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The Cincinnati quarterback believes the best is yet to come.
The Bengals‘ loss in the AFC championship to the Chiefs on Sunday was a crushing blow to another promising season. However, despite the tough loss, quarterback Joe Burrow remains confident that the team will remain a Super Bowl contender for years to come.
“I feel very good about the direction that we’re headed in,” Burrow said after the game, via Bengals.com. “We’ve been in this game for two straight years. We have won one and lost one. Obviously, this one hurts but we will come back stronger.

The social media machine was HUMMING in the wake of both NFL championship games Sunday, and San Francisco 49ers lineman Joe Staley was NOT having the nonsense. The 38-year-old took aim at youngster Kayvon Thibodeaux when the Giants rookie fired off a tweet during the Eagles’ drubbing of the 49ers Sunday afternoon.

The league informed clubs that the maximum amount they will be able to spend on player salaries is $224.8 million. The Bears are $92 million under the cap, while the Saints are nearly $59 million over the limit.
The NFL informed teams Monday that the 2023 salary cap will be set at $224.8 million per club, shattering the previous record of $208.2 million, set in ’22. Previous reports had indicated the cap was bound for a record high, but an increase of more than $16 million still qualifies as a surprising jump. From ’13 to ’20, the salary cap had been growing at a pace of only $10.

Alongside her brothers, Taylor Sirianni stole the show after the Eagles’ big win.
Eagles coach Nick Sirianni may have been the man of the hour after Philadelphia cruised past the 49ers in Sunday’s NFC championship game, but as soon as he sat down at his postgame press conference, there was a new star of the show: his daughter, Taylor.
All three of Sirianni’s children were with him at the podium following the Eagles’ 31–7 rout of the Niners that booked the Philadelphia’s ticket to Super Bowl LVII, but it was Taylor who stood out among the rest.

The new MLB The Show cover athlete is committed to making the game he loves more dynamic.
Early on in Damien Chazelle’s new film Babylon, Margot Robbie’s character, Nellie LaRoy, says, “You don’t become a star. You either are one or you ain’t. I am.” Those words would be just as fitting if they were written for Jazz Chisholm Jr., the Eurostepping phenom of the Marlins who was revealed as the cover athlete for the popular baseball video game MLB The Show 23 on Monday afternoon.
In many ways, this is the gaming equivalent of being featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

When the NFL Draft rolls around in April, it would not be surprising to see former Texas Longhorns running back Bijan Robinson have his name called in the first round. While OutKick’s Dan Zaksheske doesn’t have a single running back being drafted through the first 27 picks, there are other analysts who believe that one, if not two backs will go.
Robinson and Jahmyr Gibbs are expected to be the first two ball-carriers off of the board, no matter where they are selected.

The Juventus midfielder is heading to the Premier League to join fellow Americans Tyler Adams, Brenden Aaronson and Jesse Marsch.
The American influence at Leeds United continues to grow.
The Premier League side managed by former MLS midfielder Jesse Marsch is adding yet another USMNT star to its lineup, as the club announced the signing of Juventus midfielder Weston McKennie on loan for the remainder of the season with an option to buy this summer.

Shaquille O’Neal and Kevin Durant got into a Twitter squabble over the weekend over who hides their baldness better.
How’s that for a tease?!
Durant, who’s been known to be a little sensitive on the social media machine over the years, fired the first shot at Shaq when he questioned O’Neal’s basketball IQ.
Earlier in the week, Shaq took aim at new Los Angles Lakers player Rui Hachimura, saying he didn’t knew who he was when the trade with the Washington Wizards was announced.

With Super Bowl LVII less than three weeks away, let’s take a look at the early MVP odds at FOX Bet for the big game. Plus a couple of early picks via Jason McIntyre.

The NFL’s Conference Championship Sunday has come and gone. As usual, there were plenty of fireworks by the teams … and by NFL referees.
Seemingly no NFL game is complete these days without some kind of monumental and controversial decision by game officials.
It started early on Sunday, too, with the referees missing an incomplete pass on a fourth down from Jalen Hurts to DeVonta Smith. Officials ruled it complete, the Eagles got a first down and scored two plays later. They never trailed in the game.