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The San Francisco 49ers hosted the Detroit Lions for the right to represent the NFC in Super Bowl LVIII, and it was a rematch from last year’s NFC Championship Game in a way. While the Philadelphia Eagles are nowhere to be found, we did get a player-on-player rematch from last year’s NFC title game: Deebo Samuel vs. Chauncey Gardner-Johnson. Gardner-Johnson was …

The brightest stage in the sports world arrives on Sunday, Feb. 11 when the 2024 Super Bowl kicks off in Las Vegas. Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs will take on Brock Purdy, Christian McCaffrey and the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium with a championship in the balance. The Niners are seeking a record-tying sixth Super …

USATSI Reba McEntire and Post Malone headline the pregame entertainment lineup for Super Bowl LVIII from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, which was announced by the NFL on Thursday. McEntire will sing the national anthem and Post Malone will sing “America the Beautiful.” The big game will be broadcast on CBS (Feb. 11, 6:30 p.m. ET kickoff) and there will …

Sunday’s Detroit-San Francisco game marked the end of the line for the Lions. It also ended things for Greg Olsen, in his role at the lead NFL game analyst at Fox. With CBS having this year’s Super Bowl, Fox’s NFL season is over. Barring something unforeseen (but not impossible), Tom Brady will take Olsen’s spot in 2024. It will send …

C.J. Gardner-Johnson got a little bit ahead of himself in Sunday’s NFC Championship Game. The Lions’ safety began to wave goodbye to the 49ers crowd in Levi’s Stadium after Detroit scored a touchdown to go up 21-7. But that was one of the last high points of Sunday’s game for the Lions, who allowed the 49ers to score 27 straight …

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas was once widely considered one of the best in the game. He set an NFL record (that has since been broken) with 149 catches back in 2019, his second straight year leading the league in receptions. But injuries robbed him of the next few years of his career, and he didn’t really get …

For 30 minutes Sunday, it looked as if the Detroit Lions might reach their first-ever Super Bowl. But then the San Francisco 49ers stormed back to steal the NFC Championship, ensuring a title-game rematch with the vaunted Kansas City Chiefs. It wasn’t necessarily a pretty postseason journey for the NFC’s No. 1 seed, as the 49ers barely survived the upstart …

Throughout the regular season, the Chiefs’ defense helped carry the team to an 11-6 record — finishing the year No. 2 in yards allowed and points allowed. But the unit has turned things up to a higher level in the postseason, holding the Dolphins to seven points, the Bills to 24, and the Ravens to 10 to advance to Super …

The Super Bowl LVIII matchup is set with the San Francisco 49ers taking on the Kansas City Chiefs in a rematch of Super Bowl LIV.  With so many tantalizing matchups between the NFC and AFC champions, let’s take an early look at some intriguing battles from a scout’s perspective.  Here are three key matchups to watch: Can the Chiefs slow …

Video Details Lamar Jackson describes the Baltimore Ravens mood as ‘mad’ after they fall to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship. Everything pointed to this being the Ravens year, including a spectacular regular season, and yet once again, Lamar seemed to be unable to rise to the occasion in the playoffs, and was outplayed by Patrick Mahomes. Craig …

Super Bowl LVIII is fast approaching, and the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers have punched their tickets to the big game. Las Vegas was awarded the Super Bowl to conclude the 2023 season and the game will be played at Allegiant Stadium, home of the Las Vegas Raiders. This marks the first time Las Vegas and the entire …

Video Details The Detroit Lions came out of the gate swinging in the NFC Championship game against the San Francisco 49ers, stacking up a 17 point lead in by the half, and holding the Niners offense to 7. Yet is all slipped away in the 2nd-half of the game, and Brock Purdy’s Niners rallied back to win the game 34-31, …

Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown thinks the bitter taste in his teammates’ mouth will motivate them in the offseason. St. Brown said after the Lions lost to the 49ers on Sunday that the Lions will be working all offseason toward the goal of winning it all. “I think that feeling that we all had walking off of that field …

USATSI Super Bowl LVIII is just a few weeks away, set for Feb. 11, 2024, as the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers will meet in Las Vegas.  For the first time, CBS Sports will have the Super Bowl available in 1080p High Dynamic Range (HDR) and 4K HDR. The 4K HDR feed will be supplied to various MVPDs (Multichannel …

Yesterday, 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk made a catch that reminded those of us who saw it live of the one-of-a-kind reception made by Steelers receiver Lynn Swann in Super Bowl X. As it turns out, Swann was drafted by the Steelers 50 years ago today. Yes, the draft used to be held before Groundhog Day. For the Steelers, every year …