In the NFL’s biggest game, with the crowd roaring, the old master failed at the one play he needed to make while the underdog executed his to perfectionOne man is perhaps the greatest quarterback in NFL history. The other is a career fill-in – the player teams turn to when they need to play someone while they search for a better replacement.Nick Foles was supposed to be the worst quarterback Tom Brady had ever faced in the Super Bowl. The 29-year-old, only starting Super Bowl LII because of a season-ending injury to Philadelphia’s star quarterback Carson Wentz, was considered a minor impediment on Brady’s way to his sixth NFL championship. Related: Super Bowl: Philadelphia Eagles stun New England Patriots in...
Greg Abbott must think he can win a public-relations war with the NFL over the state’s proposed ‘bathroom bill’. He would be mistakenBy taking on the NFL, Texas governor Greg Abbott is entering into a battle he cannot win. The world’s biggest sports league has threatened to withhold signature events if Abbott and the state’s Republicans push forward with a bathroom bill targeted at transgender people. Foolishly, he has chosen to challenge them. Related: Taking a hit: are US athletes' rights being eroded? Continue reading...
At the age of 39 the New England Patriots quarterback is as dangerous as he was when he won his second Super Bowl at 26. It’s as if he can go on foreverBefore the Super Bowl winning drive Tom Brady stood on the Houston stadium’s field and said to his team-mates: “Let’s go.” And later, after the New England Patriots had won on the game’s final play and confetti tumbled over them their right tackle gushed: “He thrives on those moments.” That was 13 years ago, on the night the Patriots won their second Super Bowl, which came in the same stadium, in a similar high-scoring game, won at the end by the Patriots on a drive led by Brady,...
New England’s stingy defense will make the difference in a mouth-watering matchup between the two best quarterbacks in the league this seasonSuccess is supposed to be fleeting in the NFL. The Atlanta Falcons are a case study in how it’s meant to be in a league whose structure is designed to promote parity. After going 14-2 and reaching their first Super Bowl in 1998, they failed to even get back into the postseason for another four years. The exact same thing happened after they went 13-3 and reached the NFC title game in 2012. And now, all of a sudden, they are back in the big dance. Related: Ready for the Super Bowl? Sign up for our newest mobile alert...
Will a player be evaluated for a concussion? Will Lady Gaga say ‘Trump’ during the half-time show? Nothing enables a degenerate gambler quite like the Super Bowl, where the smorgasbord of proposition bets on offer is dizzyingEach year, the amount of Super Bowl proposition bets offered to folks who enjoy placing a wager grows larger and larger. For Sunday’s big game between the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons at Houston’s NRG Stadium, the smorgasbord of props found on the offshore gambling website, 5Dimes.com, is downright dizzying.It will take you several minutes just to read each prop on offer. Take a look.5dimes going all out on the prop bets for the Super Bowl. You need 6 hours to analyze all...