The longtime ESPN personality made a strange connection in regard to the first Super Bowl matchup between Black starting quarterbacks.
Super Bowl LVII presented a historic matchup for several reasons Sunday night, but one of the most relevant story lines leading up to the Big Game was the fact that it was the first NFL championship game to feature two Black starting quarterbacks in Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts. Naturally, the subject was discussed across the sports media landscape before and during the game, but one reference didn’t go over well.
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While normal, everyday people were just excited to see two great quarterbacks in Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts battle it out in the Super Bowl, the race-obsessed media had to make it about the color of their skin.
Super Bowl LVII marked the first time two black quarterbacks squared off against one another in the big game. You likely heard or read that note dozens of times in the lead-up to the game, but Chris Berman and ESPN felt the need to continually drive home the point even after the game was over.
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Two Black quarterbacks, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Babyface and RIHANNA all during Black History Month
Let’s be brutally honest for a moment, the NFL hasn’t exactly been a shining example of diversity, inclusion, and racial equality throughout its almost 103-year history.
Coming into the 2022 season, there were only four Black head coaches, Mike Tomlin (who has been the Steelers head coach since 2007) Mike McDaniels, Todd Bowles and Lovie Smith out of the 32 NFL teams, despite the fact that about 57.5% of all NFL players are African-American.
The two-time MVP quarterback won his second Super Bowl MVP following the Chiefs’ win over the Eagles on Sunday.
The Super Bowl LVII celebration appears to be in full swing for Patrick Mahomes following the Chiefs’ 38-35 win over the Eagles on Sunday night.
The star quarterback claimed his second Super Bowl MVP, just days after becoming a two-time NFL MVP, to cap another impressive season that ended with Kansas City claiming its second championship in four years. In the aftermath of the Big Game at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.
Kansas City Chiefs veteran quarterback Chad Henne has decided to go out on top as he announced his retirement from the NFL just moments after winning his second Super Bowl ring on Sunday.
Henne, 37, grabbed himself a Bud Light during the on-field celebration and shared the announcement to Instagram that he was calling it quits.
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That cold beer undoubtedly went down smoothly for Mr. Henne.
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A game that good shouldn’t have ended like this.
The Kansas City Chiefs deserved to win the Super Bowl for dozens of reasons. Their second-half play calling found defensive weakness and exploited them. Patrick Mahomes played through considerable ankle pain, Andy Reid proved why he’s one of the best of all time, and the entire offensive unit around Mahomes stepped up to win.
A five-time Super Bowl champion will finally return to the Big Game. Plus, a couple of surprise division winners, destinations for free agent quarterbacks and running backs, and contract extensions for some of the biggest names in the league.
The Super Bowl is over, and the Chiefs are your new world champions. That means it’s time to stop ignoring the rest of the league, as we did so inconsiderately this week at the NFL’s season-ending circus.
Here, for you, is a batch of 32 fresh (for the most part) predictions for the upcoming season … one for every team.
The New York Jets have reportedly started the process of trying to trade for Aaron Rodgers.
Rodgers’ “darkness retreat” starts Monday and while he’s in a dark room for days trying to find himself, the Jets might try to hammer out a trade.
Woody Johnson’s franchise has reached out to the Packers to figure out what it might take to land the star passer, according to ESPN.
Jets have reportedly reached out about Aaron Rodgers. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
The Jets kicking the tires on trading for Rodgers shouldn’t surprise anyone.
The slippery field was a total disaster.
The Chiefs beat the Eagles, 38–35, Sunday night in Super Bowl LVII in what was a thrilling game that was slightly marred by a controversial call in the final seconds and completely marred by horrible field conditions from basically the opening kickoff that should have the NFL feeling embarrassed Monday morning.
The league’s biggest game of the season was played on such a slippery and awful surface that we saw players losing their footing and falling all over the place.
Just look at what happened to Eagles kicker Jake Elliott on a kickoff.
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Plus, Toronto had a close call against bottom-feeding Detroit
Super Bowl, Shmuper Bowl, I always say. The end of the NFL season finally signifies the stretch run of the NBA season, and the casuals will now be coming along for the ride.
If you fall into the category of “having no clue of what’s happening this season,” then let me catch you up to speed. The Celtics have dominated most of this regular season, coming off their Finals loss hungrier than ever. There’s been a sense of inevitability to their contention in some ways.