Bryant had to be held back by his teammates, and Stewart almost immediately walked off the court.
The league announced the suspension, along with a $50,000 fine for Stewart for making "inappropriate and objectionable gestures" after his ejection Wednesday in the Pistons' 133-119 loss to the Pacers in Indiana.
The gestures were likely the apparent finger guns he pointed at the Pistons bench.
The Pistons and Pacers have history with the Malice at the Palace in 2004.
Stewart entered the game with four flagrant foul points, so the call triggered the automatic suspension based on the league's regular-season protocols.
Despite the suspension, the Pistons still gave out Stewart bobbleheads to 5,000 fans.
The Pistons have been a pleasant surprise this season. Their 23-24 record is good for eighth place in the Eastern Conference, which would put them in the play-in tournament.
Last year, the Pistons lost an NBA record 27 consecutive games, which resulted in the firing of Monty Williams despite him inking the richest deal in coaching history at the time.
Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young has arguably put together the most productive first half of an NBA season in his career.
But Young's NBA-leading 11.4 assists per game were not enough to land the 26-year-old guard an All-Star nod.
Last week, the NBA revealed the starters for its revamped annual showcase of its 24 star players. While the list of starters did not feature a lot of surprises, the reserves raised some eyebrows.
Young's name was noticeably missing when the 2025 NBA All-Star Game reserves were revealed Thursday.
The omission sparked some spirited posts on social media about Young and other players who received a cold shoulder from voters. Young summed up his circumstances by putting a unique twist on his name.
"It's getting ‘Traed’ at this point," the former Oklahoma basketball standout wrote on X. He then offered an apology to his fans and took a more measured approach, saying, "Sorry to my fans.. it’ll change eventually! All right, talk soon!"
Young has been an All-Star three times before, but his numbers do seem to back up the argument that he is one of this year's top 24 players. Aside from his assist average, Young is averaging 22.5 points per game.
NBA coaches pick the All-Star reserves. Hawks coach Quin Snyder made it clear he believes the players who made the All-Star roster are deserving.
"That also doesn’t preclude me from feeling the way I do about Trae," Snyder said. "I haven’t coached him for that long, but I feel like he’s had the best year of his career. ... No disrespect to anyone that has made it, but as Trae’s coach, I am allowed to feel disappointment for him not making it. And that’s unfortunate."
Young hasn’t been voted into the game since 2022. He was an injury replacement selected by Commissioner Adam Silver for last year's All-Star Game.
Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and four-time All-Star, is another notable player who did not receive an All-Star selection.
"Obviously, something that I wanted to be a part of," Booker said Friday. "But definitely not going to complain about taking a week to regroup with the family."
Fan voting accounts for 50% of the formula for deciding which players start the game, and the Hornets' LaMelo Ball was the backcourt player who got the most votes from fans in the Eastern Conference by a wide margin.
However, he narrowly missed being a starter after finishing third in the East backcourt voting by players and seventh in the media balloting. Ball then missed out on being a reserve because he didn’t get listed on enough coaches’ ballots.
Ball ranks fourth in the league with 28.2 points per game. He is the first player under the current voting format to win the fan vote at his position but not get picked for the All-Star Game.
Taylor Starling and Kaitlyn Slavin – student athletes at Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, California – held a live press conference on X Friday hosted California Family Council Outreach Director Sophia Lorey. The two girls shared their perspectives on a recent national controversy that has besieged their community caused by a trans athlete competing on the girls' cross country team.
"It was confusing, this has never happened to me before, like I didn't even think this was going to be happening to me," Starling said. "It was all just like, surprising, that there was going to be a guy running with the girls."
Slavin, who is only a freshman, said the experience of having her first year of high school involve the situation is "kind of crazy."
"Just in high school, having to compete against males when you shouldn't be is something that shocked me right away," Slavin said.
Starling lost her varsity spot to a trans athlete who transferred to the school this past year, and when they wore shirts that read "Save Girls Sports" in protest, they allege school administrators compared the shirts to swastikas. The two girls and their families are now engaged in a lawsuit against the Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) over those allegations.
In response, hundreds of their fellow students and hundreds of other residents in the community began wearing the shirts in protest. The shirts became a local, and then national symbol for the protection of female athletes from biological male inclusion in their sports and locker rooms.
The ensuing controversy and media coverage of the situation has thrust the two teenage girls, their families and the whole town into the spotlight of the national debate over trans inclusion in women's sports, which became a hot-button political issue in the 2024 election year.
And for Starling, Slavin and their classmates, it has come with a wave of attention that they have never experienced, both negative and positive.
"I've had tons of people reach out to me and say ‘thank you so much for what you’re doing and standing up for these women,'" Starling said. "For my friends, a lot of my friends have been shoulder-checked because they were wearing the shirts and a lot of them have been cursed out and called really bad names, and they posted certain stuff on the internet calling people horrible names for wearing these shirts."
Slavin, who says she's found stress relief in sports throughout her life, has only found more stress from sports because of the situation this year.
"It's scary that that's not something that can always be a stress-relieving place if we're going to have all this going on," Slavin said. "It affects you mentally and emotionally… It's so hard to have this all going on."
Starling says the trans athlete has been using the girls' restroom at the school, however, they haven't seen the athlete much in the locker room due to frequently missing practices.
The two girls, and multiple parents who have spoken to Fox News Digital, allege the trans athlete was allowed to compete on varsity despite missing practice every week.
Starling's father, Ryan Starling, previously told Fox News Digital that when his daughter and other girls approached the administrators about it, they were told "transgenders have more rights than cisgenders." The RUSD previously provided a statement to Fox News Digital insisting that its handling of the situation has been in accordance with California state law.
The two girls then ignited a viral trend in their communities when they showed up to school in November wearing the "Save Girls Sports" shirts.
And despite being scolded by school administrators for it and having to file a lawsuit, more and more students began to show up each week wearing the shirts, as the school had to alter its dress code and start placing students in detention for wearing them. This didn't stop the shirts from spreading and growing. It became a weekly ritual for hundreds of students every Wednesday to show up wearing the shirts support of the girls and their messaging, and many of them created viral social media posts on it.
In early December, the school administrators gave up on their efforts to discipline students for wearing the shirts. Sources told Fox News Digital that more than 400 students have shown up wearing the shirts at a time, and students at other schools in the district have started to wear them to class.
But Slavin, Starling their attorney Julianne Fleischer, said the school administrators have still told the two girls that they aren't allowed to wear the shirts, during the press conference on Friday. However, they also said more than 400 students at their school have continued to show up wearing the shirts every Wednesday.
The situation culminated in a heated and confrontational event on Dec. 19, when the RUSD held a school board meeting to address the issue. Prior to the meeting, outside the district office, there were competing protests between activists and parents wearing the "Save Girls Sports" shirts and LGBTQ activists.
Sources, including Ryan Starling, have told Fox News Digital that the LGBTQ activists at the event were harassing the "Save Girls Sports" protesters, and even disrupted a women's prayer group during a prayer circle prior to the meeting.
"Members of the pro-LGBTQ groups started heckling and harassing the people in line who were speaking in opposition of their values. Some of these adult protesters were even coming up to the young girls that were going to be speaking and were yelling at them close to their face," Young Women for America (YWA)'s Inland Empire chapter President Tori Hitchcock told Fox News Digital.
One anonymous parent told Fox News Digital about witnessing a child being bombarded with vulgar insults by pro-trans protesters after the meeting.
"My 16-year old son and a few others were standing outside after speaking when a group of the LGBTQ community intentionally walked by them pointing at each one of them saying, ‘FU FU FU,’" the anonymous parent said.
Then, inside the meeting, parents and opposing activists gave impassioned speeches about their thoughts on the situation, with multiple speakers yelling in hysterical tones. The meeting went on for nearly five hours, and included testimony between individuals who opposed trans inclusion in girls' sports and those who supported it.
Many of the pro-trans speeches were met with high-pitched cheers and the waiving of LGBTQ pride flags by those in attendance.
The RUSD previously provided a statement to Fox News Digital insisting that its handling of the situation has been in accordance with California state law.
"While these rules were not created by RUSD, the District is committed to complying with the law and CIF regulations. California state law prohibits discrimination of students based on gender, gender identity and gender expression, and specifically prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender in physical education and athletics. The protections we provide to all students are not only aligned with the law but also with our core values which include equity and well-being," the statement said.
The RUSD also placed blame for its handling of the situation on officials in Washington D.C., and California's state capital, Sacramento. They made this statement back in early December, prior to President Donald Trump returning to office.
"As these matters play out in our courts and the media, opposition and protests should be directed at those in a position to affect those laws and policies (including officials in Washington D.C. and Sacramento)," their statement read.
Trump has pledged to ban trans athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports, as a federal bill titled The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act is currently progressing through congress. It has already passed in the House of Representatives.
Until that bill is potentially signed into law, Slavin and Starling are asking their supporters to "pray" for them.
The 20-year-old got some playing time late in Los Angeles' 134-96 win over the Wizards in Washington. The game was practically over from the jump, as the Lakers led 78-45 at halftime.
This prompted Bronny, the 55th pick of last year's NBA Draft, to get some minutes in garbage time. Perhaps it was better than the "tough spot" JJ Redick had put Bronny in the night before, when he went 0-for-5 from the floor while getting time at a crucial part of the game.
In his 12 minutes played, Bronny impressed with five points, including a tough and-one bucket that even got his father out of his seat.
But when James went to the line, some fans had some fun with the rookie by hitting him with "MVP" chants.
Of course, they were sarcastic, but they were loud, and it's more MVP chants than most people out there have gotten.
Bronny had not seen the floor for more than six minutes entering Wednesday, but he's now seen 27 minutes of time in the Lakers' last two games.
It's been a struggle for Bronny, who entered Thursday's contest just 1-for-16 from the floor. He averaged fewer than five points per game during his lone season at USC.
James has spent a decent portion of the season developing in the G League, which has been much kinder to him. In those games, he's putting up 16.3 points per game.
The tongue-in-cheeck chants came after ESPN mogul Stephen A. Smith ripped LeBron for stunting his son's growth in the pros.
"I am pleading with LeBron James, as a father. Stop this. Stop this. We all know that Bronny James is in the NBA because of his dad," Smith said on Wednesday's edition of "First Take."
The win improved the Lakers to 27-19 with the win, good for fifth in the Western Conference. They'll face a tough test on Saturday night when they visit Madison Square Garden to face the third-place Knicks.
"It will be amazing to return to Baton Rouge, a community that means so much to me," Reese said in a statement. "LSU was instrumental in preparing me for the WNBA, and I can't wait to hit the court in front of both Tigers and Sky fans."
Reese made her mark in LSU lore after carrying the Tigers to the 2023 national championship over Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes.
"We are excited to host a WNBA game in May featuring the Chicago Sky and Angel Reese," LSU coach Kim Mulkey said. "Angel played a major role in establishing our program at LSU, and I know our fans are going to be excited to have her back in the PMAC. She had such a great rookie season, and we can't wait to continue to watch her thrive in the WNBA."
That title game featured Reese's now-infamous taunt of Clark, which drew much criticism and started an unofficial rivalry between the two.
Clark dismissed any notion that Reese "should be criticized at all" after the fact, but the two have gone hand-in-hand in conversations surrounding women's basketball, both on and off the floor.
Reese's teammate Kamilla Cardoso will go against her home national team. She was the third pick of the draft, behind Clark and Cameron Brink, after completing an undefeated season with South Carolina.
"I am so excited to play against my former Brazilian national team," Cardoso said. "Brazil has played such an important role in my life and has shaped the person I am today. Playing for the Sky against my former team gives me a wonderful opportunity to connect with my roots and play in front of old friends and teammates back home."
In her two seasons at LSU, Reese averaged 20.9 points and 14.4 rebounds and was twice a First-Team All-American.
A Georgia state Senate committee passed the Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities Act Thursday after testimony from multiple female athletes who have competed against and shared locker rooms with transgender athletes.
The bill would require athletes to participate on teams that align with their biological sex at birth. If it is signed into law, Georgia would become the 26th state in the U.S. to have a law in place to prevent or restrict transgender athletes from competing in women's sports.
Georgia has been a prime frontier for this issue after the state hosted the 2022 NCAA women's swimming championships, which included transgender swimmer Lia Thomas.
Two of Thomas' former opponents testified at Thursday's state congressional hearing.
Former North Carolina State women's swimmer Kylee Alons, a 31-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion, spoke about the experience competing against and sharing a locker room with Thomas.
"We all were just guinea pigs for a giant social experiment formed by the NCAA regarding how much abuse and blatant disregard women would be forced to take in silence," Alons said.
Alons recounted the emotions she felt sharing competitive areas with Thomas, and how much sadness she felt watching women lose out on chances to compete fairly at the event. Alons even said she wanted to cry and leave the event after seeing Thomas win the 500-meter freestyle.
Things got much more difficult for Lyons after she experienced sharing a locker room with Thomas.
"I go to the locker room that day only to see Thomas and realize there is no escape from this nightmare, no matter where I go. I had no idea he was going to be allowed in the women's locker room as we did not consent to have a man in our locker room," Lyons said
"I am immediately on edge every time I enter that locker room afterward, knowing at any moment a man can walk in on me changing.
Lyons added she felt so uncomfortable she resorted to abandoning the locker room altogether and instead changed in a storage closet behind the bleachers.
Former University of Kentucky swimmer Kaitlynn Wheeler joined Lyons in recounting the experience of sharing a locker room with Thomas.
"Young women, teenage girls were forced to undress next to a fully intact biological male who exposed himself to us, while we were simultaneously fully exposed," Wheeler said. "We were never asked. We were never given a choice or another option. We were just expected to be OK with it, to shove down our discomfort, our embarrassment, our fear, because standing up for ourselves would mean being labeled as intolerant or hateful or bigoted."
Wheeler and Lyons are plaintiffs in an ongoing lawsuit against the NCAA led by fellow former swimmer and 2022 NCAA championship competitor Riley Gaines over the NCAA's policies on gender ideology.
Wheeler and Lyons shared their experiences with a message urging state senators at the hearing to pass the Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities Act.
The bill drew opposition from parents, physicians and others. Dr. Jodi Greenwald, a Roswell pediatrician, told the panel that transgender girls are not predators and warned that transgender youth are more at risk of suicide.
The bill passed by a vote of 8-3 after a nearly two-hour hearing.
Lt. Gov. Bill Jones called the vote an important step toward one of his critical goals of the session.
"Biological men do not belong in women’s sports, period," Jones said.
"This is common sense to everyone but the most radical liberals in Georgia. The Senate has always led the way on protecting women’s sports, and with Senate Bill 1, we will continue to be on the right side of this commonsense issue.
"I will never waver in the fight to protect our sisters and our daughters participating on equal footing in Georgia sports. I look forward to Senate Bill 1 becoming law and the protection of women’s sports becoming a reality for all female athletes in Georgia."
A federal ban on transgender inclusion in girls and women's sports is also moving through Congress.
The House of Representatives passed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act Jan. 14, which would cut federal funding for any public educational institution that allows transgender athletes to compete against girls and women in sports.
Every Republican U.S. representative voted in favor of the bill. Only two Democrats, Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez, both of Texas, voted to pass it. The remaining 206 House House Democrats opposed it. Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C., voted "present."
A recent New York Times/Ipsos survey found the vast majority of Americans, including a majority of Democrats, don't think transgender athletes should be permitted to compete in women's sports. Of the 2,128 people polled, 79% said biological males who identify as women should not be allowed to participate in women's sports.
Of the 1,025 people who identified as Democrats or leaning Democrat, 67% said transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete with women.
Tempers flared during Thursday's highly anticipated Top-25 women's college basketball matchup between the one-loss LSU Tigers and the Oklahoma Sooners.
The game featured players shoving — which led to ejections — coach's technical fouls and a noticeable clipboard-slapping moment from LSU coach Kim Mulkey. LSU forward Sa'Myah Smith and Oklahoma forward Liz Scott were both tossed from the game after the shoving incident in the first quarter.
Oklahoma center Beatrice Culliton was battling for position in the paint with Smith when the two got tangled up. Culliton elevated her arm to create some separation, and Smith retaliated by pushing her to the ground. Scott, who was also in the paint area, responded by shoving Smith.
Smith was corralled by Joe Schwartz, LSU's assistant of basketball operations. The teams separated and went back to their bench areas. The normally even-keeled Smith was called for a foul on the play and then ejected following a review.
"Pushing, I guess, is considered fighting," Mulkey said. "It (Smith's reaction) was shocking. It hurt our team with her not being a part of tonight, because we're trying to develop her. My old mentor (former Louisiana Tech coach), Leon Barmore, always said you've got to keep a cool head in a hot game. . . . Never let ’em see you sweat."
Mulkey also gave a nod to the game's entertainment value: "I guess it was entertaining for the fans."
Play resumed after the ejections, with Oklahoma leading 12-11. The Sooners took advantage of the 6-foot-2 Smith's advantage to keep it close, rallying from a 24-point deficit late in the third quarter to get within one point in the final minute.
In the third quarter, Mulkey slapped a clipboard that assistant coach Seimone Augustus was holding. LSU was enjoying a 67-45 lead at the time. Mulkey proceeded to yell and point for several seconds, while Augustus appeared to contend with a brief moment of shock.
Referees later assessed a technical foul after the Tigers' coach argued a foul call against star guard Flau'Jae Johnson. Oklahoma coach Jennie Baranczyk also received a technical at a different point in the game.
The chippy game ended with a total of five technical fouls and 63 free throw attempts.
"We saw a lot of things tonight," Mulkey said. "You saw ejections. You saw two teams score over 100. You saw a technical on the second flop. . . . I got teed up, and she told me I got teed up for pointing at the big screen. I was definitely looking at the big screen, and I was not real happy, but I don’t know if I point. But she’s across the way. Whatever."
The Tigers' 107-100 win over the Sooners improved seventh-ranked LSU's record to 22-1.
Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton held back tears on Friday as he remembered the victims from the figure skating community who died after an American Airlines flight traveling from development camp in Kansas to Washington, D.C., collided with an Army helicopter in midair late Wednesday night.
The four-time men’s singles world champion spoke fondly of the victims during an appearance on TODAY but called the reality of this week’s tragedy "overwhelming."
"For this to happen just days after those championships were over is just devastating, shocking – it just doesn't make any sense. . . .We’re no stranger to tragedy but this was just beyond devastation."
Officials have said that 14 skaters, coaches and family members were aboard American Airlines Flight 5342 when it collided with a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, near D.C., at around 9 p.m. local time.
Many of the victims have been identified, including Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, the renowned ice skating coaches who won a world championship title together in 1994.
Hamilton became emotional when he spoke of the couple, who settled in America to become coaches following their successful career, which culminated in two Olympic appearances. He saw them just days before the crash while attending the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Kansas.
"I actually sat with them for a nice visit in Wichita," Hamilton recalled Friday."
"To think that they’re gone is, um, I can’t wrap my head around the last 36 hours. It’s just been devastating, and the loss is just beyond description. My heart is shattered."
Shishkova and Naumov married in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1995, and they moved to Connecticut. They had a son, Maxim, who competed in men’s singles in the U.S. He was in Kansas but did not travel back with his parents. The Russian pair were coaches for the Skating Club of Boston.
Sixty passengers and four crew members on the American Airlines plane and three soldiers aboard a training flight on the helicopter are presumed dead.
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.
