Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen and Jayden Daniels have all opted out.
Jackson's Baltimore Ravens fell to Allen's Buffalo Bills, 27-25, in the divisional round. Allen again lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in the playoffs and is now 0-4 against them in the postseason.
Daniels and the Washington Commanders were walloped by the Philadelphia Eagles, 55-23, in the NFC title game.
New England Patriots rookie Drake Maye is replacing Jackson on the AFC roster, Pittsburgh's Russell Wilson is filling in for Allen and Tampa Bay's Baker Mayfield was selected to fill Daniels' spot.
Bills running back James Cook was named as a replacement for Derrick Henry of the Ravens. Buffalo center Connor McGovern was also tabbed as a replacement.
Jackson and Allen figure to be the top two finishers in the NFL MVP voting. It's likely they'll be in New Orleans next week, but not for the reason they had hoped.
The Pro Bowl Games run Thursday through Sunday in Orlando, Florida, and include skills competitions and a flag football game, replacing a game between the NFC and AFC that had b become practically unwatchable.
San Diego Padres owners Matthew and Robert Seidler, the brother of deceased former owner Peter Seidler, has responded to a lawsuit filed by Peter's widow, Sheel Kamal Seidler, who is suing for ownership of the team.
Matthew and Robert's attorney provided the response to Fox News Digital, and it suggests blame on Sheel's lawsuit for the team' inability to sign Japanese star pitcher Roki Sasaki this offseason. Sasaki signed with the rival Los Angeles Dodgers after reportedly engaging in heavy discussions with the Padres for weeks.
"During a crucial time when Padres management was in late negotiation stages with a star pitcher, Sheel's lawsuit recklessly suggested that Matt and his brothers were plotting to relocate the Padres elsewhere," the response, which was filed in the Texas Probate Court on Monday, read.
Sasaki himself said that one of the reason he chose to sign with the Dodgers was because of the organization's stability, at his introductory press conference last week.
"The No. 1 thing that stood out [about the Dodgers] was the stability of the front office," the pitcher said via a translator.
Sheel filed her lawsuit against her brothers-in-law in early January in attempt to seize control of the team from them for her children.
The widow alleged in her complaint that Peter, before his death, revealed his dying wish was for her to take control of the Padres, followed by their children, and that her children hold the largest stake in ownership. She adds that Peter's two brothers, Matt and Bob, "are trying to erase Peter's vision and legacy, as well as falsely cast themselves as Peter's true heirs."
The suit also alleges that Bob’s wife made multiple "racist, profane and hateful communications directed at Sheel—a woman of Indian descent—in communications."
Matt and Robert's response, they claim that Peter never designated Sheel as the successor to the team during his life.
"Peter could have chosen to (a) give Sheel the right to be, designate, or approve the individual that controls the Padres, (b) give Sheel direct ownership or control over the Trust’s interest in the Padres, (c) give Sheel the right to approve or veto any transactions by the Trustees, or (d) require the Trustee to make any principal distribution that Sheel demands," the response read.
The response claims Peter amended his trust at least seven times after their marriage and never named Sheel a successor trustee in any version and that she was precluded from "ever serving as a successor trustee under any circumstance."
The response also claims that Peter said during his life that he wanted his siblings and niece to take control of the team after his death.
"Peter had numerous conversations with his siblings and others about successor Control Persons and consistently identified five Seidler family members as candidates: Bob, Matt, John, his brother Tom (who has a 30+ year career in baseball, including 12 years with the Padres), and his niece, Monica," it read.
"In none of these conversations did Peter ever suggest or even imply that he wanted Sheel to run the Padres. As Peter told people close to him, he moved his family to Texas in 2021 in significant part because he wanted to ‘take pressure off Sheel and the kids’ and to ‘get Sheel out of the limelight.’ Peter knew all too well the potential effects of media attention, as well as the other pressures, stresses, and demands that come with owning a sports franchise."
Fox News Digital has reached out to Sheel for comment but has not received a response at the time of publication.
Peter died in November 2023 at the age of 63. He had been ill for months, though it has not been disclosed what exactly he’d been dealing with. Seidler is a cancer survivor who had health issues for quite some time.
He said in July 2023 that the Padres would stay within his family for generations after he passed away.
Peter was the founder of Seidler Equity Partners, which was a key piece of the group that purchased the Padres in 2012. Seidler’s uncle, also named Peter, and Ron Fowler were a part of the group, too.
The name of the group derives from Seidler’s grandfather, Walter O’Malley, who owned the Dodgers from 1950, when they first relocated from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, until 1979. Fowler transferred the role of chairman to Seidler in 2020, and then Seidler purchased part of Fowler’s stake in the organization to become the team’s largest stakeholder.
Prior to his death, he dealt out a series of high-cost contracts to superstar players in an effort to compete with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West division and win a World Series.
These contracts include Manny Machado's $350 million deal, Fernando Tatis Jr.'s $340 million deal, Xander Bogaertz $280 million deal, and Yu Darvish's $108 million deal.
The team was never able to reach the World Series, but they did defeat the rival Dodgers in playoff series in 2021 and 2022.
Longtime broadcaster Bill Weber died Dec. 13, and the organization kept his death private until recently.
Weber was 67.
"The National Motorsports Press Association is saddened to learn of the passing of former NASCAR broadcaster and pit reporter Bill Weber," the organization wrote on X.
NASCAR fans were shocked at the news of Weber’s death as it began circulating online.
"Man…this is a sad email to get today from my friends at the @NMPAonline," one X user wrote. "Bill Weber, to me was such an iconic NASCAR voice of my childhood, specifically with his role in what is my all-time favorite NASCAR video game, NASCAR 2005. RIP Bill Weber."
Weber rose through the ranks of NASCAR broadcasting to the point he was the lap-by-lap caller at NBC, beginning in 2004, where he was quickly embraced by the sport's fan base.
Weber was known for some of the most memorable calls in the sport during his time in the booth, including Tony Stewart’s second Cup Series championship in 2005.
He retired in 2009 as a NASCAR broadcaster, though there was no reason disclosed. Weber spent time working as an illusionist after his career in broadcasting.
Ralph Sheheen replaced Weber at NBC.
Weber’s broadcasting career spanned NBC, ESPN and TNT, and he was known as a fan favorite because of his "Ask Bill Weber a Question" online, where fans could ask about anything on or off the track.
The National Motorsports Press Association noted there will be an online memorial for Weber at a later date.
Caitlin Clark, the reigning WNBA Rookie of the Year, shared some details about her experience attending an NFL postseason game with Taylor Swift.
Clark sat beside Swift in a luxury suite at Arrowhead Stadium, the home of the Kansas City Chiefs, Jan. 18. The star duo chatted and hugged at times as the Chiefs took on the Houston Texans.
During a recent appearance on a podcast, Clark confirmed she supports the Chiefs and praised Swift's kindness.
"I'm a huge Chiefs fan, and Taylor is a huge Chiefs fan," Caitlin told the "Swarmcast" podcast. "Taylor is very sweet and very kind, and it's a good reminder that people in our position are very normal. We enjoy watching sports and hanging out with our friends. It puts a great perspective on life."
Since last season, Swift has made frequent appearances at Chiefs games in support of the team and star tight end Travis Kelce.
Clark further raved about her and Swift's shared fondness for the Chiefs.
"It's just cute to see how excited she is for the Chiefs and getting to share that. I was like, ‘Oh my God, she loves this. She loves the Chiefs as much as me, This is incredible,'" Clark said.
Clark said the meeting between the Chiefs and Texans ended up being "a perfect game."
"We had so much fun, and, honestly, it was the perfect game. The Chiefs won. It was close at halftime. Travis scores a huge touchdown for the Chiefs. We ended up winning," the Indiana Fever star added. "There was nothing crazy that happened, and we felt confident as it got to the end. It ended up being a perfect game."
Clark's surprise appearance at the game captured the attention of the sports world. After noticing Clark was attending the game alongside Swift, longtime sports commentator Skip Bayless shared his thoughts on the duo.
Bayless argued Clark did not "need to be seen with her."
Bayless, who hosts a weekly podcast, posted a video to his social media platform as he addressed Clark's decision to attend the game with the music star.
"Can somebody tell me what possessed Caitlin Clark to associate with Taylor Swift?" he asked.
Swift was on hand Sunday to watch the Chiefs defeat the Buffalo Bills in the AFC championship. The Chiefs will take on the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl Feb. 9 in New Orleans.
The brothers each posted a graphic that shows the two of them facing off. They both posted on X, "The moment you've waited a decade for… March 27th on @StreamHBOMax."
However, there has been no official announcement on a fight from Jake's boxing promotion, Most Valuable Promotions. In fact, in a joint Instagram post, MVP was left off as a collaborator, while the brothers and HBO Max were in on the joint post.
It should be noted that Jake's men's care line, W, posted a poll on its Instagram story, asking fans, "Who do you think is winning?" However, one of the answers, in typical Paul-trolling fashion, was "Mike Tyson."
Fox News Digital reached out to MVP for clarification, but did not receive a response.
Logan, the older of the two, said over the summer that he had reached out to Netflix after Mike Tyson was hospitalized, saying he would be willing to fight his brother in order to keep the Paul-Tyson bout on its original date of July 20.
"We actually ran it up the chain at Netflix," Logan said on his podcast while then-Republican nominee Donald Trump was his guest.
Jake wound up fighting on that date anyway, but against Mike Perry — the Tyson bout was postponed until Nov. 15, with Jake winning both bouts.
The March 27 date does seem like an odd one to have a fight, considering that would be a Thursday. That date also marks MLB's Opening Day, while it would be just three weeks out of WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas, where Logan, a WWE superstar, is very likely to be a part of.
Logan said on the aforementioned podcast that he and his brother have "never even sparred." However, the two found each other in a highly-publicized tiff with one another in 2023, stemming from each of their energy drink brands.
Logan said on an August 2023 episode of his podcast that he had been threatened to be ejected from Jake's fight against Nate Diaz at American Airlines Arena in Dallas earlier that month if he brought a PRIME bottle inside the venue. CELSIUS was the main sponsor for the fight.
The two shared harsh words for one another, but that led to a fanfare conspiracy theory that the two were simply just marketing a Paul vs. Paul boxing match.
Jake denied that to Fox News Digital roughly a month later, saying the beef was all real, but they managed to squash it all "in private."
"Sometimes, brothers get into little bickering matches, and that’s just the name of the game. I think family goes through the bumps — there’s just 100 million people watching," Jake quipped at the time.
Buffalo Bills fans rallied around Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews after his critical drop during the AFC divisional round ended the team’s hopes of reaching the Super Bowl. Now Baltimore fans are returning that support.
Last week, a GoFundMe campaign was created to support Andrews’ charity, Breakthrough T1D, which is aimed at supporting children with diabetes. The campaign raised over $140,000 through more than 4,000 donations.
Bills fans donated to the cause and shared messages on the campaign voicing their support for Andrews.
"Donated from Bills Mafia, we’ve been there. Keep your head up, you’re an amazing player and you caught so many to get your team to get close in this game. Move on and continue to do all your good works," one message of support read.
But after the Bills’ loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship game, Buffalo tight end Dalton Kincaid found himself in a similar situation.
On fourth down with the Bills trailing by three late in the fourth quarter, Josh Allen, who was under pressure by the Chiefs defense, threw a pass into the air. Kincaid was right there, but the pass fell through his hands, effectively ending Buffalo’s playoff run.
Likely facing similar criticism, Ravens fans saw the opportunity to return the favor.
"As many of you know, Bills TE Dalton Kincaid made a phenomenal attempt to catch Josh Allens last pass of the season but couldn't haul it in, upsetting a lot of Bills fans," a GoFundMe campaign created this week read.
"We want Ravens flock to donate to Summit Center for autism, the charity Dalton works with and try and return the favor Bills mafia did for us and Mark Andrews. Let's raise what we can, please repost!"
As of Tuesday, more than 400 donations have been made totaling over $13,000.
Kincaid has supported the Summit Center before through the NFL’s "My Cause My Cleats" initiative this past season.
A Virginia man named Mack Donahue has started a petition on Change.org, calling for football fans to boycott the NFL over recent officiating.
Donahue is calling for the league to introduce "rigorous referee training and accountability mechanisms" in response to suspected favoritism by referees toward the Kansas City Chiefs, which has become a hot talking point for fans this season.
"A growing concern over the inconsistent refereeing, particularly evident while observing games involving the Kansas City Chiefs, is tarnishing this beautiful sport's spirit. The aggravation has reached a point where many of us are contemplating boycotting not just the Super Bowl, but all future games until there is significant change," Donahue wrote in the petition's description.
"It's time we took a stand against unjust refereeing and call on the NFL to introduce rigorous referee training and accountability mechanisms that will guarantee fair game-play for all teams. By signing this petition, you are agreeing to join the boycott and work towards restoring the joy and integrity of NFL games that we so dearly love."
The petition launched over the weekend had less than 200 signatures at the time of publication. Many of those who have signed have expressed their support for the petition's cause in the comments.
"This [is an] important cause for democracy," one signer wrote.
"So many plays were clearly not the right call that even the announcer was confused," another wrote. This comment may have been referring to a moment in the Chiefs' 32-29 win over the Buffalo Bills when officials ruled that Bills quarterback Josh Allen was stopped short of a first down in the fourth quarter. CBS rules analyst Gene Steratore said during the broadcast he believed Allen got the first down.
That call prompted mass backlash from NFL fans on social media, but it was not the only one.
During the second quarter, officials ruled Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy made a catch despite video replay showing the ball touching the ground.
Referees came under similar scrutiny during the Chiefs' divisional round playoff win against the Houston Texans one week earlier when a pair of roughing the passer penalties were called against the Texans for hits on Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Houston edge rusher Will Anderson Jr. was called for roughing the passer on a third down in the first quarter. Anderson appeared to push Mahomes in the chest after he had thrown the ball incomplete to tight end Travis Kelce. Anderson was flagged.
The second penalty came during a Mahomes scramble in the third quarter. He had two blockers on a run and three defenders bearing down on him. He moved to his right and then back to his left when he decided to slide.
ESPN broadcaster Troy Aikman criticized the penalty and said it's something the league has to address in the offseason.
Texans players and head coach DeMeco Ryans suggested after the game the referees were against them as well.
Mahomes addressed the issue when asked by reporters last Wednesday if he believed referees were giving him preferential treatment.
"I don't feel that way,'' Mahomes answered. "At the end of the day, the referees are doing their best to call the game as fair and as proper as they possibly can. And all you can do is go out there and play the game that you love as hard as you can and live with the results. ... I think that's what we preach here in Kansas City.
"You get new referees every year, you get new circumstances and you never can really tell because every play's different. And that's what makes the NFL so special. I feel like I've just continued to play the game, and I just try to win. And whatever happens kind of happens.'"
Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce refused to address the issue when asked by his brother Jason Kelce about the officiating during an episode of their "New Heights" podcast last week.
"I'd like to plead the Fifth," the tight end said, jokingly referring to his constitutional right to remain silent, when Jason brought up the issue.
Now the Chiefs get a Super Bowl rematch against the Philadelphia Eagles. When the two teams last met in the Super Bowl two years ago, that game was determined by a controversial penalty called late in the game against Eagles cornerback James Bradberry, which set up the Chiefs for a 38-35 win.
The dramatic AFC Championship between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills included two officiating storylines that were the talk of the NFL world during the game and one that was a bit more underappreciated.
Patrick Mahomes’ touchdown run in the second quarter saw a penalty come flying at the end of the play. Bills safety Damar Hamlin tried to tackle Mahomes before he reached the end zone but was unsuccessful.
Mahomes’ momentum carried him and Hamlin a few more yards before the quarterback was tackled. Travis Kelce came over and gave Hamlin a few extra words after the touchdown. It wasn’t clear what the tight end said.
Bills defensive lineman Jordan Phillips came over in defense of Hamlin and got into the Chiefs star’s grill. Kelce flailed backward and Phillips was called for a penalty.
Tony Romo, the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback-turned-CBS broadcaster, noticed it and called Kelce out.
"Kelce knows how to get under your skin," Romo said. "And Phillips comes in … [Kelce] tries for the flop."
The controversial calls around the Chiefs have become a theme of their playoff run so far. Two questionable penalties were called on the Houston Texans in the Chiefs’ divisional round win, and Mahomes tried for a third when he flailed out of bounds after a run.
Mahomes admitted he went a little too far to try to draw a flag.
"I would say that the only one I felt like I probably did too much was the one on the sideline where I didn’t get a flag and the ref saw it and didn’t throw a flag, and I understood it immediately," he said in a radio interview last week.
"But at the same time, the one that everybody’s talking about where I fell down, it’s like I was just trying to get out of the way of getting smoked by the defensive lineman running in.
"So, I’ll try to keep doing that and not take those hits because that’s the smart way to stay in the football game."
All eyes will be on the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX when they play the Philadelphia Eagles on Feb. 9.
The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles have announced their jersey choices for this year's game in New Orleans.
Just as they did for their Super Bowl matchup two seasons ago, the Chiefs will wear their white uniforms, while the Eagles will wear "midnight green" Feb. 9 at the Caesars Superdome.
The city of Philadelphia announced the Eagles' jersey selection, which will feature the Super Bowl LXI patch, on social media.
Since the Caesars Superdome is the home of the New Orleans Saints, the Eagles are considered the home team as the NFC representative. So, the Eagles got to choose which jersey they want to wear first.
The Eagles are hoping for a different result in their green threads in this Super Bowl against the Chiefs after losing the 2023 Super Bowl 38-35 in Arizona, which began the Chiefs' historic run for a possible three-peat.
Harrison Butker kicked a game-winning field goal after an infamous holding call on Eagles cornerback James Bradberry, who turned Juju Smith-Schuster’s shoulder, impeding him from catching a deep ball. The flag allowed the Chiefs to run out the clock before Butker iced the victory.
Teams that wear white have won 16 of the last 20 Super Bowls and 64% of all Super Bowls, according to CBS Sports.
The San Francisco 49ers were one of those four teams that wore white and lost after Mecole Hardman scored an overtime touchdown to seal back-to-back Super Bowl wins for Kansas City last season.
One of the biggest storylines in this Super Bowl is the Chiefs' bid at a three-peat.
The last team in position for a three-peat was the Tom Brady-led New England Patriots, who fell in 2005 before even reaching the AFC championship. They lost to the Denver Broncos in the divisional round.
The 49ers were the last team to come as close as the Chiefs to a three-peat, but they failed to reach the Super Bowl after losing to the New York Giants in the 1990 NFC championship.
The Philadelphia Eagles are looking for their second Super Bowl win, and once again they are looking to do it against an all-time great quarterback.
Their first win, coming against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots seven years ago, was met with praise not only from fans, but also a famed opposing WAG.
Former Eagles wide receiver Alshon Jeffrey claimed that Tom Brady's ex-wife, Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen, ran into him after he helped defeat her husband's team and congratulated him on the win.
"After all the interviews, the craziest part is I run into Gisele afterwards, and she said, ‘Congratulations.' I'm like, ‘Oh shoot.' I didn't really know what to say so I just say, ‘Thank you!’" Jeffrey said during an interview on Johnny Manziel's podcast "Glory Daze," aproduction of Almost Friday Media.
Jeffrey's recollection of his encounter with Bundchen is a stark contrast to the super model's reaction after Brady's previous Super Bowl loss to the New York Giants in February 2012.
After that game, paparazzi confronted Bundchen about Brady's loss, and she responded with an infamous vulgar tirade in defense of her then-husband.
"My husband cannot f---ing throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time," she said, referring to a costly drop by Wes Welker later in that game that help set up the Giants for a game-winning drive.
But she maintained a very different tone after the Eagles loss in 2018, according to Jeffrey.
Brady and Bundchen went on to get divorced in October 2022, after the quarterback came out of retirement to play one more NFL season.
Now, the current Eagles team is looking to hand a similar loss to Mahomes that the 2017 team did to Brady.
Mahomes' wife, Brittany Mahomes, has been one of her husband's staunchest defenders after big games.
Brittany has also had to endure the process of handling a Super Bowl loss already, and wasn't handing out congratulations to anyone.
After ESPN shared a screenshot that showed Patrick looking dejected in the fourth quarter of the Chiefs' Super Bowl LV loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in February 2021, she went on a social media tirade against the network.
"Cool ESPN, love the support of a major sports platform for one of the best players in the league." she wrote while quote-tweeting the ESPN X (then known as Twitter) post, including corn emojis to suggest the network was being "corny."
Later in the quarter, the X account for ESPN's flagship program, SportsCenter, posted a different close-up shot of Patrick staring into space.
"Y'all are [trash emojis] for this too, but he looks damn good to me," she wrote.
Brittany fired off a post on her Instagram account after the Chiefs' 32-29 win over the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship game on Sunday. She re-shared an image of Bills fans hanging a Kermit the Frog doll dressed as her husband from a noose before the two teams met in Week 11.
"Do we remember this Buffalo? Absolutely disgusting… So as you go home tonight, I pray we become better people," she wrote in the post.
After the Chiefs' win over the Eagles in Super Bowl LVII, she fired off a social media post aimed at former NFL star Bart Scott’s prediction the team would miss the playoffs that season.
A Philadelphia Eagles fan is reportedly fighting for his life after a tragedy while celebrating the Birds' NFC title.
The fan, just 18 years old, fell from a light pole on the corner of 15th and Market streets in Philly, according to ABC 6 in Philly. City officials have urged fans not to climb the poles during their celebrations.
Several other fans were also spotted climbing poles throughout the city.
There were several scary incidents on Sunday night, including a shooting, stabbing and other assaults. Four people were arrested, and 31 citations were handed down. Three other people were injured after a woman crashed her car into a crowd of people, several hours after the game had ended.
The Eagles walloped the Washington Commanders, 55-23, thanks to seven rushing scores on the day. Saquon Barkley and Jalen Hurts each had a hat trick.
It's the third time the Eagles will be playing for the Lombardi Trophy since 2018, splitting their first two appearances. Seven years ago, they defeated the New England Patriots, 41-33, in Super Bowl LII thanks to the magic of Nick Foles.
The Chiefs are looking to become the first team in NFL history to win the Lombardi Trophy three times in a row. Kansas City is the fourth team to play in three consecutive Super Bowls, joining the Dolphins from 1971-73, the Bills in the early '90s (who played in four straight), and the Patriots from 2016-18.
The Philadelphia Eagles dominated the Washington Commanders in this past Sunday's NFC Championship game to earn a spot in Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.
Seven-time Super Bowl winner and FOX Sports broadcaster Tom Brady was in the broadcast booth at Lincoln Financial Field for the Eagles' 55-23 victory.
At one point during the playoff game, television cameras panned to former Eagles quarterback and Super Bowl LII MVP Nick Foles, who was sitting in one of the stadium's suites.
Spotting Foles in the crowd prompted Brady, who suffered one of his three career Super Bowl defeats to the Foles-led Eagles, to recall the infamous loss.
While Brady has appeared in a record 10 Super Bowls, Foles and Eli Manning are the only starting quarterbacks to have knocked off the decorated former NFL star in the big game.
Brady used Foles' NFC title game appearance as an opportunity to admit he does not harbor any jealousy toward the former Eagles signal caller. "Nick, I don't hate you. I'm just jealous of you. You caught it, I didn't," Brady said after FOX Sports lead play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt jokingly asked Brady if he knew who Foles competed against in the Super Bowl in February 2018.
Brady's "you caught it" comment referenced the famous "Philly Special" trick play during Super Bowl LII. Foles lined up in the backfield on the play, before offensive lineman Jason Kelce snapped the ball to running back Corey Clement.
The running back then pitched the ball to tight end Trey Burton, who found Foles in the end zone for a one-yard touchdown. Foles wrote his name in history books by becoming the first player in Super Bowl history to throw and catch a touchdown pass in the NFL's annual championship game.
While Foles successfully hauled in the pass thrown his way during Super Bowl LII, Brady failed to catch a pass from one of his wide receivers later in that same game. Eagles fans have not let Brady forget about dropping what would have been a first down.
"I get reminded of that play every time I see an Eagles fan," Brady said via SiriusXM in 2022.
"I sure as hell can't catch anything, everyone's seen that drop against the Eagles in the Super Bowl, but I can throw it a little bit," Brady joked in 2021 – his second season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers – during a postgame interview.
Brady won six Super Bowl titles with the New England Patriots, before winning his seventh championship with the Buccaneers. In February 2023, Brady announced he was retiring "for good."
Foles' second stint with the Eagles ended after the 2018 season. He went on to play for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts. He last appeared in an NFL game in 2022.
The Eagles drafted quarterback Jalen Hurts in the second round in 2020. Hurts helped the Eagles advance to Super Bowl LVII, but suffered a 38-35 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in that game. This year's big game, on Feb. 9 in New Orleans, will be a rematch of the Super Bowl from two years ago.
A victory over the Eagles would secure an unprecedented third consecutive Super Bowl title for the Chiefs. But, if Philly is victorious, it would mark the franchise's second Super Bowl championship.
Aaron Glenn, the New York Jets’ newest head coach, made crystal clear to reporters on Monday where he was in the process of figuring out whether Aaron Rodgers will be back in 2025.
Glenn was introduced as the Jets’ head coach and in his first media scrum with reporters the obvious question about Rodgers came up.
"If you are going to continue to ask me the same question, I’m gonna give you the same answer," Glenn said. "We’re still in evaluation mode. So if anybody else is going to ask that, I’m going to give you the same answer. So don’t waste your time. We clear?"
He was then asked what he looks for in a quarterback and responded, "A winner."
If it’s as simple as that, Rodgers would be a shoo-in to be back under center for the Jets. The one-time Super Bowl champion has won 153 games during the regular season. He battled through a tumultuous 2024 season to still throw for 3,897 yards and 28 touchdowns.
It’s obviously not going to be the only criteria that matters for the 41-year-old who will be 42 by next season’s end.
He talked about his NFL future following the team’s win over the Miami Dolphins.
"We'll have the conversations in the next few days," he said, via SNY. "Whatever happens out of there, I don't know if anything will be definitive coming out of those. But I just need some time away to think about my future in the game, and my future here if they want me to be a part of the next phase or if they're ready to move on. Either way, I'm thankful for my two years here."
Rodgers said he intended to meet with team owners Woody and Christopher Johnson. He added that he would not be "upset or offended" about what they decide to do.
Former New York Jets defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich says a lack of truth-telling and his failure to delegate ultimately led to his failed stint as interim head coach and another disappointing season for the organization.
Speaking to the media at his introductory press conference as the Atlanta Falcons' new defensive coordinator, Ulbrich was asked to reflect on his period with the Jets after taking over as head coach once Robert Saleh was fired just five games into the season.
"I learned even more than I knew the value of truth-tellers on your staff. I think sometimes as an assistant coach you take it as ‘I’m going to eliminate every problem from the head coach’s table so he can just thrive and do his thing.’ When in reality… there’s certain things that need to be told to the head coach that are occurring."
Ulbrich seemed to suggest that the lack of honesty from his coaching staff during that period was a major contributing factor to the Jets’ failures.
"The lack of truth sometimes was really detrimental."
Ulbrich also took accountability for his failure to delegate, specifically his defensive coordinator responsibilities.
"There is an element of a failure for myself in that way because I didn’t delegate. I didn’t. I just took it all on myself. In my mind’s eye, I was trying to create continuity and I didn’t want to fracture the staff.
"I thought the best thing for me to do at that point in time was just try to keep everybody in the same role that they had just so we could keep things rolling. And it wasn’t the right thing to do. It wasn’t as I look back. I should have delegated. I should have given the defensive coordinator responsibilities to someone else."
Ulbrich is returning to Atlanta after serving as an assistant there from 2015-2020. He also reunites with Raheem Morris, who served as Atlanta's interim coach for the final 11 games of 2020.
Joining Ulbrich in Atlanta will be Mike Rutenberg, who spent the past four seasons as the Jets' linebackers coach.
Former New England Patriots star Julian Edelman will be covering the Super Bowl as an analyst for FOX Sports when Super Bowl LIX takes place on Feb. 9 in New Orleans.
Edelman will also get to work alongside, in some capacity, with his former teammate Tom Brady, as the legendary quarterback will be on the call with Kevin Burkhardt when the Kansas City Chiefs look to make history against the Philadelphia Eagles.
The game will put the finishing touches on Brady’s first full season as a broadcaster. He will get to put everything he has learned over the course of the season into a finished product with millions of viewers set to tune in to the FOX broadcast and the Tubi livestream of the game.
Edelman appeared on Fox News Channel’s "Fox & Friends" and had high expectations for the seven-time Super Bowl champion.
"I guarantee he’s probably going to be very fired up," Edelman said. "He’s probably going to be imagining himself in those situations.
"I think it’s going to be a great performance by him because he’s gonna get to show us inside looks to things only he knows Patrick Mahomes is going through."
Brady has reportedly been barred from meeting with teams ahead of the game, which is usually reserved for broadcasters to gather knowledge to help them through their calls, because of his minority ownership stake in the Las Vegas Raiders.
The former Patriots wide receiver said he believed Brady would be able to persevere without those meetings.
"I’m sure he can figure it out on his own. I’m pretty confident coaches and players of the other team don’t mind talking to Tom Brady," he said.
At one point in the match, McDonagh launched himself off of the middle rope and moonsaulted in an attempt to knockout one of his competitors. McDonagh connected with Ivar, but he hit the back of his head on the announcers' table.
"McDonagh is lucky he doesn’t have a damn broken neck," Raw announcer Michael Cole said on the broadcast.
Indeed, McDonagh was lucky he did not break his neck. He did suffer a few other injuries during the match though.
"First off, thanks to everyone for the messages and the concern. I'm good," he wrote in a post early Tuesday morning.
"I've got a couple of broken ribs and a punctured lung, so I'm going to be out for a couple months. All things considered, it could have been a lot worse, so I'm grateful for that.
"See ya in a bit."
McDonagh had been in the Judgement Day faction with Mysterio, and Finn Balor since he arrived on the main roster and even served as a tag-team champion with Balor at one point.
He performed in WWE NXT UK and WWE NXT for a time before his call-up and was an NXT cruiserweight champion. Pro Wrestling Illustrated named him one of the top 500 singles wrestlers in 2019.
He has also competed in British Championship Wrestling, Fight Factory Pro Wrestling, NWA Ireland, Over the Top Wrestling, Progress Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Zero1 and TNT Extreme Wrestling.
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) transgender runner Sadie Schreiner boasted about a victory at a women’s track and field meet over the weekend.
Schreiner won the 200-meter event with a time of 25.17 seconds. SUNY Brockport’s Lexi Rodriguez finished in second place with a time of 26.92 seconds. Fisher College’s Abigail Dorunda (27.00), Makenna Manson (27.63) and Allison Nickson (27.82) rounded out the top 5.
"Not the race I was looking for at all this week, my spikes nearly fell off on the turn and with a poor start my time wasn’t nearly what I wanted," the RIT runner wrote in an Instagram post.
"The good news is that the season just started, and I’m going to leave everything on the track at nationals," Schreiner added with a transgender pride flag emoji.
Schreiner is one of a few NCAA transgender female athletes who compete against biological women despite the organization’s attempt to clamp down on the issue.
Schreiner is an advocate for trans-inclusion in women’s sports and complained last month about the lack of support from schools in the NCAA transfer portal.
"Trying to transfer into D1 has made it abundantly clear that people are too afraid to support me," Schreiner wrote on Instagram. "I aimed to transfer in order to not only improve my athletic ability in a more competitive environment, but to help with the funds I needed to complete my degree.
"It will now likely be impossible to do so, but whether (it’s) in D3 or somewhere else I will be competing this year."
Schreiner is still at RIT and still apparently winning.
Last season, Schreiner earned All-American honors in outdoor track. The New Jersey native finished in third place in the 200-meter and eighth in the 400-meter races at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Schreiner won the 200-meter race at the Atlantic Region Indoor Championships and finished in ninth in the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships.
Adam Vinatieri, who played Super Bowl hero with Tom Brady and the New England Patriots and also won a title with the Indianapolis Colts and Peyton Manning, suggested in a recent interview that Patrick Mahomes is making an "argument" for greatest NFL player of all time.
Vinatieri was asked whether Mahomes is close to surpassing Brady, who won six Super Bowl titles with the Patriots and another with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, when it comes to the greatest of all time (GOAT) conversation.
The former kicker said there’s an "argument" to be made.
"There’s definitely an argument for that. I cringe to say that because I’ve been around some of the best players, best quarterbacks in the history of the NFL and I love Tom and Peyton. I’ve never played with Patrick, but I can only assume if you’re his teammate, you feel exactly the same way about him as I feel about those guys," he told TMZ Sports.
"I’ve always said, Tom’s got seven Super Bowls, until someone does something that he hasn’t, he’s still the man. But we’re getting to something even Tom, even the great Tom Brady, and Bill Belichick, and that team has not done. If they can pull it off, I dare say you got an argument. You definitely have an argument. And people will say, ‘Oh, you know, Joe Montana, this or that,’ and I don’t think we could ever agree on who is the best ever, but Patrick is right there, and that whole team."
Vinatieri credited Andy Reid and the organization with how it dealt with a bevy of challenges over the last few seasons to keep the Chiefs in the running for a Super Bowl.
This year alone, Kansas City was hit with injuries at the wide receiver position. Rashee Rice and Marquise Brown missed most of the year.
"Andy Reid, one of the greatest coaches. You can’t go seven years straight and three Super Bowls straight without making a damn good game plan week in and week out, dealing with injuries, dealing with free agency and then continue to be able to do it. It’s super impressive no matter who is looking through the hourglass at that," Vinatieri said.
He added that the Chiefs going to the Super Bowl and potentially becoming the first team to win three consecutive titles is "absolutely crazy."
"When you have a quarterback like Patrick Mahomes that can pull magic out of a hat over and over and over again, it blows me away," he said. "In the beginning of the season, they’re winning games but barely. And I’m like, ‘Do they have what it takes again this year?’ Sure enough, it just keeps going and they beat really good teams all the time the way that they do it.
"Can’t say enough good stuff and if they can ‘three-peat,’ the first team to ever do it, I will take my hat off and say, ‘My gosh!’ You wanna talk about dynasties, I’ve been a part of teams they called dynasties, and if they can pull this one off, you’ve got 100% of my respect for sure."
The Super Bowl is almost here! This year, the NFL's showdown will feature the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, two top teams with nearly identical records. The Chiefs ended their season with a 15-2 record, while the Eagles finished the regular season with a 14-3 record.
The AFC and NFC championship games were thrilling for the two teams, with the Kansas City Chiefs claiming a narrow victory over the Buffalo Bills to clinch their Super Bowl spot. The Philadelphia Eagles dominated the Washington Commanders in their final game.
This year, the Super Bowl is in New Orleans at Caesars Superdome. You can watch the Super Bowl and Kendrick Lamar's halftime show on February 9, 2025, exclusively on Fox. If you don’t have cable, Tubi will stream the Fox coverage for free.
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The Duke Blue Devils men’s basketball avoided an upset against North Carolina State on Monday night, 74-64, in one of the most chaotic games of the season.
The game featured a 23-point second-half performance from sensational freshman Cooper Flagg, along with two in-game stoppages over apparent health issues.
First, Duke center Khaman Maluach vomited on the baseball during a play in the second half. The video showed the 7-foot-2 big man standing in the key hunched over, letting it loose. He walked off the court slowly and later left the bench area.
"He wasn’t sick, it’s just he was cramping, chugged a lot of Gatorade quickly," Blue Devils head coach Jon Scheyer said. "And that’s what happened when he threw up. But I just think it speaks to (his) character. He was doing whatever he could to get back in the game. Obviously, he drank too much there."
Then, a member of the Cameron Crazies student section needed help as she seemingly fainted during the game. Emergency personnel helped carry the woman out of the seating area and off of the court.
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Duke spokesman Kyle Serba said the fan had gotten overheated and was treated at Cameron Indoor Stadium before walking out on her own.
Flagg finished the game with 28 points in the win. Fellow freshman Kon Knueppel added 19.
Duke has won 14 straight games, improving to 18-2 overall and 10-0 against ACC opponents.
