Tom Brady wins 5th Super Bowl MVP award with vintage performance
TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady took one final snap, went down on his knee, popped up and hugged his Tampa Bay Buccaneers teammates. With that big, familiar smile. They were champions and Brady put together another vintage performance on football’s biggest stage — doing everything his unquestioned greatness has forced...
Throngs of maskless fans celebrate Tampa’s Super Bowl win
TAMPA, Fla. — So much for the mayor’s order requiring masks at Super Bowl parties. Videos went viral on social media, showing throngs of mostly maskless fans and packed sports bars as the clock inside Raymond James Stadium ticked down on a hometown Super Bowl win for the Tampa Bay...
Buccaneers’ Bruce Arians scoffs at rumors, says he’s returning ‘for 2’
TAMPA, Fla. — Seconds after linebacker Devin White intercepted a pass in the end zone, Tampa Bay coach Bruce Arians started doling out hugs. Players, assistants, staffers, they all got in line. Arians unplugged his headset, slipped on a Super Bowl championship hat and braced for the traditional Gatorade shower....
Tom Brady wins Super Bowl No. 7, Buccaneers dominate ChiefsVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady made the Buccaneers, their fans and their city believe from the moment he arrived in Tampa Bay. With help from old friend Rob Gronkowski and a ferocious defense, Brady and the Buccaneers are Super Bowl champions. Brady threw two touchdown passes to Gronkowski and one...
The biggest win: In 2020, NFL found ways to play every game
More than the youth of Patrick Mahomes or the agelessness of Tom Brady, the most compelling story surrounding this year’s Super Bowl was that it was happening at all. It took nearly 1 million covid tests, thousands of Zoom meetings, a dozen or so rescheduled games and an untold amount...
Peyton Manning, Charles Woodson, Calvin Johnson lead Hall of Fame classVideo
Though others have eclipsed him in some sections of the record book, Peyton Manning’s stamp on the NFL is very much a thing of 2021 and beyond. Manning, the quarterback whose meticulous attention to detail helped turn the 21st-century gridiron into a chessboard on turf, was awarded his spot in...
Browns’ Kevin Stafanski named NFL Coach of the Year
For turning around a moribund Cleveland Browns franchise, overcoming injuries and covid-19 concerns, Kevin Stefanski was the Associated Press Coach of the Year on Saturday. The Browns snapped their postseason drought going back to the 2003 season by going 11-5 in the rugged AFC North, then beating the Pittsburgh Steelers...
Eagles closer to trading Carson Wentz, but obstacles remainVideo
PHILADELPHIA — Two NFL personnel sources said Friday they heard the Eagles were getting close to trading quarterback Carson Wentz, as Colts general manager Chris Ballard was telling an Indianapolis radio show he is “exploring lots of options” to replace retiring quarterback Philip Rivers. Indianapolis seems a likely landing place...
Super Bowl storylines galore as Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes meetVideo
Someone will make history Sunday in a Super Bowl so filled with storylines it could fill a season of TV programming. Tom Brady, already the true Game of Thrones king, going for a seventh ring. Patrick Mahomes, the apparent heir to the quarterbacking summit, seeking a second in a row...
Buccaneers kicker in 1st Super Bowl vs. team that drafted him
Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicker Ryan Succop’s NFL career has gone from Mr. Irrelevant in 2009 finally to his first Super Bowl in his 12th season. And it’s been quite a trip. Cut by not one but two teams. A role in one of the NFL’s worst seasons kicking a football...
Chiefs’ Kpassagnon driven to succeed on, off football fieldVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — Tanoh Kpassagnon grew up in a home where excellent grades and academic achievements were not only encouraged, they were expected. That’s what happens when your mother is a chemist and father an economist, both holding doctoral degrees. The bar is set incredibly high. “I kind of always...
Chiefs coach Britt Reid in car crash injuring 2 young kids
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid, son of head coach Andy Reid, was involved in a multi-vehicle crash late Thursday that injured two young children near the team’s training complex adjacent to Arrowhead Stadium. According to Kansas City, Mo., police, the crash occurred about 9...
Bucs’ Antonio Brown listed as questionable for Super BowlVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — The Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers will head into the Super Bowl on Sunday relatively healthy. The Chiefs ruled out left tackle Eric Fisher because of a torn Achilles tendon and linebacker Willie Gay Jr. with knee and ankle injuries, but neither of them was...
Super Bowl 55: Viewer’s guide for Sunday’s Bucs-Chiefs matchupVideo
Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers marks the biggest day of sports broadcasting for networks. Here are some things to know about the CBS coverage as well as Super Bowl-related programming on other networks: Super 21 for CBS This marks the 21st Super Bowl...
Nickelodeon to have big presence in CBS Super Bowl coverage
There might eventually be a kids-focused broadcast of the Super Bowl. It won’t be happening this year. Nickelodeon will still have a noticeable presence during Sunday’s coverage on CBS. Following the success of Nick’s presentation of an NFL playoff contest last month, CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus said there were...
Penn State football gets blistered on Twitter for Super Bowl tweet
The offseason is proving to be every bit as brutal for the Penn State football program as the 2020 season was. Only this time, instead of an 0-5 start and a 4-5 finish, this pain is self-inflicted — by the program’s own Twitter account. The official Penn State football Twitter...
Peyton Manning, Charles Woodson top Pro Football Hall of Fame candidates
More than two decades ago, Charles Woodson beat out Peyton Manning for a prestigious college award. Something called the Heisman Trophy. On Saturday, they likely will share an even more impressive football honor: entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Manning and Woodson, two of the most dominant players...
Andy Reid, Bruce Arians bring stellar offensive systems to Super Bowl
Andy Reid came up in the West Coast offense, where the quarterback performs almost like an NBA point guard, using short passes that talented playmakers can turn into long gains. Bruce Arians’ offensive philosophy has relied on the mantra “no risk it, no biscuit,” as he wants quarterbacks to take...
Check downs? More like checkmate as Chiefs take what’s givenVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The casual football fan is likely to describe the Kansas City Chiefs offense this way: a go-for-broke, throw-it-deep highlight reel built around a quarterback with record-setting arm strength and wide receivers boasting Olympic-caliber speed. They wouldn’t be entirely wrong. They wouldn’t be entirely right, either. One...
Tim Dahlberg: On eve of Super Bowl, Roger Goodell takes victory lapVideo
The victory lap Roger Goodell took from the podium Thursday in Tampa Bay was hardly unexpected — and surely not unwarranted. He and the NFL have a lot to crow about on the eve of the Super Bowl, and the commissioner’s annual State of the NFL appearance was as good...
Roger Goodell: Many lessons NFL learned in 2020 will carry forward
TAMPA, Fla. — The many lessons learned from 2020 will be needed as the NFL moves forward, commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday in his annual state of the league news conference ahead of the Super Bowl. Held before both in-person and virtual audiences and staged outside of the arena that...
Ex-Steelers coach Bill Cowher: Credit goes to Andy Reid, Bruce AriansVideo
Bill Cowher would love nothing more than to see the Pittsburgh Steelers return to the Super Bowl. Still, Sunday’s matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers is a close second. Cowher spent three seasons in Kansas City as defensive coordinator before becoming a Hall of Fame coach...
Bucs’ Tom Brady has denied 27 QBs in unparalleled playoff successVideo
When a baby-faced Tom Brady made his first trip to the Super Bowl 19 years ago, Kurt Warner served up the main headline at media day by revealing he wanted to be remembered as the first quarterback to win five Super Bowls. That was one more than Terry Bradshaw and...
Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes the rare quarterback with no weaknessVideo
When it comes to judging the best quarterbacks, they all seem to have at least one deficiency. Whether it’s pocket passers such as Tom Brady and Peyton Manning who might not be adept at scrambling, or deadeye accurate ones such as Drew Brees and Joe Montana who might lack elite...
Giants’ Saquon Barkley says knee doing well, won’t set return dateVideo
Saquon Barkley says his surgically repaired knee is doing well, though the New York Giants star running back won’t set a target date for his return. Barkley, the Penn State product who was named 2018 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, tore his right ACL in Week 2 and missed...
