MIAMI — Lamar Jackson’s stunning season not only earned him The Associated Press N.F.L. Most Valuable Player Award, but he won it unanimously. The second-year quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens joins Tom Brady in receiving every vote for an M.V.P. award. Jackson drew all 50 votes from a nationwide panel of media members who regularly […] More
MIAMI — He grew his hair so long that it flowed out of his helmet and obscured the name on his jersey. Yet everyone knew where to find Troy Polamalu on Sundays. The Steelers great earned a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday along with another hard-hitting safety, the longtime Broncos […] More
LEICESTER, England — More than a decade ago, one of the world’s foremost cardiovascular health experts tracked the heart rate and blood pressure of two Premier League managers during a game. His findings were, by most measures, alarming: pulse rates that, at times, spiked to four times their ordinary level; blood pressures that soared to […] More
Isaac Bruce was a central cog in the St. Louis Rams’ “Greatest Show on Turf” offense. For 16 seasons, Bruce was a consistent vertical threat at wide receiver, and he ranks in the N.F.L.’s top 15 for career receptions (13th), receiving yards (fifth) and touchdown catches (12th). He was the leading receiver in a Super […] More
MIAMI — Katie Sowers did not come to the Super Bowl to be a token for the N.F.L., for the San Francisco 49ers, or for the news media. She came to coach. Sowers, an offensive assistant with the 49ers, will be the first female coach on the sidelines of a Super Bowl. She will also […] More
There are few Latino players, and viewership among Latinos, while rising, pales in comparison with that of other groups. But with the Super Bowl in the Miami area for the first time in 10 years, organizers have made a concerted effort to give the spectacle a Latino flair it has lacked. Most prominently, this is […] More
Enjoying this newsletter every week? Share it with friends, and tell them to subscribe at www.nytimes.com/rory. Villa Park had seemed to shake when the goal went in, three minutes into injury time, fans leaping into one another’s arms, Aston Villa’s staff members running, in the daze that comes of delirium, up and down the touchline. […] More
Maybe you’ve noticed the red trucker hat that Kyle Shanahan, the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, has been wearing on the sidelines. Twitter certainly has. “Kyle Shanahan’s hat might as well say ‘I Vape,’” one user tweeted in November. Another wrote that the retro snapback, with its mesh back, flat brim and tiny […] More
