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6:39 PM ET Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson went from being the last pick in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft to being recognized as the league’s top player 21 months later. Not bad for this season’s most surprising and thrilling playmaker. Jackson was unanimously named the NFL Most Valuable Player on Saturday

9:09 AM ET Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith said he is “very much lucky to be alive” after his November 2018 leg injury during an interview that aired Saturday on ESPN’s Outside The Lines. Smith offered details about the injury that has sidelined him for more than a year in the interview with ESPN’s Jeremy

7:30 PM ET When chaos breaks loose, the NFL calls on one referee more than any other. Bill Vinovich and an all-star crew will work Super Bowl LIV, and if all goes well, this is one of the only times you’ll read his name this weekend. Sunday’s 49ers-Chiefs matchup will mark Vinovich’s second Super Bowl

6:50 AM ET Dan Graziano Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2011 New Jersey native and author of two published novels Jeremy Fowler Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN staff writer Previously a college football reporter for CBSSports.com University of Florida graduate MIAMI — After seven Uber rides, four parties, countless trips through radio row,

3:29 PM ET MIAMI — Barring some sort of setback or incident over the next two days, the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers will have their full complement of players available Sunday for Super Bowl LIV. Both teams unveiled their final practice reports for the week on Friday afternoon, and neither team had

7:00 AM ET It’s finally time. Super Bowl LIV is here, and the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs are gearing up for all the marbles. Doing some last-minute prep before Sunday’s 6:30 p.m. ET kickoff (Fox) at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida? Our NFL team has you covered with everything you’d

6:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN The Super Bowl is behind us, and now the real intrigue begins for all 32 NFL teams with the start of the offseason. We asked our NFL Nation reporters to give us a bold prediction for the 2020 offseason. Nothing was off limits — be it free agency, the draft,

4:24 PM ET MIAMI — The NFL has a minority-coach-hiring problem, and commissioner Roger Goodell knows it. Goodell held his annual Super Bowl week news conference Wednesday, and one of the questions he fielded was about the lack of opportunity for minority coaches. Of the five teams with head coach openings this offseason, The Washingon

2:29 PM ET MIAMI — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has watched the recent transgressions of free-agent receiver Antonio Brown and his primary attention right now is on Brown’s health — not his potential return to the league. “The first thing always is to think about the well-being of Antonio, to understand what Antonio is going

7:00 AM ET Anthony Gulizia The New England Patriots have for nearly 20 years shown the ability to maintain a degree of organizational structure and success that is far superior to that of their counterparts. Bill Belichick’s ability to consistently construct Super Bowl-winning rosters in a league that operates on roster turnover and fast-closing windows

9:00 AM ET MIAMI — Ask San Francisco 49ers running back Raheem Mostert, himself a former Big Ten sprint champion at Purdue, which teammates he’d choose to form a 4×100 relay team and he pauses for just a moment before rattling off four names. “Me, Matt Breida, Tevin Coleman, and I’ll take Jeff Wilson,” Mostert

7:30 AM ET On Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs meet at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, for Super Bowl LIV. Will Chiefs coach Andy Reid finally get his Super Bowl ring with Patrick Mahomes guiding his offense? Can 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and Kyle Shanahan’s tough San Francisco defense

7:30 AM ET NFL NationESPN No NFL season goes exactly as expected, and Super Bowl LIV illustrates a perfect example. Nine months ago, the San Francisco 49ers were picking second overall in the NFL draft after finishing 4-12 and the Kansas City Chiefs were coming off a 2018 season that saw them ranked 31st in

6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN Super Bowl LIV on Sunday will showcase some of the NFL’s elite players for the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs — and many of those players have shown great improvements throughout their careers. In an effort to highlight those NFL players who have made big jumps from one

12:52 PM ET AVENTURA, Fla. — Patrick Mahomes may have to wait another year for his massive contract extension. Kansas City Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt said the Chiefs could wait until next year to sign Mahomes to a new contract. “There will be a right time sometime in the next 12 to 15 months to

8:35 AM ET Super Bowl LIV feels like the dawning of a new era. For the first time since the 2015 season, the New England Patriots will not be competing in the NFL’s title game. With serious questions about the future of Tom Brady and the viability of the New England dynasty, Sunday (6:30 p.m.

5:45 PM ET ESPN.com Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Super Bowl LIV between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers kicks on Feb. 2 at Hard Rock Stadium in South Florida. The festivities for the 2020 Super Bowl begin tonight when the teams meet the media at Super Bowl Opening Night. Here

7:00 AM ET On Jan. 15, 1967, the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs squared off inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in what was officially the AFL-NFL World Championship Game. Unofficially, it was dubbed the Super Bowl. Fifty-three years later, the game has turned into America’s premier sporting event. On Sunday, the Chiefs