Links to our coverage from an NFL-less Sunday, including Albert Breer’s conversations with the Chiefs GM on early planning, plus Tom Brady dad’s on retirement.
Fans, the first Sunday without football in over 24 weeks (dating back to preseason Week 1) is officially over. Super Bowl week is here, and the MMQB staff has landed in Phoenix.
We are trying things a little differently at The MMQB this year with Albert Breer’s Monday-morning column, publishing items as separate stories throughout the morning.
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The Philadelphia Eagles remain 1.5-point favorites over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII according to FOX Bet Sportsbook. But according to NFL.com, the Chiefs have three of the top four players in the game that are game-planning nightmares for coordinators. The Eagles however have 6 of the top 10. Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe talk Super Bowl LVII, Eagles vs. Chiefs.
The Super Bowl is back in Arizona, the site of two classic games.
The NBA and National Basketball Players Association are expected to extend an early opt-out deadline of Wednesday, allowing the league and union to continue negotiations on a new long-term collective bargaining deal, sources told ESPN on Monday.
Deion Sanders was born in Florida, played college football at Florida State, played for Atlanta, San Francisco, Dallas, Washington and Baltimore in the NFL, and played for New York, Atlanta, Cincinnati and San Francisco in the MLB. He has since coached at Trinity Christian High School in Texas and Jackson State in Mississippi.
All of this goes to say that he has never lived in a cold-weather climate like Colorado, until now.
Sanders is currently the head football coach in Boulder.
Do you want to get in on the Super Bowl action but uncertain about which side to bet on? Jason McIntyre breaks down five fun and unique ways to wager on the game.
Wisconsin football coach Luke Fickell has finally explained his viral “bat-signals” tweets.
Ever since taking over as the head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers, Fickell has sent tweets of Camp Randall ahead of commitment announcements.
The tweets have been declared Wisconsin’s version of the “bat-signal,” and whenever he sends one, the text groups and message boards start lighting up.
Now, he’s finally revealed his thinking behind the popular trend.
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Get all the latest betting articles and information for Super Bowl LVII from the SI Betting team.
The Big Game is less than a week away, and we have you covered for all things Super Bowl LVII.
Whether you are looking to wager on the point total, spread, player props or build a DFS showdown lineup, we’ve got everything you need right here!
The SI betting team has all the odds and information for the showdown between the Chiefs and the Eagles, including novelty props such the color of the Gatorade shower or player props such as whether or not Jake Elliott will kick two field goals.
Allen picked up curling in 2018, soon after he retired following a 12-year NFL career.
A couple of basketball pundits believe the Warriors moving Jonathan Kuminga at the trade deadline would prove costly down the road.