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NFL offseason: Eagles OC Kellen Moore is expected to be hired as the Saints’ next head coach; the Jets are moving on from Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams; the 49ers offered Deebo Samuel permission to seek a trade.
Down goes Davis: Anthony Davis is expected to miss multiple weeks after experiencing a left adductor pressure in his Dallas launching. He was spectacular (26 factors, 16 rebounds, 7 helps, 3 blocks) prior to leaving with the injury. Mavs followers remain in heck.
Top groups drop: No 6 Florida upset No. 1 Auburn (guys) when traveling, Clemson upset No. 2 Duke (guys) to break their 16-game winning touch, andNo 4 Texas upset No. 2 South Carolina (ladies) to break their 57-game SEC winning touch
Alcaraz makes background: Carlos Alcaraz won the Rotterdam Open to secure his very first interior champion and end up being the youngest guy to win titles on all tennis surface areas (interior tough, outside hard, turf, clay).
⚽ FA Cup astonishment: Liverpool (starting point in the Premier League) was knocked out of the FA Cup after shedding 1-0 to Plymouth Argyle (last location in England’s 2nd department).
Dynasty knocked down: Eagles dethrone Chiefs
Fly Eagles Fly Two years after a painful loss in Super Bowl LVII, Philadelphia obtained pleasant vengeance by burning out the magnificent Chiefs to finish their three-peat desires
Eagles 40, Chiefs 22: That last rating beliesjust how lopsided this game was Kansas City had 23 complete backyards in the very first fifty percent and entered into the storage locker space down 24-0. Philly led 40-6 with 3 mins left prior to a pair garbage-time ratings tightened the space.
A period to bear in mind: The Eagles entered their bye week at 2-2 and watched out of types, motivating followersto call for head coach Nick Sirianni’s job He and his group reacted by going 16-1 the remainder of the method with 9 double-digit victories and a 17-point typical margin of triumph in the playoffs.
The MVP: Jalen Hurts was notoriously benched throughout halftime of the 2018 CFP title video game. Seven years later on, he’s a Super Bowl MVP after making up 292 complete backyards and 3 TD while damaging his very own document for many hurrying backyards by a QB in a Super Bowl (72 ).
The various other MVPs: Philly’s defensive line The Eagles did not strike on a solitary among Patrick Mahomes’ 42 dropbacks,which is incredibly rare Instead, Vic Fangio’s system relied upon its front 4, that created 16 stress and tape-recorded 6 sacks, one reluctant of the Super Bowl document and one of the most Mahomes has actually ever before taken.
Game notes:
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Birthday children: Saquon Barkley broke the single-season rushing record on his 28th birthday celebration, and novice Cooper DeJean (22) ended up being the first player to score a birthday TD in the Super Bowl.
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Going west is finest: This was the nine time this century that group took a trip west to the Super Bowl and one group took a trip eastern. And for the nine straight time, the team that traveled west won.
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Roll Tide: Hurts is the 4th Alabama QB to win a Super Bowl as a starter (Bart Starr, Joe Namath, Ken Stabler). That damages a connection with Purdue (Len Dawson, Bob Griese, Drew Brees) for the many of any kind of college.
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Breaking menstruation: For the very first time in 4 Super Bowl rematches between QBs and 5 between head coaches, the loser of the very first video game won the 2nd.
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Beasts of the East: The NFC East was currently the only department to have all 4 groups win theSuper Bowl Now, all 4 have actually won numerous Super Bowls.
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Run it back? The Eagles are very early faves to win following year’s Super Bowl (+650 at BetMGM), complied with by the Ravens (+700 ), Bills (+750 ), Chiefs (+750) and Lions (+800 ).
NFL picture: Offseason power rankings (Frank Schwab, Yahoo Sports)
In images: Scenes from Sunday
Halftime Show: Kendrick Lamar, the very first solo hip-hop musician to heading the Super Bowl, made his Grammy Award- winning tune (and Drake diss track) “Not Like Us” the centerpiece of a set that included looks from Samuel L. Jackson, SZA and Serena Williams.
The Philly Special: Eagles followers were never ever mosting likely to win a Super Bowl and simply, like, go to sleep. They swarmed downtown Philadelphia and commemorated late right into the night, climbing up light posts, triggering fireworks, andtaking over a garbage truck Naturally.
POTUS: Donald Trump ended up being the first sitting U.S. President to participate in the Super Bowl after investing his early morning playing golf withTiger Woods He supposedly left throughout halftime.
Big champion: Tom Brady’s heritage
Philly was the greatest champion on Sunday. The second-biggest champion? The heritage of Tom Brady, that enjoyed from the program cubicle as the professional chasing him had a hard time strongly and endured the sort of loss he never ever did.
From Yahoo Sports’ Dan Wetzel:
With Mahomes, reasonable or otherwise, nearly every little thing is mounted in his quest of Brady and the title of Greatest ofAll Time This was meant to be an additional action in that instructions.
Instead Mahomes remained delayed on 3– albeit at simply 29 years of ages. Worse however, he became part of a headache of a ready the Chiefs, the sort of blowout Super Bowl loss that Brady never ever experienced.
Brady’s 3 beats dropped by a consolidated 15 factors. In among them he tossed for 505 backyards. When Brady did have his very own first-half disaster versus Atlanta, he rallied New England from a 28-3 opening for the best resurgence in Super Bowl background. For the Chiefs on Sunday, it simply maintained becoming worse.
This is exactly how the GOAT discussion obtains cleared up and it is a credit report to Mahomes that he is dead in the center of it. It advises of Tiger Woods attempting to ferret out Jack Nicklaus– real greats bet the generations. Especially on this phase, where each blunder is multiplied.
Mahomes has actually been fantastic in obtaining Kansas City below; this is his 5th Super Bowl in 6 periods. Yet a few of the group’s core is maturing and while the Chiefs have actually made it look simple, it isn’t.
Brady won 3 titles in his very first 4 periods as a starter. Then he really did not obtain an additional for a years. Mahomes understands exactly how valuable the possibilities are, and exactly how tiny the home window is.
Postgame remarks: “Any time you lose the Super Bowl, it’s the worst feeling in the world,” claimedMahomes “It will stick with you for the rest of your career. You need to capitalize on these … Now it’s how do you respond? Hopefully we can learn from this like the last loss [to Brady’s Bucs] and continue to get better … to make hopefully another run.”
Bottom line: Mahomes will certainly likely be back on football’s greatest phase. But in the meantime, hereafter, the disagreement for Brady is still undamaged, and really a little bit larger than previously.
Related: Grading Brady’s performance in the booth (Jay Busbee, Yahoo Sports)
The Eagles lastly capture the A’s
For the previous 71 years, the Philadelphia sporting activities franchise business with one of the most significant champions was a group that no more played there.
Wait, what? The Athletics won 5 World Series in Philly under famous supervisor and proprietor Connie Mack prior to relocating to Kansas City in 1954. Now the A’s entertain, with Sunday’s triumph providing the Eagles 5 champions of their very own.
Philly’s prize instance:
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⚾ Athletics: 5 (1910-11, 1913, 1929-30)
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Eagles: 5 (1948-49, 1960, 2017, 2024)
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76ers: 2 (1967, 1983)
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⚾ Phillies: 2 * (1980, 2008)
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Flyers: 2 (1974-75)
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Warriors: 2 (1947, 1956)
*Just 2? The Phillies’ 2 World Series titles are the least amongst the 8 still-active MLB groups established in the 19th century. The Cardinals (11 ), Dodgers (8 ), Giants (8 ), Pirates (5 ), Reds (5 ), Braves (4) and Cubs (3) all have much more.
✍ Extra factors
Hubie indications off: Hubie Brown called his final NBA game on Sunday in Milwaukee, bringing his fabled broadcasting occupation to a close. Fittingly, Brown’s 50-year NBA trip finished where it began: His initially professional training work was with the Bucks, back in 1972.
My brand-new favored stat: Tony Gwynn had much more helps in 4 periods on the San Diego State basketball group (590) than strikeouts in his 20-year MLB occupation (434 ). Insane!!!
❤ Emotional returns: Dick Vitale returned to the booth after almost 2 years of fighting cancer cells, and Randy Moss returned to “NFL Countdown” after undertaking effective surgical treatment to eliminate malignant cells.
⚾ Guess that’s back, back once again? Kik é’s back, inform a buddy. The Dodgers are re-signing utility player Enrique “Kiké” Hernández, that has actually currently gone back to the group 4 times throughout his 11-year occupation: two times through profession and two times through complimentary company.
⏱ Must- see race: American runner Grant Fisher (2 bronze medals in Paris) smashed the 3,000-meter indoor world record on Saturday at the Millrose Games, ending up in 7:22:91. Right behind him was Cole Hocker (one gold in Paris), whose 7:23:14 time additionally would certainly have climaxed.
Watchlist: Luka’s launching
Luka Don čić will certainly make his Lakers launching tonight ( 10:30 pm ET, ESPN) in the house versus the Jazz as the Purple and Gold want to win their 6th straight video game.
Trade nixed: The Lakers were wishing to set Don čić with 7-foot-2 facility Mark Williams, however they backed out of their trade with the Hornets as a result of “multiple issues” with Williams’ physical.
More to enjoy:
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NBA: Warriors at Bucks ( 8pm, NBA) … Giannis Antetokounmpo (calf bone pressure) is out tonight and will certainly miss the All-Star Game.
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NCAAM: UNC at Clemson ( 7pm, ESPN); Baylor atNo 5 Houston ( 9pm, ESPN) … The fifth-ranked Cougars have the country’s top-ranked protection (57.0 factors permitted).
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NCAA Hockey: No 1 BC vs.No 8 BU ( 7:30 pm, NHL) … The Golden Eagles and Terriers fulfill in the 72nd Men’s Beanpot Championship.
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Unrivaled: 1-on-1 Tournament ( 7pm, TNT) … 23 players from the brand-new 3-on-3 ladies’s basketball organization complete in a single-elimination brace for $350,000. *
*Prize swimming pool: The champion of the event will certainly get $200,000, and their 5 colleagues (each Unrivaled group has 6 gamers) will certainly get $10,000 each. The runner-up obtains $50,000 and the semifinalists obtain $25,000.
Super Bowl facts
The Eagles are the 7th NFL group to win numerous Super Bowls this century (2000-01 period forward). Can you call the various other 6?
Hint: Four AFC, 2 NFC.
Answer near the bottom.
Baker’s Dozen: Top 13 plays of the weekend break
Trivia solution: Patriots (6 Super Bowls this century), Chiefs (3 ), Steelers (2 ), Ravens (2 ), Giants (2 ), Buccaneers (2 )
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