Super Bowl 2023: Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes face MVP, rapper and statue curse trifecta
MVP Super Bowl loss streak"Mahomes Magic" earned the 27-year-old his second MVP award Thursday night. Not including Mahomes, nine MVPs since Warner have made the Super Bowl. Only Montana, Manning and Brady have multiple regular-season MVPs and also multiple Super Bowl rings as starting quarterbacks. The Drake curseCanadian rapper Drake revealed he's betting $700,000 on the Chiefs in the Super Bowl in addition to other parlays totaling nearly $1 million Friday. He went all in on the Los Angeles Rams' Super Bowl win last year with three bets worth around $1.26 million and it paid off.
wftv.comHow Sunday Night Football's Melissa Stark balances football, four kids and an opportunity few ever get
"He said he felt Tua Tagavailoa had a lot of similarities to Kurt Warner's game," Stark, NBC's Sunday Night Football sideline reporter, said. From 2000-2002, Stark was even ABC's Monday Night Football sideline reporter alongside Michaels and John Madden. “I have 10 to 12 stories that are prepared based on the game,” Stark explains. This attention to detail is on full display during this pre-production meeting in the truck, led by Sunday Night Football coordinating producer Rob Hyland. And having fun with it.”Through 14 weeks of Sunday Night Football, she's proud of how she has.
wftv.comReport: Kurt Warner's son will start as Temple QB for first time vs. Rutgers
Warner, the son of Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner, will make his first start as quarterback for Temple on Saturday when they take on Rutgers, according to ESPN's Pete Thamel. Sources: Temple will start true freshman E.J. Warner, son of NFL Hall of Famer Kurt Warner, against Rutgers today. https://t.co/0y2sQoj0ZG — Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) September 17, 2022The young Warner is a true freshman. While comparisons to his father Kurt Warner and the inspirational story about his journey to the NFL are unavoidable (there's even a movie about his life story now), Drayton isn't thinking about the elder Warner.
wftv.com2022 Hall of Fame: Dick Vermeil guided the 1999 Rams to the most unlikely title ever
Warner's story has been told countless times: He went from bagging groceries to a regular-season and Super Bowl MVP. Let's not forget about the coach of that unbelievable 1999 Rams team. They had a run of success and ended up in Super Bowl XV, though they lost to the Oakland Raiders. 'Winning a Super Bowl doesn't change the person," Vermeil said in 2014 to the Delaware County Daily Times. All of a sudden you become a winning Super Bowl coach and that's how you are introduced.
wftv.com‘Spider-Man’ surpasses $1B globally in second weekend
Film Review - Spider-Man: No Way Home This image released by Sony Pictures shows Tom Holland, left, and Benedict Cumberbatch in Columbia Pictures' "Spider-Man: No Way Home." According to studio estimates Sunday "Spider-Man" added $81.5 million over the three-day weekend, down 69% from its first weekend. With $587.1 million from 61 overseas markets, “Spider-Man" has grossed $1.05 billion globally, making it the highest earner of the pandemic. Universal’s “Sing 2” came in second place with an estimated $23.8 million, while Warner Bros.' “The Matrix Resurrections” grossed $12 million to take third place. Since its release Wednesday, it’s made $41 million ($1.6 million of that came from Thanksgiving weekend showings) from North America and $65 million worldwide.
wftv.comTom Brady has denied 27 QBs in unparalleled playoff success
Brady is shooting for his seventh ring when he leads the Buccaneers (14-5) against the reigning champion Chiefs (16-2) in Super Bowl 55 on Sunday. Brady's postseason record includes a 33-11 mark, 14 conference championship appearances and 10 trips to the Super Bowl. If the Bucs dethrone the champs, Mahomes would become the sixth quarterback Brady has beaten multiple times in the playoffs. Although he’s not showing his age, 43, Brady will be the oldest to play in a Super Bowl, displacing Colts kicker Matt Stover, who was 42 in Super Bowl 44. Unlike Warner, he wasn't going to get ahead of himself and talk about anything but the Super Bowl title in front of him.
All eyes on QBs as Packers host Bucs for NFC championship
The Packers defeated the Rams 32-18 to advance to the NFC championship game. When Rodgers’ Green Bay Packers (14-3) host Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers (13-5) in the NFC championship game Sunday, it will be just the fourth time they’ve squared off as starting quarterbacks, and first in the playoffs. “I’m excited about the opportunity to play against him one more time.”The Bucs trounced the Packers 38-10 in Tampa on Oct. 18. A win at Lambeau Field clinches their first Super Bowl berth since their 2002 championship season. “We play the Packers in the NFC championship game.
ODDS, STATS, MORE: Super Bowl berth at stake as Packers host Buccaneers
(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)TAMPA BAY (13-5) at GREEN BAY (14-3)Sunday, 3:05 p.m. SPREAD — Buccaneers 11-7; Packers 11-6SERIES RECORD — Packers lead 33-22-1LAST MEETING — Buccaneers beat Packers 38-10 in Tampa, Oct. 18, 2020LAST WEEK — Buccaneers beat Saints 30-20; Packers beat Rams 32-18AP PRO32 RANKING — Buccaneers No. STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — This is the second playoff meeting between Tampa Bay and Green Bay. The Packers beat the Bucs 21-7 in a divisional playoff game at Green Bay on Jan. 4, 1998. …Brady is making a league-record 14th conference championship game appearance, his first in the NFC.