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The Chiefs Have Achieved Dynasty Status With Their Third Super Bowl Title In Five Years!
LAS VEGAS — This was believed to be the year the Kansas City Chiefs were vulnerable. Their wide receivers were dropping passes, their offence was committing penalties, Travis Kelce was said to be getting old, and Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes had no chance of overcoming all of this.
Nonetheless, they did, eliminating doubt that the Chiefs are the new NFL dynasty.
With their come-from-behind overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl on Sunday night, the Chiefs raised their third Lombardi Trophy in four trips during five years. They also became the first team to successfully defend their championship since the New England Patriots with Tom Brady two decades ago – the last great football dynasty.
When asked if the Chiefs had formed a dynasty, Mahomes said, “It’s the start of one.”
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The Chiefs Have Achieved Dynasty Status With Their Third Super Bowl Title In Five Years!
“It’s a little surreal,” Reid explained. “I’m not sure what a dynasty is. You have a thesaurus, so you can figure it out. It’s a tremendous win because I know how difficult it is to do and how difficult the season has been, the ups and downs, and how pleased I am of the boys for simply hanging around and keeping positive with one another.”
Never before has an underdog won back-to-back Super Bowls, and it may best demonstrate two crucial facts: the Chiefs were eminently beatable this season, and no one could beat them when it counted.
Start with the roster, which general manager Brett Veach had to creatively assemble in order to make room for Mahomes’ $37 million salary cap hit this season. However, the architects of their last three title drives uncovered bargains like Jerick McKinnon and Drue Tranquill, who contributed far more than their monetary value.
Look at their wide receivers, both young and experienced, who dropped more passes than any other team in the league this season. However, they rallied around a modest rookie, Rashee Rice, who became their top option and a bona fide star.
It extends beyond personnel, however. Consider the route that Kansas City had to travel this season.
The Chiefs Have Achieved Dynasty Status With Their Third Super Bowl Title In Five Years!
The Chiefs once played six straight games in which the opposing team received extra days of rest, which is the only time this has occurred in NFL history. They had to play in Germany, defeating the Dolphins in Frankfurt in a foreshadowing of a future wild-card game, and then lost five of eight midway through the season, dropping to the No. 3 seed in the playoffs.
After defeating the Dolphins in the fourth-coldest game in NFL history, the Chiefs travelled to the playoffs for the first time in six years, with Mahomes as the starter. However, as underdogs in Buffalo and Baltimore, the Chiefs relished their unexpected role as hunters rather than the hunted, and they responded by playing their greatest football of the season.
Regarding the resistance level, the Chiefs traversed the most difficult path to the Super Bowl in history.
Then came a fitting conclusion in Las Vegas.
The Chiefs began by making the same foolish mistakes that pulled them down so frequently throughout the regular season, and they went behind San Francisco by double digits, just like they had in each of their four Super Bowls with Mahomes as quarterback. But, just as they did in defeating the 49ers four years ago and the Eagles last year, the finest team of its period rallied behind what is quickly becoming the best quarterback of any era to stage a memorable comeback.
With roughly 5 1/2 minutes remaining, Mahomes drove the Chiefs to a field goal, tying the game at 16 all. He drove them for another field goal with three seconds left, forcing overtime. And he responded to San Francisco’s field goal to start the overtime session with a fearless drive that Mahomes capped with his winning touchdown pass to the much-maligned Mecole Hardman.
“Same as always,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said of Mahomes later. “He’s unbelievable.”
The Chiefs continue to be outstanding.
“They are all difficult. “I’m not going to say one is tougher than the other,” Mahomes said about the title run. “It takes your best, and it was just struggling through adversity during the season, anytime the offence wasn’t performing as well as I wanted it to and just believing and fighting. But all of these games are challenging. “It requires your best football.”
Reid and Kelce allayed some Chiefs fans’ fears that they would retire following the Super Bowl, declaring late Sunday that they both expected to return next season. Mahomes and most of their core players will return. However, some difficult decisions loom with pending free agents.
The Chiefs Have Achieved Dynasty Status With Their Third Super Bowl Title In Five Years!
All-Pro defensive tackle Chris Jones and cornerback L’Jarius Sneed likely demand large contracts, and the Chiefs must also consider next year when several other key players will become free agents.
On Wednesday, the Chiefs will celebrate their latest Super Bowl victory with a parade through downtown Kansas City, and after a brief respite, Veach will rejoin Reid and the rest of their brain trust to resume work. The cycle will begin again.
Consistent success, as the Chiefs have demonstrated year after year, transforms great teams into dynasties.
“I mean, I am going to celebrate tonight. “I’m going to celebrate at the parade,” Mahomes said after winning his third Super Bowl MVP award, “and then I’m going to do everything I can to be back in this game next year and try for that three-peat.”
“I think Tom said it best: Once you win that championship, and you have those parades, and you get those rings, you’re not the champion anymore,” he remarked. “You have to come back with that same mentality and learn from guys like that who have been the greatest of all time at the highest level, and that is my mindset.” I will celebrate with my teammates for what we’ve accomplished, but we’ll return to this game next year.”
SOURCE – (AP)
The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics promises to be unlike any other.
In a novelty for the Games, the show will be held on Paris’ famed River Seine rather than in a stadium.
Here is everything you need know about the ceremony…
What to expect from the spectacular opening ceremony.
The eye-catching celebration will take place over a 6km stretch of the Seine. It will start at Austerlitz Bridge and culminate among the gardens, fountains, and palaces in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower at Trocadero.
Almost 100 boats will carry over 10,000 athletes and dignitaries as they cruise past Paris’ prominent monuments such as Notre Dame Cathedral and Pont Neuf.
The boats will transport the parade’s participants as well as the artistic portion of the celebration, which will highlight Paris and France’s history and culture.
The performers’ identities, however, have been kept a mystery.
Thousands of people are still expected to line the river and streets, with millions more watching on television all over the world.
“I’d like to show France in all its diversity,” said Thomas Jolly, the French actor and theatre director appointed as the ceremony’s creative director, a post previously played by Danny Boyle in London 2012.
“Illustrate the richness and plurality shaped by its history, which has been influenced and inspired by the diverse cultures that have passed through it, while itself serving as a source of inspiration.”
The ceremony will also involve the ceremonial opening of the Games, led by French President Emmanuel Macron, as well as the lighting of the Olympic cauldron.
Many of the finer elements have been maintained as a surprise.
What is the date and time of the opening ceremony?
The ceremony will commence at 19:30 local time (18:30 BST) on Friday, July 26.
It is scheduled to take little under four hours, with the last parts taking place as the sun sets over the French city.
Fortunately, the Paris weather forecast for Friday evening is positive.
In what sequence will the nations be introduced?
In accordance with tradition, Greece will be the first nation introduced during the ceremony.
Giannis Antetokounmpo, an NBA star, is one of their flagbearers for the games.
Greece will be followed by the Refugee Olympic Team, with hosts France being the last to be unveiled.
Because of their countries’ involvement in the Ukrainian conflict, Russian and Belarussian athletes participating as individuals will not participate.
How to follow the opening ceremony on BBC.
The opening ceremony will begin live at 17:45 BST on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, and the BBC Sport website and app.
BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds will provide radio coverage beginning at 19:00 BST.
There will also be live text coverage on the BBC Sport website and app, bringing you all the action from Paris.
Source: BBC
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Coco Gauff To Be Female Flag Bearer For US Team At Olympic Opening Ceremony, Joining LeBron James
PARIS — Coco Gauff, a tennis player, will join LeBron James as a flag bearer for the United States Olympic team at Friday’s opening ceremony.
Coco, the reigning US Open winner, is ready to make her Olympic debut at the Paris Games, becoming the first tennis player to carry the American flag. Team USA athletes selected her and James.
“I believe the Olympics are the priority. It’s equal to the Grand Slams. I wouldn’t put it above or below because I’d never played before. “This is my first time,” Gauff explained earlier this year. “I always want to do well and get a medal.”
Coco Gauff | AP News Image
Coco Gauff To Be Female Flag Bearer For US Team At Olympic Opening Ceremony, Joining LeBron James
Coco and James, the 39-year-old NBA’s all-time top scorer, engage in sports outside the traditional Olympic realm and receive media attention year-round rather than every four years.
Coco, 20, joined the American team for the Tokyo Olympics as a youngster three years ago but had to withdraw because she tested positive for COVID-19 just before flying to Japan.
Coco, who now lives in Florida, has won Grand Slam titles in both singles and doubles. She earned her first major triumph in New York in September, defeating Aryna Sabalenka in the singles final of the U.S. Open, and then won her first Grand Slam doubles title at the French Open in June with Czech Republic’s Katerina Siniakova.
The Paris Olympics will be played on the same clay courts at Roland Garros used for the French Open. The bracket draw will take place on Thursday, and play will begin on Saturday.
Coco is seeded second in singles, matching her current WTA ranking behind Poland’s No. 1 Iga Swiatek, and will be one of the medal favorites.
Coco Gauff | AP news Image
Coco Gauff To Be Female Flag Bearer For US Team At Olympic Opening Ceremony, Joining LeBron James
She and her normal doubles partner, Jessica Pegula, are seeded first in the women’s doubles. Gauff may also compete in mixed doubles; however, those pairs have yet to be determined.
“I’m not putting too much pressure on it, because I want to fully enjoy the experience,” Gauff said of her Olympic debut. “Hopefully I can have the experience multiple times in my lifetime, (but) I’ll treat it as a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”
SOURCE | AP
When LeBron James was chosen for his first Olympics in 2004, he was unsure what the opening ceremony entailed.
This time, he’ll be a star of the show.
His fellow American Olympians chose James to be the male flagbearer for the United States at the opening ceremony of the Paris Games on Friday night. He is the third basketball player — and the first men’s player — to carry the United States flag at the start of an Olympics, following Dawn Staley in 2004 and Sue Bird in 2021.
“It’s an incredible honor to represent the United States on this global stage, especially in a moment that can bring the whole world together,” James told reporters. “As a kid from Akron, this responsibility means everything to not only me, but to my family, all the kids in my community, my teammates, other Olympians, and so many more people throughout the country with huge dreams. Sports have the capacity to unite us all, and I’m honored to be a part of this historic occasion.”
The 39-year-old James learned of the distinction Monday in London, just hours before the United States men’s team was supposed to play its final pre-Olympics exhibition game against World Cup champion Germany.
“We understand how much of an honor it is to be in that position and I think Bron’s entire career, on and off the court, speaks for itself as him being worthy of that honor,” Curry said on the video announcing his nomination.
“He has represented what it means to be excellent both on and off the court in his commitment to service and to uplifting the community in all ways that he knows how has been a lifelong passion,” Curry pointed out. “And the work speaks for itself.”
LeBron James Selected As Team USA Male Flagbearer For Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony
The female U.S. flagbearer is anticipated to be revealed on Tuesday. In 2020, the International Olympic Committee announced that country delegations would have two flagbearers at the Olympics’ opening ceremony, one male and one female, to encourage gender equality. The United States is set to send around 600 competitors to the Paris Games, with approximately 53% women.
“Being chosen by your teammates to carry the flag is a tremendous honor—and a testament to LeBron’s passion for Team USA and dedication to his sport,” U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland said.
James, a global icon, four-time NBA champion, and the league’s all-time leading scorer about to begin his record-tying 22nd NBA season, is set to compete in the Olympics for the fourth time, having previously won bronze in 2004, gold in Beijing in 2008, and gold again in London in 2012. He participated in the opening ceremony at his previous three Olympics.
This will be an unprecedented Olympic opening ceremony, with thousands of participants sailing along the River Seine at nightfall toward the Eiffel Tower. According to Olympic officials, the route is a 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) one, with some 320,000 spectators expected to watch from the river bank and an estimated 1 billion more watching on televisions around the world.
LeBron James Selected As Team USA Male Flagbearer For Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony
Not all Olympic athletes attend the opening ceremony; many miss it for logistical reasons, such as having to compete the next day. James and the four-time defending gold champion U.S. men shall begin Olympic competition on Sunday, when they face Serbia in Lille, France.
James and the American Olympians will have to wait longer than virtually any other nation for their voyage on the Seine. According to IOC protocol, Greece will lead the march, with NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo serving as one of its two flagbearers. The Refugee Olympic Team and over 200 more national delegations will follow. The United States is slated to be next-to-last in the procession because Los Angeles will host the next Summer Olympics in 2028.
As the host, France will be the last nation to participate in the opening ceremony procession. Its men’s basketball team, which includes reigning NBA rookie of the year Victor Wembanyama, begins Olympic competition on Saturday and is not scheduled to attend the opening ceremony.
SOURCE | AP
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