The biggest compliment you can give Las Vegas as it prepares to host its first Super Bowl is that the week has been pretty much business as usual. It is unclear whether the International Roofing Convention, the Distressed Investing Conference or any of the other trade shows in town this week were aware that one of the world’s biggest sporting …
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Sean Allen Close Sean Allen Special to ESPN.comSean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. Victoria Matiash Close Victoria Matiash Fantasy HockeyESPN.com Fantasy Contributor since 2010Part-time anchor at NEWSTALK1010Feb 9, 2024, 07:20 AM ET We’re more than a month into …
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We are only days away from the Chiefs facing the 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas. While Patrick Mahomes looks for his third ring in his fourth trip, Brock Purdy hopes to add to his Mr. Irrelevant fairytale by giving the Niners their first Super Bowl since 1994. The Rotoworld Football Crew has been in Vegas covering the …
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The 49ers did not want to picture Christian McCaffrey in a Rams uniform so they made sure they were the ones to acquire the star running back. (John Locher / Associated Press) Christian McCaffrey will play for the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday — partly because the 49ers did not want the star running back to …
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Who will hold up the Lombardi Trophy with confetti falling after Super Bowl LVIII? (Ryan Kang / Associated Press) I hate the tomahawk chop. The Kansas City Chiefs fans will fill the Super Bowl on Sunday with the most racist, senseless cheer in sports, rooting for their team by portraying Native Americans as bloodthirsty savages. It’s crude, it’s wrong, and …
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McCourty reveals conversation with Butler about infamous Super Bowl benching originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Six years later, we’re still left without a clear reason for the New England Patriots’ bizarre benching of cornerback Malcolm Butler in Super Bowl LII. Butler, a hero in Super Bowl XLIX, dressed but did not play any defensive snaps in the Patriots’ 41-33 …
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Let’s start with a couple of simple ones. Which two quarterbacks will be leading the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs in Sunday’s game? Jimmy Garoppolo and Patrick Mahomes Brocky Purdy and Patrick Mahomes Sam Darnold and Patrick Mahomes Colin Kaepernick and Tim Tebow Which two teams are tied for the most Super Bowls won at six apiece? Dallas …
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At a time when every TV number for the NFL is up, one is down fairly sharply. Via Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal, the Pro Bowl Games drew a combined 5.75 million viewers on Sunday. It was a drop of 8.5 percent over last year’s inaugural non-Pro Bowl Pro Bowl. Of that amount, 3.85 million watched on ABC, 1.83 …
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DJ Moore reveals how he’ll feel if the Bears ditch Justin Fields for Caleb Williams originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Wide receiver DJ Moore gave his two cents about which Chicago Bears quarterback he wants to be catching balls from next season. Moore has shared a strong show of support for Justin Fields in recent months as the possibility …
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Rams receiver Puka Nacua, a fifth-round draft pick in 2023, had a historic rookie season. In any other season, he would have been the runaway winner of the offensive rookie of the year award. Nacua, though, was beaten out for the award by Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud, who had one of the best rookie seasons for a quarterback in history. …
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Can anyone other than Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce step up for the Chiefs offense? Even in a down year, the Patrick Mahomes to Travis Kelce connection remains dynamite for the Kansas City Chiefs. Defenses still struggle to contain the duo, partly because for a handful of plays a game they have no idea what they’re going to do themselves. …
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49ers running back Christian McCaffrey will be trying to win the Super Bowl for the first time in his career on Sunday and he’ll go into the game as the NFL’s offensive player of the year. McCaffrey, who is also a finalist for MVP, was the choice in voting conducted by the Associated Press. The other finalists were Dolphins wide …
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Eric Allen snubbed by Hall of Fame in first year as finalist originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia He got closer this year. But ultimately, the result was the same. Inexplicably, Eric Allen is still not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Allen, the brilliant cornerback who spent the first seven years of his career with the Eagles, was …
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Bears legendary return man Devin Hester named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Devin Hester, the Bears legendary punt/kick return man, is officially in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. On Thursday, the Selection Committee announced their picks for the 2024 NFL Hall of Fame class. The Pro Football Hall of Fame requires …
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Lamar Jackson was the best player in the NFL during the regular season, which won him the league’s MVP award at the NFL Honors ceremony in Las Vegas on Thursday night. The Ravens quarterback beat out Dak Prescott, Christian McCaffrey, Brock Purdy and Josh Allen for the award. It was not a surprise given he received 45 of the 50 …
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