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Hundreds of thousands turn out for Seahawks Super Bowl celebration

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SEATTLE — Hundreds of thousands of Seattle Seahawks fans crowded Lumen Field and the streets of downtown Seattle on Wednesday to celebrate the football team’s Super Bowl win in what felt like a blue-and-green citywide party.

Well before sunrise, some fans woke up to guarantee their spot on a bus, or pushed a discarded couch multiple blocks ...Read more

Mike Vrabel responds to Seahawks claiming Patriots had pass-protection 'tell'

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Seattle Seahawks apparently had some help with their blitzes in the Super Bowl.

Immediately after winning Super Bowl LX 29-13, cornerback Devon Witherspoon told SiriusXM NFL Radio that Seahawks essentially knew what the New England Patriots were going to do on offense based on the way their offensive linemen were ...Read more

Matt Calkins: Seahawks show their personalities before Super Bowl parade

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SEATTLE — The contrast between the Seahawks’ first Super Bowl-winning team and this one was as stark as a left tackle and a kicker.

Or at least we thought.

That Legion of Boom squad from 12 years ago was teeming with personalities as big as a 767. It had Richard Sherman and Marshawn Lynch and Michael Bennett. It had a defense dancing to ...Read more

Giants hiring ex-Titans head coach Brian Callahan as quarterbacks coach

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NEW YORK — The Tennessee Titans are picking higher than the New York Giants are in April’s NFL draft. The Giants are hiring their former head coach, Brian Callahan, to be the quarterbacks coach for Jaxson Dart.

Callahan, 41, the son of experienced NFL offensive line coach Bill Callahan, posted a 4-19 record (.174) as the Titans’ head ...Read more

Ex-Steelers linebacker Joey Porter Sr. goes after Ben Roethlisberger as a teammate and a person

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PITTSBURGH — Let the war of words begin.

Joey Porter Sr. recently co-hosted Cam Heyward's podcast, and when the conversation turned to ex-Steelers being critical of former coach Mike Tomlin, the former Steelers linebacker didn't hold back on Ben Roethlisberger (aka "Seven").

"Seven definitely broke the brotherhood, because the [expletive] ...Read more

Brad Biggs: Seahawks' emphatic Super Bowl victory highlights some offseason priorities for Bears

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CHICAGO — In the NFL, where the next big event is rarely far off, the scouting combine is fast approaching. The league will descend on Indianapolis for a week beginning Feb. 23, and the start of the new league year March 11 isn’t far behind.

The Chicago Bears have been deep in scouting meetings, and the coaches have returned to Halas Hall ...Read more

Ed Graney: Klint Kubiak wins people over with hard work, not words

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LAS VEGAS — He’s all about football. That’s the most important thing.

Klint Kubiak wasn’t going to dazzle at a news conference Tuesday while being introduced as the new Las Vegas Raiders coach. Wasn’t going to drop many one-liners or jokes or bring the room down. That’s not him.

Antonio Pierce won the news conference.

Pete Carroll...Read more

Seahawks kick off Super Bowl parade with raucous ceremony at Lumen Field

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SEATTLE — The Seahawks’ Super Bowl celebration at Lumen Field on Wednesday morning began with a toast and included a boast.

The roughly 35-minute program of speeches at Lumen Field kicked off the parade through Seattle honoring the team’s 29-13 win in the Super Bowl on Sunday over the New England Patriots included some R-rated moments ...Read more

Arlington Heights rallies to bring Bears to the suburbs -- and fight off a bid from Indiana

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CHICAGO — As competition for a new Chicago Bears stadium intensifies, suburban fans and leaders plan to rally Wednesday night to bring the team to Arlington Heights, Ill. — with a new urgency to fight off a bid from Indiana.

The Indiana Senate recently passed a bill to create a northwest Indiana sports stadium authority to finance, build ...Read more

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Sean Keeler: Broncos need to give RB Breece Hall what he wants, a Super Bowl ride on Bo Nix Express

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DENVER — That one’s for the John. The sooner we flush Super Bowl Suxty out of our collective eyeballs, the better. Still, you win or you learn, right?

“Coach mentioned that as well, just how young of a team that we are,” Denver Broncos punter Jeremy Crawshaw told me as we talked at his locker stall after the AFC championship. “So I ...Read more

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49ers' Keion White shot after argument with rapper Lil Baby: report

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San Francisco 49er Keion White was shot following an argument with rapper Lil Baby and his entourage at the football player’s Super Bowl party, according to a police report.

The 27-year-old defensive end was shot in the ankle just after 4 a.m. on Monday at Dahlia Lounge in San Francisco. As of Tuesday, no arrests had been made and no suspect ...Read more

Portage, Ind., proposes Chicago Bears stadium on city land

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The city of Portage, Ind., is throwing a Hail Mary pass at a privately-funded Chicago Bears stadium built on city-owned land, city officials said Tuesday.

Portage Mayor Austin Bonta said the city has proposed to build a stadium on 300 acres of city-owned land on the north side of the city. City officials are calling the proposal “Halas Harbor...Read more

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Drake Maye makes promise to Patriots fans after postseason struggles

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FOXBORO, Mass. — Patriots players took one last trip into Gillette Stadium on Tuesday following Sunday’s Super Bowl LX loss to the Seahawks.

Players had a final meeting with positional coaches and other staff, but they’ll be back in the facility in no time.

“Ten weeks until we’re back here,” quarterback Drake Maye said Tuesday. “...Read more

Seahawks clean out lockers with an eye on Super Bowl parade

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RENTON, Wash. — There’s still plenty of fun ahead for the Seattle Seahawks, starting with a parade Wednesday morning through the streets of Seattle celebrating their 29-13 Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots.

“It’s something I’ve dreamed about, said cornerback Riq Woolen, who noted he has walked by pictures of the parade ...Read more

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Mike Vorel: Seahawks weren't ready for Super Bowl when season began

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SEATTLE — As 12s prepare for a parade, as John Schneider shines his second Lombardi Trophy, as Sam Darnold and Kenneth Walker III sit in a spinning teacup at Disneyland, as Mike Macdonald makes his “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” debut, it’s easy to forget where this Seahawks season started.

It started with a 17-13 loss to the rival San Francisco ...Read more

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Rams offensive tackle Rob Havenstein announces retirement

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Back in September of 2023, Steve Avila felt overcome with nerves. The rookie left guard was about to make his NFL debut, and his anxiety was written all over his face.

Looking over at him, veteran Rams right tackle Rob Havenstein offered the kind of salt-of-the-earth wisdom that he specialized in.

“‘Hey man, it’s just football. You’re ...Read more

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2026 Super Bowl scores 124.9 million viewers, second-largest audience in history

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Defense wins championships and Super Bowl LX showed it can get ratings too.

NBC's Sunday telecast of the Seattle Seahawks' 29-13 win over the New England Patriots averaged 124.9 million viewers according to Nielsen data, falling short of the record of 127.7 million set last year on Fox.

Seattle's smothering defense preventing New England from ...Read more

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James Pearce Jr. 'maintains his innocence' after allegedly crashing into WNBA star's car multiple times

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Atlanta Falcons rookie James Pearce Jr. is "maintaining his innocence" after being arrested Saturday near Miami. Pearce is facing five felony charges after allegedly intentionally crashing his SUV into a vehicle being driven by Los Angeles Sparks player Rickea Jackson multiple times.

The 22 year-old linebacker was arrested after crashing his ...Read more

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Cardi B and Stefon Diggs spark breakup rumors after Patriots' Super Bowl loss

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LOS ANGELES — Cardi B and New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs have fired up a new wave of breakup speculation, less than a year after going official.

The Grammy-winning "Invasion of Privacy" rapper, 33, and football pro, 32, welcomed a baby late last year, but are reportedly going their separate ways. Fans began speculating on the...Read more

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Klint Kubiak ready to begin rebuilding as coach of Raiders

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LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Raiders introduced Klint Kubiak as their new head coach Tuesday.

Kubiak, who turns 39 next week, was the offensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks and is coming off a 29-13 Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots Sunday.

Kubiak spoke with the media at the Raiders’ practice facility in Henderson and ...Read more