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NFL Hot Clicks: February 9: It's Mock Draft Time
The Cleveland Browns are on the Clock
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This Will Never Happen
The Best Player in Super Bowl 51 Might Surprise You
After reviewing the tape, Greg Bedard hands out grades to all 67 players who saw major time in Super Bowl LI. As one would expect, Tom Brady and Matt Ryan both get A’s, but neither was the best player on the field.
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Super Bowl 51 Sports Section Headlines
The Patriots comeback victory over the Atlanta Falcons in overtime forced a lot of writers to redo their stories and put newspaper designers on a tight deadline, too. Here are some of the section fronts to come out of the greatest Super Bowl ever.
Super Bowl 51 Sports Section Fronts
Boston Herald
Portland Press Herald
Dallas Morning News
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Chicago Sun-Times
Bay Area News Group
Detroit Free Press
Buffalo News
New York Newsday
Miami Herald
Chicago Tribune
Louisville Courier
New York Post
L.A. Daily News
Philadelphia Daily News
Philadelphia Daily News backpage
Daily Republic (Mitchell, S.D.)
Salt Lake Tribune
Kansas City Star
Boston Globe
Houston Chronicle
Washington Post
Boston Herald
The Messenger (Fort Dodge, Iowa)
Bowling Green Daily News
Recorder News (Amsterdam, N.Y.)
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Galveston County (Texas) Daily News
Houston Chronicle
Greeley (Colorado) Tribune
The Journal News (New York)
The Columbian (Clark County Washington)
Daily Press (Hampton Roads, Va.)
Boston Herald
Toledo Sports
Chattanooga Times Free Press
The Missoulian
Des Moines Register
Roanoke Times
Lebanon Daily News
Longmont (Colorado) Times Call
Victoria (Texas) Advocate
Boulder Daily Camera
Dalton Daily Citizen
Richmond Times Dispatch
DLN Sports (Chester County, Pa.)
Burlington County Times
Scranton Times-Tribune
Telegram-Gazette (Worcester County, Mass.)
Baton Rouge Advocate
New York Daily News
Edmonton Journal
Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa)
Journal Sports (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
Sports Illustrated Vault Gem: Earl Campbell
Earl Campbell had never given much thought to being poor, had never really realized how deprived his family had been, until—in the space of a single year—he won the Heisman Trophy, signed a contract worth $1.4 million to play for the Houston Oilers and became the hottest thing to hit the NFL since Monday Night Football. When the full weight of his family's privation hit him, Campbell decided to take some of his NFL greenbacks and build a spacious new house for his mother and then turn the rundown plank shack where he had grown up into a museum where other underprivileged kids could come see firsthand that the NFL was, indeed, the land of opportunity.READ MORE
Super Bowl Sunday in Las Vegas
From the Tweet Decks
Jerry Jones on Tony Romo's future: “I don’t know how ultimately we will resolve this."
— Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) February 9, 2017
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Did someone say 'best catch'? 😏 pic.twitter.com/6KsrVETzeJ
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) February 9, 2017
.@AaronRodgers12 tees it up again at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am ⛳️🏌
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) February 9, 2017
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Meet the #Rams new coaching staff
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) February 9, 2017
McVay Finalizes Staff 📋 » https://t.co/pO9qWQWjc0 pic.twitter.com/ia8vDeVTPK
Jim Caldwell presenting a jersey to Wally Triplett, the first African American to be drafted by an @NFL team. #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/2SFkmMpcbN
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) February 9, 2017
Gallery: The Top 10 Super Bowls
We're guessing you already know what sits at No. 1, but what about Nos. 2 and 3?
The 10 Best Super Bowls of All Time
10. Super Bowl III — Jets 16, Colts 7
Time has distanced fans from the reality of just how monumental the Jets' 16-7 upset was in the first officially-named Super Bowl. Brash Jets quarterback Broadway Joe Namath famously guaranteed victory over the 13-1 Colts, who had allowed the fewest points in an NFL season. He delivered in workmanlike fashion by relying on his ground game, eight receptions for 133 yards by receiver George Sauer, three field goals by Jim Turner, and an opportunistic defense that picked off Colts QBs Earl Morrall and John Unitas four times.
9. Super Bowl XXV — Giants 20, Bills 19
The Bills' first of four straight Super Bowl appearances was their best chance to win one. They were 13-3 and had handled the Giants during the regular season. New York was forced to turn to backup quarterback Jeff Hostetler after Phil Simms was lost to injury for the season. But the Giants masterfully used a ball-control offense to keep Bills quarterback Jim Kelly and running back Thurman Thomas off the field for 40 minutes 33 seconds and led 20-19 in the final seconds. Yet, they still weren't safe. Kelly led one last desperation drive only to watch Scott Norwood's winning field goal attempt of 47 yards sail infamously wide right.
8. Super Bowl XIII — Steelers 35, Cowboys 31
The play could have tied the score at 21 late in the third quarter and, perhaps, punctuated Jackie Smith's storied career with a happy exclamation point. But Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach screamed and convulsed when his easy touchdown pass bounced off the Hall of Famer tight end's hands. Coach Tom Landry winced. Broadcaster Verne Lundquist captured the pained emotion of the moment perfectly: "Bless his heart. He's got to be the sickest man in America." He was. Dallas settled for a field goal and though it scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, so did the Steelers, who won the shootout, 35-31.
7. Super Bowl XXXVIII — Patriots 32, Panthers 29
The furor over Janet Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction" at halftime overshadowed a thriller that started slowly. After a record 25 minutes and 55 seconds of scoreless play, the two teams exchanged 24 points in the final 3:05 of the second quarter, with the Patriots grabbing a 14-10 lead. By the fourth quarter, the score was tied at 29. The contest wasn't settled until there were four ticks left on the clock. Adam Vinatieri's 41-yard field goal gave the Patriots their second championship in three seasons.
6. Super Bowl XXIII — 49ers 20, Bengals 16
The score was only 3-3 at halftime, but fireworks were in store. After the Bengals went ahead 16-13 on Jim Breech's 40-yard field goal with 3:20 left in the game, Joe Montana saved the 49ers in perhaps the greatest individual moment of his career. The otherworldly cool, efficient quarterback drove his team 92 yards in 11 plays, culminating with a 10-yard TD pass to John Taylor with only 34 seconds left.
5. Super Bowl XXXIV — Rams 23, Titans 16
Kurt Warner and the Rams' Greatest Show On Turf offense were leading 16-0 in the third quarter when Steve McNair rallied his Titans, who tied the score at 16 with 2:12 left in the game. Warner responded with a TD bomb to Isaac Bruce on the Rams' next play. McNair refused to give in, driving the Titans to the Rams' 10 with six seconds remaining. Wide receiver Kevin Dyson caught a pass at the five, but fell an agonizing half-yard short of the goal line as Rams linebacker Mike Jones, in one of the Super Bowl's great defensive plays, made the game-saving tackle as time expired.
4. Super Bowl XLIII — Steelers 27, Cardinals 23
That inexplicable thing called momentum probably never felt so real and fateful as it did on a remarkable 100-yard interception for a touchdown by Steelers NFL defensive MVP James Harrison. It happened on the final play of the first half, turning a likely four-point Cardinals lead into a 10-point edge by the renowned Steelers. But Kurt Warner and Larry Fitzgerald refused to fold, leading the way to a 23-20 edge late in the fourth quarter. And then just as suddenly, Ben Roethlisberger found Santonio Holmes four times in what would be the game-winning drive, including a tip-toeing touchdown reception with 35 seconds remaining as Pittsburgh won its second Super Bowl in four seasons, and record sixth.
3. Super Bowl XLIX — Patriots 28, Seahawks 24
The Seattle Seahawks led the New England Patriots 24-14 with eight minutes left, but Pats quarterback Tom Brady — coming into the game amid Deflategate controversy — led two 60+ yard drives with two passing touchdowns to take the lead. In arguably the worst play call in Super Bowl history, Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll called for a pass on 2nd and goal with his team needing one yard in three downs to score the winning touchdown. New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler stepped in front of wide receiver Ricardo Lockette to take the ball, and the game, away with 26 second remaining.
2. Super Bowl XLII — Giants 17, Patriots 14
When arguably the greatest play in Super Bowl history is crucial to the winning drive against an undefeated, seemingly invincible team, you've got a valid case for this one being one of the best ever. After New England took a 14-10 lead late in the fourth quarter, Eli Manning led the Giants on a gritty 12-play, 83-yard drive in the final minutes. It included his improbable escape from the clutches of the Patriots pass rush and 32-yard heave that David Tyree somehow caught and held to his helmet as he was tackled by Rodney Harrison. Four plays later, Plaxico Burress caught the winning TD with 35 seconds on the clock, ending New England's dream of 19-0 perfection.
1. Super Bowl LI — Patriots 34, Falcons 28 (overtime)
The first Super Bowl to be decided in overtime also produced the biggest comeback in league championship history as the New England Patriots overcame a 28-3 deficit to defeat the Atlanta Falcons.
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