Articles filed under Football
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Former Bears DC Fangio remade the Eagles defense and now looks for his elusive Super Bowl titleFeb 05, 2025 3:26 pm - Former Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio's coaching career started in the 1970s as a high school assistant in Pennsylvania and has taken him across the country in various stops as he grew into one of the most innovative defensive coaches in the game. Now at age 66, he is at the Super Bowl in New Orleans as defensive coordinator with the Philadelphia Eagles team he grew up supporting with a chance to fill one of the few remaining gaps on a stellar career.
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Andy Reid on his coaching future with the Chiefs: 'I'll be back'Feb 04, 2025 7:22 pm - NEW ORLEANS — Coach Andy Reid doesn't plan to leave the Kansas City sideline any time soon. As Reid prepares the Chiefs for their fifth Super Bowl appearance in six seaso...
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Role players often have major impacts on Super Bowl winnersFeb 04, 2025 7:19 pm - NEW ORLEANS — The Super Bowl matchup between Philadelphia and Kansas City isn't lacking for star power. Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce are among the most recognized pla...
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Roger Goodell says perception that officials favor the Chiefs is a 'ridiculous theory'Feb 03, 2025 7:26 pm - NEW ORLEANS — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell disputed the perception that officials favor the Kansas City Chiefs, saying it’s a “ridiculous theory.” Goodell addressed sev...
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NFL’s Saints helped Catholic church amid abuse crisis, emails showFeb 03, 2025 6:43 pm - Hundreds of internal emails obtained by The Washington Post on Monday shed new light on the role New Orleans Saints executives played in helping the city’s Catholic churc...
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Former LSU receivers score 8 times as the NFC tops the AFC in the Pro Bowl Games again, 76-63Feb 02, 2025 5:21 pm - ORLANDO, Fla. — With Olympic flag football three years away, this much is becoming clear: the U.S. team should want a former LSU receiver on its roster. The four ex-Tiger...
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Once the plucky underdog, the Kansas City Chiefs have become the NFL juggernaut fans love to hateFeb 02, 2025 5:17 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs were once the lovable NFL underdogs, led by the good-natured coach who couldn’t win the big one, the plucky quarterback with the...
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Not much good news in Chicago sports, but here are 3 encouraging signsFeb 01, 2025 6:38 pm - One month into 2025, Mike McGraw found three reasons to be optimistic about Chicago sports finding a way to bust out of its current futility. Leading the way is the impressive potential of Bulls rookie Matas Buzelis.
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The players and coaches in Super Bowl 59 with Illinois connectionsFeb 01, 2025 4:52 pm - Here’s a list of players and coaches participating in the Super Bowl who either grew up in Illinois, were born here and moved away, played or coached in Illinois or played or coached for the Bears.
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25 questions ahead of Super Bowl 59Feb 01, 2025 4:36 pm - With another “Super Bowl Week” about to tempt us, we find that there are many more questions than answers. Here are 25 of them, conveniently multiple choice.