Lem Banker picked the winner against the spread in 20 of the first 23 Super Bowls in newspapers across the nation, including the Review-Journal. From 1973 to 1985, he picked 13 straight winners in the game.
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Wade Wilson, the quarterback who led the Minnesota Vikings to an NFC championship game and coached the position with the Dallas Cowboys for more than a decade, died on his 60th birthday Friday.
My Super Bowl betting strategy is simple: I’m picking the Patriots to win a tight game, but I’m going to try for a “middle” by using the Rams in a 7-point teaser.
The quarterback entered the NFL in 2016 as the No. 1 overall draft pick, carrying a calm, even-tempered demeanor that very much remains today. He lost all seven starts made as a rookie. And yet, however difficult, however much he processed internally, little seemed to deter his disposition.
From the “Boycott Bowl” to the “Dunk the Referee” tank, people in New Orleans are finding creative ways to spend Sunday doing anything but watching the Super Bowl.
Marist School was founded in 1901 and is a picturesque setting from another time, where the current Rams head coach Sean McVay was a state champion as an option quarterback.
Carolina’s Julius Peppers has announced his retirement after 17 NFL seasons, nine Pro Bowl appearances and six All-Pro selections.
Will the Patriots or Rams score in the first 5½ minutes? The no on this prop is 8-0 in New England’s eight previous Super Bowls, with four of them featuring scoreless first quarters.
Tom Brady still owns an insatiable desire to succeed, and you could argue few have displayed his level of determination and commitment and unrelenting pursuit of excellence, one reason the 41-year-old quarterback of the Patriots has five Super Bowl rings.
Three of Arizona’s most popular athletes will have prominent roles in the funeral for Sen. John McCain.
Las Vegas handicapper Kelly Stewart and Wynn Las Vegas sports book director Johnny Avello join the Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey to preview the Carolina Panthers’ season in the 23rd of a series of 32 NFL team videos.
Odell Beckham Jr. of the New York Giants is now the NFL’s highest-paid wide receiver.
The Jacksonville Jaguars will be without their top receiver for the second straight year.
Las Vegas handicapper Kelly Stewart and Wynn Las Vegas sports book director Johnny Avello join the Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey to preview the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ season in the 22nd of a series of 32 NFL team videos.
Receiver Eric Decker says he is retiring from the NFL after an eight-year career with the Broncos, Jets and Titans.
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