By Rob Woollard Patrick Mahomes conjured another Super Bowl comeback on Sunday as the Kansas City Chiefs snatched a thrilling 25-22 overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers to win their third NFL championship in five seasons. In a perfectly scripted finale before a celebrity-studded Las Vegas crowd including pop icon Taylor Swift, Mahomes found Mecole Hardman in the end zone with just three seconds remaining in overtime to seal a dramatic win in what […]
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Kelce relishing Swift spotlight ahead of Super Bowl
Travis Kelce says he is relishing the attention after being catapulted into the global spotlight via his romance with Taylor Swift. The 34-year-old Kansas City Chiefs tight end has found himself in the eye of a pop culture hurricane this season due to his relationship with the Grammy-winning music superstar. It has swept the two-time Super Bowl champion’s profile into a whole new dimension, meaning Kelce is just as likely to lead entertainment news headlines […]
Rihanna to headline Super Bowl halftime show
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Superstar Rihanna will headline the Super Bowl halftime show in February, the main event sponsor Apple Music announced Sunday. The move marks a long-awaited return to performing for the singer, who had previously turned down the gig in protest. “IT’S ON. @rihanna will take the stage for the first ever Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show on 2.12.23,” Apple Music said in a tweet featuring a photo of the musician’s […]
Six-time Super Bowl champ Brady aims to prove himself again
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, with six Super Bowl rings and a new two-year contract extension in hand, is ready to prove himself again in the NFL. The superstar signal-caller admitted that at 42, in his 20th year with the same team, he’s in “pretty much uncharted territory. “I’m going to go out there and do the best I can this year and see what happens,” said the player […]
Super Bowl records to fall as Brady chases sixth crown
ATLANTA, United States (AFP) — Tom Brady chases an unprecedented sixth Super Bowl crown here Sunday as the New England Patriots face the Los Angeles Rams in a clash of the generations set to rewrite the NFL record books. Brady, 41, will become the only player in history to win six Super Bowls if he leads the Patriots to victory, 17 years after he clinched his first title in 2002. A capacity crowd of 75,324 […]
Brady, Goff raring to go as Super Bowl circus kicks off
by Rob Woollard Agence France Presse ATLANTA, United States (AFP) — Rival quarterbacks Tom Brady and Jared Goff declared themselves raring to go on Monday as the final countdown to the Super Bowl got under way with the traditional opening night media circus. A day after the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams touched down in Atlanta, the teams who will battle for the biggest prize in US sport were presented to around […]
NFL: Trump tweets congratulations to Super Bowl champ Eagles
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP) — Plaudits poured out for the Philadelphia Eagles on social media on Sunday after they vanquished the mighty New England Patriots 41-33 to win a first Super Bowl title. US President Donald Trump — who has had his differences with the NFL during the season — was quick off the mark after the Eagles, led by upstart backup quarterback Nick Foles after a late-season injury to Carson Wentz, defied the odds to […]
Beyonce Super Bowl performance alternately draws praise and ire
CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) — Coldplay headlined at Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show, but all eyes were on R&B super star Beyonce, who gyrated her way through her latest single “Formation” – a power anthem to race and feminism that made a surprise debut on Saturday. The music video features powerful images of a flooded New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It also depicts graffiti that reads “stop shooting us,” suggestive of the […]
Seattle jubilant as Seahawks head home from Super Bowl victory
By Jonathan Kaminsky Mon Feb 3, 2014 4:31pm EST (Reuters) – The Seattle Seahawks football team was due to return home to a jubilant city on Monday, fresh from trouncing the usually high-scoring Denver Broncos 43-8 to win the Super Bowl and the franchise’s first NFL championship. Thousands of blue- and green-clad Seahawks fans took to the streets of Seattle on Sunday night to celebrate, with revelers downtown lighting bonfires and fans on Greek Row […]
Seahawks blow out Broncos; win Super Bowl XLVIII
The Seattle Seahawks’ ferocious defense shut down the Denver Broncos and record-setting quarterback Peyton Manning in a 43-8 rout on Sunday (February 2) to claim their first Super Bowl title. Seattle, the NFL’s top-ranked defense, turned two interceptions into second-quarter touchdowns for a 22-0 lead at intermission, the second coming on a 69-yard interception return by linebacker Malcolm Smith. The Seahawks also recovered two fumbles in the lopsided contest that gave them their first Super […]
Broncos and Seahawks finish off Super Bowl preparations
(Reuters) – The Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos put the finishing touches to their preparations for this weekend’s 48th Super Bowl by completing their final practice sessions on Friday. The NFC Champion Seahawks trained for just over an hour inside the New York Giants practice facility near MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, where Sunday’s game will be played. “And now, we wait” Seattle coach Pete Carroll told reporters. “We had a great day today. […]
