By The Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles face off within the Super Bowl. Follow for the most recent stay updates and information from The Associated Press. All occasions MST.
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SUPER BROS
For the primary time in Super Bowl historical past, a pair of siblings will play one another on the NFL’s grandest stage.
Travis Kelce helped the Kansas City Chiefs return to their third championship sport in 4 seasons, whereas brother Jason has the Eagles again for the second time in six years.
“Cool scenario to be in, you know?” Travis Kelce mentioned. “My mom can’t lose.”
Donna Kelce mentioned on Thursday earlier than the “NFL Honors” present that she did her finest to maintain up together with her two sons’ voracious appetites, nevertheless it was simpler mentioned than completed.
“The refrigerator was always packed, but it didn’t last more than a day or so,” she mentioned. “Whole chickens, they’d eat a number of pork, ribs. I’d have leftovers within the fridge and it by no means lasted previous the day.
“When they left for college, I got a raise.”
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IMPORTANT DELIVERIES
Tony Conigliaro’s Super Bowl began lengthy earlier than kickoff.
The proprietor of Tony’s Pizza in Brooklyn mentioned he was taking orders Saturday, a day forward of the massive sport, particularly for the “family deal”: a big pie, 10 wings, garlic knots, soda and different extras for $32 — delivered.
“The Super Bowl is a little crazy,” mentioned Conigliaro, who has been promoting pizzas for greater than 30 years. “Everybody wants to eat at the same time. That’s the problem. Everybody wants 5:30, quarter to six, six o’clock. It comes to a point that we don’t pick up the phones no more because everybody’s calling back — ‘Where’s my pizza?’”
Then the sport begins and his ovens cool off a bit.
“Then we get busy again. What do you call it — halftime?” Conigliaro mentioned. “The phone starts ringing.”
He estimates his employees would make 200 pizzas Sunday, however not after 8 p.m.
“We just clean up and go home,” Conigliaro mentioned.
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HALFTIME LOOKAHEAD
Rihanna has put within the work forward of her Super Bowl halftime present, focusing so exhausting on what she guarantees can be “a jam-packed show” that her upcoming birthday and Valentine’s Day nearly slipped her thoughts.
“The setlist was the biggest challenge. That was the hardest, hardest part. Deciding how to maximize 13 minutes but also celebrate — that’s what this show is going to be. It’s going to be a celebration of my catalog in the best way that we could have put it together,” Rihanna mentioned.
It’ll be her first stay efficiency in seven years.
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PHILLY GIRL
Jill Biden is predicted to be among the many followers at State Farm Stadium cheering on her beloved Philadelphia Eagles.
The first girl grew up in suburban Philadelphia and has by no means been shy about her allegiance to the hometown staff. She and her grandson, Hunter, have been on the stadium in Philadelphia on Jan. 29 when the Eagles gained the NFC championship.
The 16-year-old will be part of her once more on Sunday.
No sitting president has attended a Super Bowl, primarily due to the strict safety necessities authorities would wish to impose upon the tens of hundreds of followers. President Biden can be on the White House on Sunday.
President Biden says he’s a Philadelphia sports activities fan, too, out of necessity, and sometimes jokes that “I’d be sleeping alone” in any other case.
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2:20 p.m.
The Kansas City Chiefs welcomed two new followers to the world on Super Bowl Sunday, with a 3rd apparently on the best way.
Chiefs offensive lineman Nick Allegretti’s spouse, Christina, gave delivery within the early hours to twin ladies again house in Chicago, a staff official confirmed to The Associated Press. Allegretti was capable of watch every little thing unfold on FaceTime from the foyer of the staff lodge whereas the remainder of the Chiefs slept forward of their sport in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Allegretti, who has began three video games this season, can be accessible for the Chiefs within the large sport.
About the identical time his spouse was giving delivery, Chiefs broad receiver Mecole Hardman tweeted that his girlfriend, Chariah Gordeon, had gone into labor. Hardman went on injured reserve this week and was not accessible to play within the sport.
There are loads of Eagles on child watch, too.
Starting middle Jason Kelce, whose brother Travis is a decent finish for Kansas City, and his spouse predict their third baby at any second. In truth, Kylie Kelce, who’s 38 weeks pregnant, has mentioned that her obstetricians could be readily available at State Farm Stadium on Sunday ought to the infant make a dramatic look through the sport.
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PHILLY FAITHFUL
Philadelphia native Dawn Staley donned an Eagles jersey throughout Sunday’s South Carolina-LSU SEC matchup of undefeated groups in ladies’s basketball forward of the Super Bowl. And after her top-ranked Gamecocks rolled to an 88-64 victory, Staley was requested in regards to the Chiefs-Eagles matchup.
“The Eagles have already won,” the coach beamed. “It’s divine order. Jalen Hurts, it’s divine order.”
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AD TALK
Booze was a giant purchaser for Super Bowl advert house this yr. Crypto, not a lot.
Anheuser-Busch will once more be the most important advertiser through the Super Bowl, with three minutes of nationwide airtime. But the beverage large gave up its deal to be the sport’s unique alcohol advertiser, so Heineken, Diageo, Remy Martin and Molson Coors are additionally in.
After final yr’s “Crypto Bowl” featured 4 cryptocurrency corporations working splashy advertisements, there gained’t be any this yr.
Several 30-second advert slots bought for greater than $7 million this yr, with most going for between $6 million and $7 million.
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HEALTH WATCH
Patrick Mahomes says he’s “definitely in a better spot” in terms of his ailing proper ankle than he was for the AFC championship sport, and the AP MVP doesn’t count on to be restricted by it when he leads the Kansas City Chiefs in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles within the Super Bowl.
The quarterback mentioned this week that he continues to get remedy on the ankle, which he harm within the divisional spherical in opposition to Jacksonville, and that it’s going to most likely proceed up till Sunday’s kickoff.
“You won’t know exactly how it is until you get to game day,” he mentioned.
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1:50 p.m.
Eagles fan Lauren Clark strolled round State Farm Stadium with a large grin, snapping photos on her cellphone and taking within the expertise of her first Super Bowl.
The Philadelphia native mentioned she’s waited 40 years for this second. As a 10-year-old, Clark listened to her first Super Bowl in 1981 on the radio and he or she’s needed to get a seat on the large sport ever since.
Life achievement, unlocked.
“I was just tired of saying ‘Maybe next year,’” Clark mentioned. “My Eagles are in the Super Bowl, my kids are grown, so I just said screw it, let’s go. You only live once. This is a dream come true.”
Clark was considered one of hundreds of followers milling across the outdoors of State Farm Stadium on the NFL’s ‘Gameday Experience,’ which featured stay music, meals and drinks.
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1:40 p.m.
The Valley of Fun is in full drive on Super Bowl 57 Sunday.
Football followers descended by the hundreds on Glendale, Arizona, for the NFL’s title sport between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs. It was superb climate for revelers, with partly cloudy skies and excessive temperatures within the 70s.
The Chiefs and Eagles are on the stadium, too, arriving greater than three hours earlier than the scheduled sport time 4:30 p.m. native time. The NFL mentioned it expects the retractable roof can be open at State Farm Stadium because of the good climate, which was additionally the case for the earlier two Super Bowls performed on the stadium.
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