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Which venue has hosted the most Super Bowls (and which has done so under 5 different names)?
Here’s a Super Bowl fact:...

Which players have won back-to-back Super Bowl MVPs?
It’s not Brady. It’s not Elway or Rice or Montana or Aikman either. ...

Breaking down the Chiefs and Buccaneers’ positional matchups
Believe it or not, there are actually players other than Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady taking part in this Super Bowl. I know, I’m as shocked by this media revelation as you are. While those two deserve their headlines, and contribute largely to the plot of this Sunday’s theatre, they alone will not...

Matching the Chiefs up against back-to-back Super Bowl squads: How’s it looking for a repeat?
Kansas City is back in the Super Bowl to defend its title, and we’ll soon have a sense of just where Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and company, fit into NFL history. But we don’t really have to wait until Sunday to start figuring it out....

How very white of Brett Favre to blast Deshaun Watson for following his own playbook
Wednesday night, as the Olympic Channel was showing last weekend’s women’s super-G from Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany, the commercial breaks were the standard fare for a niche sports channel, targeting the key demographic of middle-aged men....

Byron Leftwich, the other Black OC in the Super Bowl, deserves a head coaching job
Byron Leftwich was an offensive genius before Tom Brady decided to go to Tampa Bay. ...

These teams have never been to a Super Bowl, but how close did they get?
There are 12 teams who have never won a Super Bowl — and four of them haven’t even been to the big game....

Boom! Madden predicts Chiefs Super Bowl victory, and history says they’ll probably be right
For 17 years, EA Sports has simulated the Super Bowl, beginning in Madden 2004 — featuring the infamous Michael Vick and his 95 speed on the cover — in which the New England Patriots defeated the Carolina Panthers 32-29. Though Madden has only nailed the exact score in one instance — the Patriots sl...

15 bizarre Super Bowl Prop bets to bank on
We’ve reached that point of the year again when it’s acceptable to place bets on Gatorade colors and call yourself a “casual” gambler....

We're gonna have to put up with Brady for a while longer
The masses have been speculating that the end has to be close for the career of Tom Brady for several years. After all, the guy is 43 years old and now playing in a state where most people go to retire, so it seems fitting. Brady has previously said that he wants to play until he’s 45. People have a...

Rams got taken to the cleaners by Detroit in Stafford deal
It’s Trash Talking Tuesday, and today I’m trashing the Los Angeles Rams for giving up a king’s ransom for quarterback Matt Stafford....

Chiefs’ line must give Mahomes time to get the ball to playmakers
We know the storyline. Patrick Mahomes vs. Tom Brady for the Super Bowl, the GOAT vs the young phenom, the thinking man’s veteran vs. arguably the most gifted arm we’ve ever seen. The storyline that doesn’t get talked about enough, however, is the battle in the trenches. No quarterback can succeed w...

The gutsiest calls in Super Bowl history
In the biggest games of the year, it often takes the coaches with the gutsiest calls to win the game....

If Matt Stafford were a Black QB, he would have been out of a job long ago
Talk about a double standard....

What are the best performances by Black quarterbacks in the Super Bowl? We rank them
There have only been seven Black quarterbacks to play in a Super Bowl. That stat could be surprising to some considering the NFL has been majority Black for decades....

Rams fans, meet Stat Padford! It’s not a typo, that’s who he really is
Pump the brakes in La-La Land....

Kansas City Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy needs to stop taking the high road (Updated...again)
Here we are — again. Days after the Kansas City Chiefs — powered by one of the most exciting and explosive offenses the NFL has ever seen — won their second Super Bowl in four seasons. Their offensive coordinator, Eric Bieniemy, missed out — again — on another head coaching cycle as white men with ...

Breaking: Lions deal Stafford to Rams for Goff, a slew of picks with a maniacal laugh (most likely)
Les Snead, the general manager for the Los Angeles Rams, apparently doesn’t like first round picks. He also apparently doesn’t like Jared Goff. He also also apparently — really, deeply, and profoundly — likes Matthew Stafford....

Yes, that's Aaron Rodgers with a case of cold ones in back of a pickup & he doesn't care what you think
Tell me again that you think Aaron Rodgers is leaving Green Bay, and I’ll show you the picture of him in the bed of offensive tackle David Bakhtiari’s truck with a case of beer sporting Packers swag outside Lambeau Field in the most “IDGAF what you think” moment I have ever seen....

NFL analysts defending Deshaun Watson's trade demands are foolish
There are things to fight for as a player. But this Deshaun Watson fight is a total farce....