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

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

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

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

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

Fans and critics expected Bad Bunny to make a major political statement at the Super Bowl halftime show. With a pan-American parade of flags, he met those expectations.

Just a week after his “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” became the first Spanish-language album to win Album of the Year at the Grammys, Bad Bunny made history again by performing ...Read more

Seattle Seahawks kicker Jason Myers has set a record with five field goals during Super Bowl LX against the New England Patriots.

Myers kicked a 33-yard field goal following the Seahawks' opening drive for a 3-0 lead at 11:58 in the first quarter. He followed with a 39-yarder at the 11:16 mark in the second quarter and a 41-yarder with 11 ...Read more

The Pittsburgh Steelers could run it back with Aaron Rodgers.

Rodgers, 42, has spoken with new Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy multiple times about the possibility of returning in 2026, according to NFL Media, which reported Sunday that “the odds are increasing.”

McCarthy was Rodgers’ head coach with the Green Bay Packers from 2006-18,...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Nearly every week during the 2025 season, the Seattle 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 ...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — When new Patriots coach Mike Vrabel arrived in January, his messaging was clear and optimistic.

He wanted the Patriots “to win the AFC East, to host home playoff games, and to compete for championships.”

In that regard, they miraculously accomplished those goals in one year, but on Sunday, after furthering their ...Read more

Super Bowl LX won’t go down as the game of Sam Darnold’s life.

But it will go down as the game that changed his life.

Once considered a New York Jets draft bust, Darnold helped lead the Seattle Seahawks to a 29-13 victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX, forever securing his place in NFL history.

Darnold completed 19 of 38 ...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Add a Super Bowl victory to the Seattle Seahawks’ treasure chest of accomplishments at Levi’s Stadium, home of the rival 49ers.

The Seahawks held the New England Patriots scoreless into the fourth quarter and ultimately prevailed 29-13 before a crowd of 70,823 in the stadium’s second Super Bowl since it opened in ...Read more

Years from now, some people might wonder how Kenneth Walker III didn’t get an invite to the Heisman Trophy ceremony after his radiant 2021 season. That is, if they aren’t wondering already.

Whether or not he was a Heisman snub, the former Michigan State standout owns plenty of hardware now. Not only a Super Bowl ring, as his Seattle ...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The lasting image of Super Bowl LX could be any number of ugly New England Patriots snapshots.

Drake Maye going down in a heap. Maye hurling an interception. Or Sam Darnold, finally free of his old ghosts, jumping in celebration at the expense of the defense that conjured them in the first place all those years ago.

Go ...Read more

One of the most coveted pieces of Super Bowl merch this year won't be sold in stores, and the NFL probably doesn't want to see it in the stands.

It's a rally towel with a cute, punting bunny graphic from acclaimed L.A. illustrator Lalo Alcaraz on one side, honoring this year's halftime show performer Bad Bunny. But there's an unambiguous ...Read more

At a time of widespread fear and distrust in the United States, Bad Bunny offered a loving and optimistic vision of the American experience during his halftime show at Sunday’s Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.

Leading an expansive and multigenerational crew of singers, dancers and musicians, the 31-year-old Puerto Rican ...Read more

The final quarter of the AFC divisional round playoff game between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs on Jan. 23, 2022, could not have been more exciting.

Three lead changes.

Five scoring drives.

A 36-36 tie at the end of regulation.

The overtime period, however, could not have been more disappointing.

One coin toss.

One touchdown ...Read more

CHICAGO — Ben Johnson has found his next offensive coordinator. The Chicago Bears are set to promote Press Taylor, filling the role previously held by Declan Doyle, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

The 38-year-old Taylor spent the 2025 season as the passing game coordinator on Johnson’s staff. Taylor has previous experience as the...Read more

Bay Area rock band Green Day opened a celebration of the NFL’s 60th Super Bowl game with “Good Riddance” as football greats like Tom Brady, Jerry Rice and Peyton Manning walked onto the field.

After "Holiday"/"Boulevard of Broken Dreams," the band transitioned to "American Idiot" — a song originally written in protest of the Iraq War ...Read more

If you can’t beat ’em, go on the air and join the party.

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan and 49ers linebacker Fred Warner were part of NBC’s five-hour Super Bowl 60 pregame show Sunday, a consolation prize for the five-time Lombardi Trophy-winning 49ers failing to get out of the divisional playoff round with a 41-6 loss to ...Read more