and King [Derrick] Henry redefining how we should look at the running back position, how we should look at the run game. It’s extremely important."
Barkley is on the cusp of history as he appears destined to break the NFL record for most rushing yards in a season, including the playoffs, which Hall of Famer Terrell Davis currently owns with 2,476 yards. Barkley has 2,447 after his 118 yards on Sunday.
If the Eagles win the Super Bowl, like Davis' Denver Broncos did in 1998, Barkley would cap a historic season, something the Giants hoped he could produce with them.
Instead, they have to continue looking on from further north on I-95. And what's worse? This is only the first year on Barkley's three-year Eagles contract.
The only way for the Giants to change the narrative is to build the right roster to compete with Barkley and the Eagles. Until then, the shots taken by football fans will continue to fly.
The plane crash near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night struck the sports world when it was revealed that members of the figure skating community were among those on the American Airlines flight.
Six members of the Skating Club of Boston were aboard Flight 5342, and U.S. Figure Skating said in a statement that "several members of our skating community" were on the plane.
The commercial jet collided with an Army helicopter, resulting in the presumed deaths of all 67 people on board the two aircraft combined.
After hearing that the flight carried athletes, potentially those with Olympic dreams, gold medal shot putter Ryan Crouser said the news hit closer to home.
"It's really difficult to kind of process. As an athlete you spend a lot of time traveling and getting on planes," Crouser said in a recent interview with Fox News Digital. "It’s a really difficult time, I think, right now just as a country, and as an athlete as well, just thinking about, ‘Shoot, that could have been me.’"
"My heart goes out to the families, and if nothing else, just to be thankful for every day. You have so many great opportunities ahead of you, but you don't know when that can be taken away, and in a crazy accident like that, definitely a tough time, and my heart goes out to the families."
First responders switched to recovery efforts on the Potomac River after it was believed that there were no survivors. There were 60 passengers and four crew members aboard the American Airlines flight and three soldiers aboard the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.
Two former Olympians, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, were also believed to be among the victims of the crash, the Kremlin confirmed.
Fox News' Paulina Dedaj and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
The Chiefs are in their third consecutive Super Bowl, and it's fair to say they got some benefit from the officiating in the AFC title game against the Buffalo Bills.
A pivotal 4th-and-1 rush by Bills quarterback Josh Allen was ruled short (it could be argued the Bills crossed the marker on third down). The Chiefs responded by scoring a touchdown on the next drive. And while the Bills did tie it up, the field was clearly tilted afterward.
This version of the Chiefs is being talked about like Gronk's New England Patriots used to be talked about: favoritism from the refs but still difficult to beat. Gronk joked in a recent interview with Fox News Digital that even his quarterback Tom Brady got the favor of the whistle.
"It was Tom, but he deserved it at the time. He was an 18-year vet, and he took his punishment as a young buck during his first eight years in the league. Oh my lord, he used to get lit up. It was understandable he got calls," Gronk said.
And perhaps the Chiefs have gotten that same benefit, Gronkowski added, saying the refs are "definitely … more lenient" toward the Chiefs.
"It’s been shown throughout the regular season and extending into the playoffs," Gronk quipped.
He later added, "I just feel like there’s something, like, maybe give them an extra call or two. Don’t make it too obvious, but make it a little obvious."
Gronkowski will get to see firsthand how much the refs actually favor the Chiefs, if at all, as he'll be in New Orleans on behalf of Bounty to clean up the mess that comes with dirty eating during Super Bowl Sunday.
"You can't have football without wings, there's no doubt about that. But you can't have wings without Bounty," Gronk said ahead of his trip to Bourbon Street, where there will be food aplenty.
His wingman, Saints legend Drew Brees, will try to show him the best wings in town, but he doesn't think anything will beat his hometown Buffalo wings, similar to the Chiefs.
Gronkowski added that even though the Chiefs may have some help from the zebras, it's "no excuse" for the Bills or anyone to fall short when they have their chances.
"You have opportunities to beat them, you got to overcome all situations, and the Buffalo Bills need to make championship plays in championship moments, and they didn’t come through. You got to make plays in order to beat the Chiefs, and you can’t blame it on the refs," Gronk continued.
"It doesn’t matter, you still got to beat the Chiefs, and you still got to come through with big plays at the end of the game in order to beat them, and no team has done that yet."
Gronk won four Super Bowls in his career, but with a Kansas City win on Feb. 9, this era of Chiefs will have matched him.
An American Airlines flight that collided with a U.S. Army helicopter resulting in one of the most devastating airline disasters in decades hearkened back to two tragedies.
On Wednesday night, several members associated with U.S. Figure Skating and their families were on the aircraft that collided with the helicopter. At least six had ties to the Skating Club of Boston, located in Norwood, Massachusetts.
The figure skating community has felt the effects of an airline tragedy in the past.
Eighteen members of the U.S. figure skating team were killed in a plane crash in Berg-Kampenhout, Belgium on their way to Prague for the World Figure Skating Championships. Laurence Owen and Steffi Westerfield were among those killed in the crash. They were considered to be rising stars in the sport and were preparing for an Olympic bid.
There were 73 people aboard Sabena Flight 548. The New York Daily News reported, citing investigators, that it was likely the jet’s stabilizers that caused the incident.
"U.S. Figure Skating can confirm that several members of our skating community were sadly aboard American Airlines Flight 5342, which collided with a helicopter yesterday evening in Washington, D.C," U.S. Figure Skating said in a statement on Thursday. "These athletes, coaches, and family members were returning home from the National Development Camp held in conjunction with the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas.
"We are devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and hold the victims’ families closely in our hearts. We will continue to monitor the situation and will release more information as it becomes available."
"It was truly an honor to have future Olympians and those who are at the highest competition level of figure skating, right here in our capital," she said.
"We were so excited to have the opportunity to host the national championship, and even yesterday I had folks tell me how wonderful these last few days have been with additional individuals that came into our community, whether to watch or to participate. So, our community was really excited and thankful that everything went well with the championship. And so right now we're just waiting for more information from U.S. Figure Skating that we can release. But right now we're just hoping and praying again."
The city of Wichita was described as a tightknit community, which is also no stranger to tragic aircraft incidents.
Wichita State University’s football team, flying in a Martin 404, crashed in Colorado in 1970, leaving 31 dead. Eight players and the co-pilot survived, according to the Topeka Capital-Journal.
The cause of the crash was determined to be because of pilot error.
"Wichita is located in the heart of our nation, and today we are grieving. I received confirmation this morning that no one survived the crash of American Airlines flight 5342," Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., wrote in a post on Thursday on X.
"This is a sad day for Kansas and our nation. My heart breaks for the lives that were lost and their loved ones who are now learning that their family or friends were on the flight.
"There will be much to learn and do in the coming days in the wake of this tragedy, but today please join me in praying for the victims and their families. May God comfort them and watch over all those who are mourning."
During the latest episode of his podcast, three-time NBA champion Dwyane Wade revealed some details about a health scare he faced more than a year ago.
Wade underwent surgery in December 2023 that removed 40% of a kidney. The surgery was followed by what Wade described as a "shocking" cancer diagnosis.
A full body scan confirmed the presence of a "cyst/tumor" on one of Wade's kidneys.
"And the doctor was like, ‘You need to have kidney surgery,’" the 43-year-old retired basketball star noted on Thursday's edition of "The Why with Dwyane Wade" podcast.
Wade admitted he largely avoided seeing a doctor over the years for a physical, but he eventually made an appointment once he began experiencing stomach issues, cramps and trouble urinating.
"On the process of checking, like, 'Why is my [urine] coming out slow, why is my stream ain’t powerful? Why is it a little weak?’ " Wade recalled. After removing a considerable portion of his left kidney, doctors concluded the tumor was cancerous, Wade said.
Wade said the health scare left him weakened.
"I think it was the first time my family, my dad, my kids, they saw me weak," he said. "That moment was probably the weakest point I've ever felt in my life. ... I was struggling, dog. Struggling.
"And one thing you never want to do as a man is you never want your family to see you as weak. You don't want to be perceived weak, and you don't want to be seen in your weak moments. But I had to."
Wade's father, Dwyane Wade Sr., also had a battle with prostate cancer. The former Miami Heat star said experiencing the health scare helped him realize the importance of family.
"What I saw in the midst of me going through my illness, I saw my family that may not always talk, may not always agree. I saw everybody show up for me and be there for me and in that process, in my weakness, I found strength in my family."
Wade retired from the NBA after the 2018-19 season. He is the Heat's all-time leader in points, assists and steals. He was named the NBA Finals MVP in 2006.
He bought an ownership stake in the Utah Jazz in 2021. Wade also joined the Chicago Sky ownership group in 2023 when he became one of the WNBA franchise's minority investors.
Emotions were running high at The Skating Club of Boston Thursday after six people with ties to the organization died in a plane crash near Reagan International Airport Wednesday night.
Among those who spoke were Olympic silver medalist Nancy Kerrigan, who couldn’t hold back tears while talking about the crash.
President Donald Trump said there were no survivors after an American Airlines jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter.
The plane was carrying 64 people, among them teenage skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane, their mothers Jin Han and Christine Lane and their coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov.
Three members of The Skating Club of Boston — Misha Mitrofanov, Jimmy Ma and Alisa Efimova — also spoke of their peers, who they say were the next generation of hopeful U.S. Olympians.
"The potential that they showed on the ice and the capabilities they had at such a young age showed that they had promise for the future of this sport," Mitrofanov, whose partner is Efimova, told reporters Thursday.
Mitrofanov and Efimova had just won the 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas, in the pairs discipline. That’s where the American Airlines flight was coming from. Han and Lane were returning from a developmental camp over the weekend.
"The camp basically brings them in for the championships so that they can watch, for example, Jimmy, or at least an ice skate at a championship level," Mitrofanov said. "Afterwards, they are part of a fairly strict routine. ... Lot of training, lots of drills and exercises that the U.S. Figure Skating wants to see."
Han, 13, and Lane, 16, were chosen for the developmental camp because of the promise they showed, and Ma was blunt about just how promising these two skaters were.
"Absolutely phenomenal," Ma said. "If I was their age back when I was their age, they would blow me out of the water. Even Jinna, at 13 years old, I couldn’t do anything. She was already 10 times better than me at such a young age.
"They showed championship-level skating. It would take time for them to develop to maximize their full potential. But the amount they were able to achieve in such a short amount of time was absolutely remarkable."
Efimova said the campers were spotted in the crowd in the red jackets they would wear, and as she worked along with Mitrofanov to win in pairs, she used their cheering as motivation.
"They all have these red jackets, so you can really, really identify this community during the competition, which helps me personally a lot to bring a lot of joy into skating," Efimova said.
Ma also pointed out how great Shishkova and Naumov, winners at the 1994 world championships in pairs while competing in two Olympic Games, were as coaches.
"Their meticulousness in developing young skaters is almost unparalleled," Ma explained. "You could tell by their son, Max, who I consider not just a friend, but a fierce competitor. I look at him every day, I’m like, ‘Damn, I got to do better.’ That was all them."
The Skating Club of Boston wasn’t the only figure skating community that was hit by this. The Philadelphia Skating Club & Humane Society posted on social media that "beloved members" of its team were on the flight. Skating coach Alexandr Kirsanov and two of his youth skaters were also aboard the fight, according to Kirsanov’s wife, per ABC News.
"U.S. Figure Skating can confirm that several members of our skating community were sadly aboard American Airlines Flight 5342, which collided with a helicopter yesterday evening in Washington, D.C.," U.S. Figure Skating said in a statement. "We are devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and hold the victims' families closely in our hearts."
As the figure skating world and others affected by the crash mourn the losses of loved ones, Mitrofanov said skaters will continue to train and compete with their "family" in mind.
"Watching these kids skate and watching their fire and love for the sport, that’s what helped us to, honestly, continue training," Mitrofanov said. "Watching these kids develop helps us want to push ourselves as well. It’s a two-way street that they look up to us, but we also look up to them."
Connecticut Sun player DiJonai Carrington incited fierce backlash by wearing an anti-Trump shirt last weekend, and now she's taking that message even further.
During a press conference before an "Unrivaled" league game Thursday, Carrington declared it's time for WNBA players to "take action" in response to President Donald Trump's policies.
"We see that some of the policies are already going into action, and, of course, that means that as the WNBA and being at the forefront of a lot of these movements, it's time for us to also take action," Carrington said.
"It definitely needs to happen as women, women's rights being taken away, like, now, LGBTQ rights being taken away now. They haven't happened yet, but definitely in the works."
Carrington wore a shirt that said, "The F--- Donald Trump Tour" Friday while walking into Wayfair Arena in Miami, Florida.
The player is most known for her interactions with women's basketball phenom Caitlin Clark during Clark's rookie WNBA season in 2024.
Carrington gave Clark a black eye after poking her during a game between Clark's Indiana Fever and Carrington's Connecticut Sun in the first round of the playoffs in September. Carrington laughed with Fever teammate Marina Mabrey after the incident.
Carrington has said she didn't intentionally poke Clark in the eye and that she wasn't laughing about the incident. However, she made light of the controversy over Clark's black eye in an Instagram Live video in October.
In the video, Carrington and her girlfriend, NaLyssa Smith, who plays on the Indiana Fever with Clark, were in their kitchen when Smith poked Carrington in the eye.
"Ow, you poked me in the eye," Carrington said. Smith apologized, and the two laughed.
"Did you do it on purpose?" Carrington asked.
Carrington provoked Clark fans prior to the eye-poking incident with multiple statements berating Clark and her fan base.
During a game in June, Carrington fouled Clark after Clark received an inbound pass from teammate Kristy Wallace. Clark caught the pass and started toward the basket. Carrington was late getting to Clark due to a screen by Aliyah Boston, and she bumped into Clark.
Later that month, Carrington posted on X, saying Clark should do more to speak out about people using her name for "racism" and other forms of prejudice. She also called the Fever fans the "nastiest" in the league.
The Washington Wizards held a moment of silence Thursday for the victims of the deadly crash involving a passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport.
The Wizards hosted the Los Angeles Lakers at the Capital One Arena, and it was the first sporting event in D.C. since Wednesday night's crash.
The Wizards had a message on their jumbotron before the game began.
"We are deeply saddened by the tragedy near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport last night," the statement said. "We extend our thoughts and prayers to those families, loved ones, and all those impacted.
"And we thank all the first responders for their heroic efforts across this massive coordinated effort."
An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter, which was carrying three soldiers. All airline passengers and soldiers were presumed dead.
At least 14 members of the figure skating community were on board the plane. Six people with ties to the Skating Club of Boston were among them.
The Washington Commanders and Washington Nationals also paid tribute to those who lost their lives and showed their support for the first responders who sprang into action to find any potential survivors and recover bodies from the Potomac River.
During the Philadelphia Eagles’ beatdown of the Washington Commanders in the NFC championship, there was an odd moment at the goal line in the second half when Commanders linebacker Frankie Luvu tried to stop a "tush push" by jumping over the offensive line.
But he was called for encroachment … multiple times.
"Inside the NFL" caught the moment Luvu leaped over the Eagles’ offensive line without the ball being snapped. And, because he did it so many times, referees stepped in.
What was said, though, shocked many people, including Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels.
"Encroachment, defense, No. 4," the referee said. "Washington has been advised that, at some point, the referee can award a score if this type of behavior happens again."
"Award a score? You can give them a touchdown?" Daniels responded on the sideline.
Although it worked out in their favor, the Eagles' defenders watching their offense about to punch in another score never heard of the rule either.
"Next time they do that, they award a score?" Darius Slay asked fellow defensive back Cooper DeJean.
"The refs can give us a touchdown I guess if they do it again or something," DeJean responded.
The obscure rule is found in the NFL Rulebook as Rule 12, Section 3, Article 4.
"PALPABLY UNFAIR ACT: A player or substitute shall not interfere with play by any act which is palpably unfair. 51 Rule 12 Penalty: For a palpably unfair act: Offender may be disqualified. The Referee, after consulting the officiating crew, enforces any such distance penalty as they consider equitable and irrespective of any other specified code penalty. The Referee may award a score."
The rule is for obvious unfair situations, and referees felt Luvu consistently jumping the gun on his leap to stop Jalen Hurts and the tush push was too much because the Eagles didn’t snap the ball.
Hurts eventually got into the end zone on a tush push for his third rushing touchdown against the Commanders in the 55-23 rout.
