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Thursday 28 January 2021
Super matchup between QBs Mahomes, Brady for NFL title

By JOSH DUBOW Park with a 38-16 win over
AP Pro Football Writer the Miami Dolphins at Stan-
There has never been a Su- ford Stadium.
per Bowl matchup of ac- With a win Feb. 7, the Bucs
complished quarterbacks will be the first team in the
quite like the one coming NFL, NBA, NHL or Major
up next week between League Baseball to win it
Tampa Bay’s Tom Brady all at its home venue since
and Kansas City’s Patrick the Golden State Warriors
Mahomes. did it in the 2017 NBA Finals
This will be the sixth Super against Cleveland. Every ti-
Bowl matchup between tle since then was clinched
former AP NFL MVPs, the on the road or in a neutral
second between former site at the Super Bowl or in a
Super Bowl MVP winning coronavirus bubble.
quarterbacks and the The last time the NFL cham-
first between players who pion finished the season by
had previously won both winning a title at its own
awards. stadium came in the 1965
Brady has won a record six season when Vince Lom-
Super Bowl titles, four Super bardi’s Green Bay Packers
MVPs and three league beat the Cleveland Browns
MVP awards since becom- 23-12 at Lambeau Field in
ing starter in New England Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady reacts after winning the NFC championship NFL the final season before the
in 2001. football game against the Green Bay Packers in Green Bay, Wis., Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. Super Bowl.
Mahomes is just getting Associated Press GOING WILD: Tampa Bay
started in his career and al- beating Green Bay’s Brett quarterbacks are facing off CELEBRATE AT HOME: The was the first team in 10
ready has one league MVP Favre eight years later. in the title game. The only Bucs will be the first team to years to make it to the Su-
and one Super Bowl MVP to Then it happened again other time it happened play the Super Bowl at their per Bowl despite not win-
his credit and is back in the in back-to-back seasons in came in 1943 when Wash- home stadium, although ning the division.
title game for the second 2015-16 with Denver’s Pey- ington’s Sammy Baugh two others got to play for The Bucs are hoping to fol-
time. ton Manning besting Caro- faced Chicago’s Sid Luck- the title in their home mar- low the path the Green Bay
The first Super Bowl match- lina’s Cam Newton and man. Baugh had won the kets. Packers took in the 2010
up of former league MVPs Brady beating Atlanta’s title with Washington in In the 1979 season, the Los season when they finished
came in the 1976 season Matt Ryan. 1942 and Luckman with the Angeles Rams went to the second in the NFC North
when Oakland’s Ken Sta- Brady was also part of the Bears in 1941. Super Bowl against Pitts- but went on to win the Su-
bler (1974 winner) beat only previous matchup of Brady is also the fourth burgh at the Rose Bowl per Bowl against Pittsburgh.
Minnesota’s Fran Tarkenton Super Bowl MVPs losing a quarterback to start Super in Pasadena, California, The Packers were the sixth
(1975 winner). rematch to Eli Manning Bowls for two franchises, where they lost 31-19 to the wild-card team to win it all,
Denver’s John Elway was and the New York Giants joining Peyton Manning Steelers. joining the Oakland Raid-
part of the next two MVP following the 2011 season. (Indianapolis and Denver), Five years later, the San ers (1980 season), Denver
matchups, losing to San This will also be the second Kurt Warner (Rams and Francisco 49ers won the (1997), Baltimore (2000),
Francisco’s Joe Montana time in NFL history that the Arizona) and Craig Morton title just a few miles south of Pittsburgh (2005) and the
after the 1989 season and past two championship (Dallas and Denver). their home at Candlestick New York Giants (2007).q

NFL picks 3 honorary captains, Amanda Gorman for coin toss

as honorary captains for about the trio’s impact be- ally through the Wounded
the Super Bowl along with fore the game, which will Warrior Project and by
inaugural poet Amanda be televised and shown in- livestreaming events in
Gorman for an original side Raymond James Sta- Pittsburgh. He volunteered
poem. dium. to livestream every home
Commissioner Roger Davis made sure to get his football game for Aliquip-
Goodell announced students and their fami- pa High School so families
Wednesday that educa- lies in Los Angeles devices could watch. He also has
tor Trimaine Davis, nurse and internet access, and taken in needy children in
manager Suzie Dorner and he also hosted tech work- his neighborhood.
Marine veteran James shops to help people learn “During this incredibly
Martin will take part in the how to use the devices. challenging time in our
coin toss on Feb. 7 in Tam- Dorner, who lost two lives, Trimaine, Suzie, and
pa, Florida. The trio was grandparents to CO- James have exemplified
picked for embodying the VID-19, is the COVID ICU the essence of leadership,
NFL’s message of “It Takes nurse manager at Tampa each in their own way,”
All of Us” this season. General Hospital and rep- Goodell said.
American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the Gorman, the country’s first resents healthcare workers “We are grateful for their
59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, National Youth Poet Lau- across the country as hon- commitment and proud
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. reate, recited “The Hill We orary captain. to share their stories and
Associated Press Climb” at the Biden inau- Martin helped veterans, recognize them during this
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL who have served during guration Jan. 20. high school athletes and special moment on Super
has selected three people the coronavirus pandemic She will recite her poem local youth connect virtu- Bowl Sunday.”q