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Jan 29, 2025, 09:41 AM ET

An 18-year-old Temple University student has died after falling from a light pole while celebrating the Philadelphia Eagles’ NFC championship win.

Tyler Sabapathy was among the fans celebrating on the streets of Philadelphia after the Eagles beat the Washington Commanders 55-23 on Sunday. Video shows Sabapathy holding onto a street pole then slipping and falling flat on his back, hitting his head on the concrete sidewalk. He was hospitalized with a brain injury and pronounced dead two days later.

Temple president John Fry and vice president for student affairs Jodi Bailey issued a statement Tuesday.

“The loss of

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At least 10 commercials to air during Super Bowl LIX on Fox have sold for $8 million, according to multiple reports Wednesday.

Fox reported in November that it had sold out of ad spots, at what it said it believed to be “record pricing,” Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch said at the time. As spots were dwindling, the price increased, according to reports. Super Bowl ads normally increase by about $100,000 each year, but this year, the increase was reportedly closer to $500,000.

“What was unique to this Super Bowl, or this marketplace, was

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The Kansas City Chiefs‘ history quest meets the Philadelphia Eagles‘ revenge tour in Super Bowl LIX.

The Chiefs, led by the top coach-quarterback combo in the league in Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes, are looking to become the first NFL team to pull off the three-peat. But they haven’t felt like a juggernaut for the entire season — their plus-59 point differential during the regular season would be the fifth-lowest by a Super Bowl champion should they pull out the win. However, they went 12-0 in one-score games and are coming off their

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The offseason has arrived for 30 NFL teams while the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs are preparing for Super Bowl LIX — so we’re taking a look at what lies ahead over the next two months, with free agency set to begin on March 12.

We asked our NFL Nation reporters to pick the one free agent from the team they cover whose contract status will shape that franchise’s offseason the most. The list includes a couple of quarterbacks returning to free agency, veteran receivers who figure to be in high demand and one

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Mike McCarthy, the former Dallas Cowboys coach who was in the running for the Saints job, is no longer planning to coach this year, and Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore has emerged as a lead candidate to fill the New Orleans vacancy, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday night.

No final decision has been made by New Orleans, which has held second interviews with three candidates in total — Moore, Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver and New York Giants offensive coordinator

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Katherine Terrell

ESPN Staff WriterKatherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and she has covered the NFL since 2013. You can follow Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_Terrell

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ESPN Staff WriterJohn Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the team in 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and later for

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Oregon Ducks quarterback Dillon Gabriel has followed a winding path in his collegiate playing career, a path he’ll honor with his unique helmet at the Reese’s Senior Bowl.

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Traditionally, players don the helmets of their respective alma maters in Mobile, Alabama — a splash of individuality to help distinguish potential prospects wearing otherwise similar jerseys as well as a nod to the programs that developed the players. Gabriel will be following that tradition — but with a twist.

His helmet will feature not one, but three college teams.

🔥Sneak peek at Dillon Gabriel’s custom helmet

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