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Jan 28, 2025, 11:13 AM ETOpen Extended Reactions

The Kansas City Chiefs will wear their away white jerseys in Super Bowl LIX, the same color they donned two years ago in the big game against the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Eagles had the choice of jersey color given that they are considered the home team with the Feb. 9 game being played in New Orleans, an NFC host market. They opted for their home green jerseys, the same color they’ve worn in all of their previous four Super Bowl appearances. Philadelphia is 1-3 all-time in the big

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Jan 28, 2025, 11:03 AM ETOpen Extended Reactions

The Detroit Lions have hired Denver Broncos pass game coordinator John Morton as their new offensive coordinator, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday.

Morton, 55, traveled to Detroit on Monday to meet with the team and signed his contract Tuesday morning, the sources told Schefter.

Morton replaces Ben Johnson, who was hired as the Chicago Bears‘ head coach.

Morton was part of head coach Dan Campbell’s Lions staff in 2022 as a senior offensive assistant before joining Sean Payton’s staff with the Broncos in 2023.

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Jan 28, 2025, 09:29 AM ETOpen Extended Reactions

Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis said that adding Tom Brady as a minority owner brought a needed piece that has been missing from the organization since Jon Gruden resigned.

“Bringing in Tom Brady was bringing in somebody on the football side that I had been lacking having here in the organization,” Davis told reporters. “Back in I guess it was ’18, with Jon Gruden. He was somebody that I brought in and really expected to be that person on the football side that would bring stability to the organization. He had

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Brooke PryorJan 28, 2025, 09:27 AM ET

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PITTSBURGH — Echoing the words of his head coach, Pittsburgh Steelers owner and president Art Rooney II said talented but mercurial wide receiver George Pickens has “room to grow.”

“George is a very talented player who has room to grow,” Rooney said Monday during his end-of-season news conference. “And we’d like to see him grow, and hopefully he realizes the potential that he has, but there’s definitely room for growth there.”

Two weeks earlier,

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USWNT star Sophia Smith and Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Michael Wilson got married on Saturday, the couple posted on Instagram on Monday.

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Set in the desert, the wedding photos included Wilson and Smith walking hand-in-hand down a sandy path. Wilson told the Cardinals’ team reporter in November there would be a small ceremony of about 30. He also mentioned the date would be flexible since it was close to Super Bowl LIX.

However, the original date remained as Arizona failed to qualify for the playoffs.

The couple has been together for six years, meeting while freshmen at Stanford.

Wilson

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Jan 27, 2025, 08:35 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

NEW YORK — Tampa Bay Buccaneers receiver Mike Evans got his 11th straight 1,000-yard season — and now he’s a Pro Bowler for the sixth time.

Evans was named to the Pro Bowl Games on Monday as a replacement player after spots were vacated by this year’s Super Bowl participants — the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs — and because of injuries.

With his sixth selection, Evans tied former Buccaneers fullback Mike Alstott for the most in franchise history. Evans missed three full games and much of a fourth because of a

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