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Raiders make it official, name Klint Kubiak head coach

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LAS VEGAS — Klint Kubiak is the new coach of the Las Vegas Raiders — and now it’s official.

The Raiders announced the hiring of the former Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Monday, following the Seahawks’ 29-13 Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots on Sunday. A news conference has been scheduled for Tuesday morning to ...Read more

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Greg Cote: On Bad Bunny, TV ads and what this Super Bowl can teach Dolphins

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MIAMI — Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance was as spectacular as the football game surrounding it was awful. The overhyped, stupid-costly TV commercials ran the gamut of both extremes. And NFL teams looking up from the bottom like the Miami Dolphins had much to learn from watching the Seattle Seahawks celebrate at the New England ...Read more

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49ers defensive end Keion White shot in ankle in San Francisco, team says

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SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco 49ers defensive end Keion White was shot in the ankle early Monday in San Francisco, though the injury is not believed to be serious.

The 49ers said in a statement that White “was a victim of a shooting” and is undergoing surgery at a local hospital. The team said it would provide further updates when ...Read more

So-called streakers arrested at Super Bowl reveal identities on social media

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LOS ANGELES — Super Bowl LX was mainly a defensive struggle.

Until the fourth quarter, the only points scored were four field goals by Seattle Seahawks kicker Jason Myers.

Many people have expressed the opinion that Seattle's 29-13 victory over the New England Patriots was pretty much a snoozefest.

Those people, however, probably did not ...Read more

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Dieter Kurtenbach: The Dan Marino Trap is real, and it just ensnared Drake Maye

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In 1985, Dan Marino arrived at Stanford Stadium as the undisputed future of football. He was the MVP in just his second season, a golden-armed titan who looked like he’d be making annual pilgrimages to the Super Bowl for the next fifteen years.

Then he ran into Bill Walsh’s West Coast offense and a San Francisco 49ers defense that turned ...Read more

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Sam Darnold never gave up on his dream. Now he's a Super Bowl champion with Seahawks.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Sam Darnold did not really know what to say.

So as the Seattle Seahawks quarterback stood on stage at Levi's Stadium after becoming a Super Bowl champion, he made a few comments thanking teammates and fans before ultimately boiling it down to this:

"Just a job well done," he said.

The words were simple. Concise. And ...Read more

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Here's everything you missed in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show filled with cameos and symbolism

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Bad Bunny’s halftime performance at Super Bowl LX served as a robust celebration of culture that brimmed with symbolism and celebrity cameos.

There was meticulous detail in every set piece at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., as the reggaeton superstar roared through hits such as “Tití Me Preguntó” and “EoO.”

Chances are ...Read more

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Mike Vorel: Dominant Seahawks show they're here to stay

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The celebration started long before the Super Bowl did.

At noon Sunday, Seattle Seahawks fans stood on a makeshift pirate ship, sponsored by a random rum company, in a lot just east of Levi’s Stadium. More waved bright green rally towels and started “SEA-HAWKS” chants in a long line for the bar. They wore blue ...Read more

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Matt Calkins: Seahawks defense turns in masterpiece vs. Patriots

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Perhaps posterity will see that the New England Patriots still managed 13 points and not give the performance the flowers it deserves.

Maybe a casual observer of the box score will see that New England posted 331 yards and think, Good defense, but not necessarily historic."

But anybody who watched Super Bowl LX on ...Read more

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Inside Patriots' locker room after Super Bowl LX loss: 'It's deeper than ball'

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As blue and green confetti rained from the sky and Seattle Seahawks players celebrated their Super Bowl victory on the enemy territory of Levi’s Stadium field, New England Patriots players sat, exhausted and dejected, in a cramped visitors’ locker room.

But they weren’t shellshocked at losing Super Bowl LX. A ...Read more

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Patriots' Mack Hollins arrived at Super Bowl dressed as a prisoner. Here's why that's not surprising.

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New England Patriots receiver Mack Hollins has arrived to NFL games in some pretty interesting outfits.

His Fred Flintstone and Animal (from the Muppets) costumes worn during past pregame tunnel walks leap to mind.

None of that, however, quite compares to the look he sported before Super Bowl LX. Hollins entered Levi's Stadium on Sunday ...Read more

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'Everything's cyclical': Examining the upshot of a wild NFL hiring cycle that featured the Steelers

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PITTSBURGH — The defensive success the Minnesota Vikings had in 2006 led to their young coordinator Mike Tomlin becoming a first-time head coach. But if not for even more success enjoyed by another NFC North team that postseason, "Steelers coach Ron Rivera" could've been a real possibility.

"Riverboat Ron" would've been an even better ...Read more

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Seahawks OC Klint Kubiak confirms he's next coach of Raiders

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — In the midst of the championship celebration, Klint Kubiak made his departure from the Seahawks official.

Kubiak confirmed he will become the next head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. In an interview with the NFL Network following the Seahawks’ 29-13 victory over New England in Super Bowl LX on Sunday night.

Kubiak ...Read more

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Dan DeLuca: Bad Bunny's 'Benito Bowl' was a celebration of Puerto Rican pride

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Bad Bunny rescued the Super Bowl.

The first half of the final game of the NFL season was a low-scoring, nearly lifeless affair, but once Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio appeared for his much ballyhooed and endlessly analyzed halftime show, Levis Stadium came brilliantly to life.

The Latin trap rapper and charismatic entertainer promised that ...Read more

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Jerry McDonald: NBC's Collinsworth-Tirico duo worked, but couldn't overcome non-competitive Super Bowl 60

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It’s too early to tell how many viewers NBC lost during the course of Super Bowl 60, but I can tell you in my house the exodus started after the Bad Bunny halftime show.

Brother-in-law and sister-in-law left at that point and it was only a nine-point margin. Father-in-law and mother-in-law were out the door by the end of the third quarter. ...Read more

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Dieter Kurtenbach: The Bay Area had a winning Super Bowl performance. But so did the Seahawks.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For a week, the narrative took a holiday.

You know the one: the “Doom Loop.” The breathless yelling about a region in decline. A tale of a hellscape of smashed car windows and empty office towers.

The bad actors and cable news pundits have spent years dunking on the San Francisco Bay Area, treating this Pacific ...Read more

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Seahawks show their 'Dark Side' on defense and crush Patriots in Super Bowl LX

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — They are not the infamous Legion of Boom.

All-Pros do not abound. Individual personalities lean more toward quietly confident rather than brash.

But this Seattle Seahawks defense adopted its own “Dark Side” identity en route to Super Bowl LX. And on Sunday before 70,823 at Levi’s Stadium, the unit showed the world...Read more

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Seahawks Super Bowl LX parade: Seattle plans street party Wednesday

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SEATTLE — Now, where does a 12th Man go to party? Or a few hundred thousand 12s?

A victory parade will be held Wednesday celebrating the Super Bowl LX champion Seattle Seahawks, a city spokesperson confirmed late Sunday.

As we thrill in the team’s triumph over the Patriots and await more when-and-where details, let’s look back at the ...Read more

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When and where will Super Bowl LXI be played in 2027?

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LOS ANGELES — Super Bowl LX is over.

That makes this the perfect time to start thinking ahead to Super Bowl LXI.

Here’s everything we know about the next NFL championship game:

When is Super Bowl LXI?

Feb. 14, 2027. Football fans, now is the time to set yourself a reminder to make early Valentine’s Day plans for next year. You don’t ...Read more

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Seahawks dominate Patriots to win Super Bowl LX

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Nearly every week during the 2025 season, the Seahawks found another nickname or slogan to rally around on their way to the biggest game in football — M.O.B. Ties, 12 as One, the Dark Side defense.

On the final Sunday of the season they added another they’ll carry forever — 2026 Super Bowl champions.

The Seahawks ...Read more