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New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara was arrested on a battery charge Sunday afternoon after playing in the Pro Bowl, according to police. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced Kamara’s arrest Sunday evening, hours after the conclusion of the Pro Bowl. According to police, the alleged victim reported being battered at a Las Vegas nightclub at 5:50 p.m. local time on Saturday, and Kamara was identified as the suspect. Alvin Kamara faces a battery charge for an alleged… Source link

The AFC has a five-game Pro Bowl win streak though there was some late drama. The AFC scored 13 consecutive points in the second half to open up a 20-point lead at one point before holding on for a 41-35 win in a turnover-filled game. The two teams combined for eight turnovers. Seven of them were interceptions and six of them happened in the first half. Justin Herbert’s fourth-quarter interception with the AFC up 41-28 gave the NFC a chance to get back into the game and cut the deficit to… Source link

Bettors have 12 days to chew on some Super Bowl LVI props.  BetMGM didn’t waste time in releasing a big batch of player props for the championship game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams. More will be added as the game gets closer, but it’s worth a first look at 10 props that everyone will be curious about:  We’ll just throw some words about this prop in with …  … because most seasons, the most-bet prop for the Super Bowl is a quarterback scoring the first touchdown. Two… Source link

Technically, Super Bowl LVI will feature the worst matchup in history. Now that’s not to say that the game is going to be bad. Based on how Sunday’s conference championships — and the rest of the postseason — went, the game is bound to be plenty entertaining. The game, however, will be the lowest-seeded Super Bowl matchup in history. The Cincinnati Bengals, who entered the postseason as a No. 4 seed, knocked off the Kansas City Chiefs in a wild overtime battle in the AFC Championship… Source link

Losing the coin toss in overtime isn’t a death sentence, though you heard a lot about how the rules were unfair to the Buffalo Bills after an AFC divisional-round loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.  To get the ball to your offense, the defense needs to keep the opponent out of the end zone on the first drive. And that’s what the Cincinnati Bengals did.  The Chiefs won the coin toss after tying a thrilling AFC championship game with a field goal as time expired in regulation, and there were… Source link

After 22 seasons, 365 games and seven Super Bowls, Tom Brady, who famously went from late-round draft pick underdog to NFL legend, is calling it quits. The future Hall of Fame quarterback will reportedly retire from the NFL, according to ESPN’s Jeff Darlington and Adam Schefter.  The NFL’s official Twitter account and Bucs teammate Mike Evans also weighed in, with Evans saying on social media, “Thanks for everything big bro it was an honor”:  He is a three-time league MVP, five-time Super… Source link

There are eight quarterbacks in NFL history with 50,000 yards and at least one Super Bowl win.  Tom Brady. Drew Brees. Peyton Manning. Brett Favre. Ben Roethlisberger. Eli Manning. Aaron Rodgers. John Elway. That’s three Hall of Famers, four locks and Eli Manning. We’ve all heard the debate on Eli Manning’s HOF candidacy by now, and he has a chance to make it eight-for-eight.  Matthew Stafford is at 49,995 career yards, which is 12th all-time. He’s five yards and two wins this postseason —… Source link

After a considerable backlash from the dance community, the NFL will stop asking professional dancers to work for free as part of its upcoming Super Bowl halftime show. SAG-AFTRA, the entertainment union that counts dancers among its members, announced in a statement Tuesday that it had reached an agreement with the halftime show producers for all professional dancers in the show to be compensated for their labor. The statement also notes that Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, which will executive produce… Source link

The Green Bay Packers’ Super Bowl odds improved over Wild Card Weekend even though they didn’t play at all. The Packers remain the Super Bowl favorite at BetMGM entering the Divisional round. The NFC’s No. 1 seed entered the playoffs at +400 to win the Super Bowl and is now at +375 ahead of a matchup against the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday. If Green Bay beats San Francisco (+1000) it will host the winner of the Los Angeles Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC Championship… Source link

Michele Tafoya’s time on the sidelines is coming to an end. The longtime “Sunday Night Football” sideline reporter is stepping away from NBC following the Super Bowl next month, the network announced on Tuesday. “My time with NBC Sports has been the most satisfying of my career,” Tafoya said in a statement. “I’ve had the good fortune of collaborating with a team that is amongst the best at what they do, and the support I’ve received in this position has been unparalleled …… Source link