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A lot was different in sports the last time that the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks met in the Super Bowl on Feb. 1, 2015. The San Francisco Giants had just won their third World Series in five years (2010, 2012 and 2014); Ohio State defeated 2014 Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota and the Oregon Ducks in the first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship the month prior; projected lottery […]

BOWMAN GRAY STADIUM (WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.) — A snow-delayed race that featured rain and sleet had drivers spinning out as they battled each other and their rain tires Wednesday night in NASCAR’s preseason exhibition Clash. So maybe it was appropriate that Ryan Preece, a short-track modified standout from the Northeast who had not won a Cup points event, captured the marathon that took 2 hours, 20 minutes on the historic quarter-mile […]

The countdown to the 2026 FIFA World Cup continues, and we're just months away from seeing the world's biggest sporting event hit the shores of North America. The U.S. men's national team take on Paraguay in its opener on June 12 in Los Angeles, so that leaves plenty of time to talk about who will be in the starting XI for Mauricio Pochettino's squad. We all have our thoughts, but […]

For most of the season, we’ve seen statistics that encapsulate why Drake Maye is one of one. He's the first NFL quarterback, for example, to ever have a game with a 90-plus completion percentage, 250-plus passing yards and five touchdowns. There are several more examples. But it’s not the specific stats that matter, really. It’s that Maye did something unprecedented: the first. On Sunday, he has the chance to be the […]

San Jose, Calif. — Seattle Seahawks kicker Jason Myers had known Sam Darnold since the time he entered the NFL as a rookie first-round draft pick by the New York Jets in 2018. So, when Myers learned Darnold had signed with Seattle in free agency, the two Southern California natives decided to connect a few weeks later for a round of golf at The Bridges Golf Course in San Diego […]

Beginning Jan. 27, when then-No. 5 Nebraska traveled to the Crisler Center for a date with then-No. 3 Michigan, the Big Ten ushered in a wave of high-leverage games that pitted the league’s best teams against each other at the midway point of the conference schedule. First, the Wolverines upended the previously unbeaten Cornhuskers, whose roster that night was diminished through injury. Then, Michigan scored its second victory over a […]

For some, the two-week-long wait between the conference championship game and the Super Bowl might be too laborious. But for Tom Brady, he found the time between games helpful — and there's one instance where the wait really helped the seven-time Super Bowl winner. In an interview with FS1's "The Herd," Brady shared how he and New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels came up with four plays just hours […]

The last time the Seahawks were on the Super Bowl stage, they fell just short — in heartbreaking fashion — to the Patriots. Malcolm Butler’s goal-line interception of Russell Wilson in the closing seconds of Super Bowl XLIX remains one of the most shocking and league-defining plays in NFL history. With a title back within Seattle's grasp 11 years later, what will it take to finish the job this time? […]

The Patriots are not shying away from the underdog label in Super Bowl LX. "Somebody has to [be]," coach Mike Vrabel said Monday during opening night festivities. "I don’t think we dislike it." But schematically, what will it take for the Patriots to actually topple the favored Seahawks in the fight for the Lombardi Trophy? Here are three keys to victory for New England: 1. Drake Maye must use his […]