Articles filed under Football
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Five bits of trivia about Virginia Halas McCaskey, who died Thursday at age 102Feb 07, 2025 6:14 pm - Bears owner Virginia Halas McCaskey died at the age of 102 on Thursday. McCaskey was the matriarch of the franchise and she was both the NFL’s oldest owner and its longest-tenured owner. Here are five things to know about McCaskey.
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Super Bowl parties are out. ‘Taylor Bowl’ parties are in.Feb 07, 2025 2:33 pm - Taylor Swift fans are embracing football and hosting Super Bowl parties themed around the pop star and her Chiefs player boyfriend Travis Kelce.
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How Josh Allen beat out Lamar Jackson for AP NFL MVPFeb 07, 2025 12:04 pm - For the past 11 seasons, being named the AP first-team All-Pro quarterback was a prelude to winning the NFL's MVP award. There was some logic to that with quarterbacks providing the most value to a team and the same panel picking the All-Pro team and all of the awards.
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The Super Bowl three-peat eluded Bradshaw, Brady, Montana and Aikman. Now Mahomes takes his shotFeb 07, 2025 11:55 am - Terry Bradshaw is on the list of Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterbacks who fell short of a Super Bowl three-peat. Same with the Hall-bound Tom Brady. Patrick Mahomes is the first to get his team back to the Super Bowl with a chance to win three in a row. Bradshaw wonders what might have been if the Steelers could have gone as far as the Chiefs either time they were two-time champs.
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Fox officiating analyst Mike Pereira dismisses ‘myth’ of pro-Chiefs favoritismFeb 06, 2025 4:53 pm - Mike Pereira walked out to his spot during Fox's media day and was greeted by a larger contingent of reporters than usual for an officiating expert when there were Super Bowl-winning coaches and players around the room. He knew something was wrong.
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Chicago Bears owner, matriarch Virginia Halas McCaskey dies at 102Feb 06, 2025 11:46 am - Bears owner and matriarch Virginia Halas McCaskey died Thursday at the age of 102, the Bears announced in a news release Thursday morning.
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Ohio State’s Ryan Day agrees to contract extension through 2031 paying him $12.5 million annuallyFeb 06, 2025 10:19 am - Ohio State coach Ryan Day has agreed in principle to a seven-year contract valued at $12.5 million a year. The school announced the deal just over two weeks after the Buckeyes won the national championship.
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Silvy: The 10 Bears who can most benefit from the new coaching staff next seasonFeb 06, 2025 6:00 am - I don’t believe there was a single player who maximized his potential in 2024. Therefore, this is my list of the top 10 Bears who I am hoping benefit most from the new staff:
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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...