Chris Licata

Over the past decade, the National Football League added four new stadiums for the New York Jets/Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Minnesota Vikings, and Atlanta Falcons. In 2020, two more state-of-the-art venues will open their doors - Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada and SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The latter will be the new home of the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers. The sister franchises of L.A. will join the Jets and Giants as the only NFL teams to share a venue.…

The San Francisco 49ers lost the 2024 Super Bowl, 25-22, in overtime to Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Immediately after the game, 49ers WR Deebo Samuel was on the receiving end of some shade from Philadelphia Eagles DT Fletcher Cox. ”@19problemz keep the EAGLES OUT CHO MOUTH BOE,” Cox wrote on his Instagram story. Cox continued in a follow-up IG story: “I still got some you ain’t got. Ya!! I been holding this one in son!!!!! EAD” Samuel made headlines during Super B…

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The Green Bay Packers (9-8), after clinching the NFC’s No. 7 seed in Week 18, will travel 1,131 miles south to face the Dallas Cowboys (12-5) in the Wild Card round on Sunday, January 14. Playoff seeding aside, both squads have been riding high since November. Dallas, winners of 7 of its last 9 games, clinched the NFC East title and its third-straight 12-win season under Mike McCarthy. And after a turbulent start, Matt LaFleur’s Packers finished out the regular season winning 6 of their la…

The Green Bay Packers (9-8), after clinching the NFC’s No. 7 seed in Week 18, will travel 1,131 miles south to face the Dallas Cowboys (12-5) in the Wild Card round on Sunday, January 14. Playoff seeding aside, both squads have been riding high since November. Dallas, winners of 7 of its last 9 games, clinched the NFC East title and its third-straight 12-win season under Mike McCarthy. And after a turbulent start, Matt LaFleur’s Packers finished out the regular season winning 6 of their la…

The Green Bay Packers (8-8) play host to the Chicago Bears (7-9) in a Week 18 regular season finale with major playoff implications. While the Bears have been eliminated from the playoffs, they can play spoiler to a Packers team facing the same scenario as last season: A win-and-in game at Lambeau Field against an NFC North rival looking to cut their season short. Per the New York Times playoff simulator, Green Bay’s current 68% chance at a Wild Card spot jumps to <99% with a win, or will…

The Green Bay Packers (7-8) travel to face the Minnesota Vikings (7-8) for a high-stakes Sunday Night Football game in Week 17. Both teams will finish the 2023 regular season with two divisional matchups. Both teams also hold between a 25% chance (Vikings) and 32% chance (Packers) at a playoff berth, per the New York Times playoff simulator. Those odds jump to 95-96% if either team wins out. In anticipation, here are five predictions generated by Heavy Sports’ AI-powered projections mod…

The Green Bay Packers (7-8) travel to face the Minnesota Vikings (7-8) for a high-stakes Sunday Night Football game in Week 17. Both teams will finish the 2023 regular season with two divisional matchups. Both teams also hold between a 25% chance (Vikings) and 32% chance (Packers) at a playoff berth, per the New York Times playoff simulator. Those odds jump to 95-96% if either team wins out. In anticipation, here are five predictions generated by Heavy Sports’ AI-powered projections mod…

The National Football League kicked off its 100th season with a classic rivalry matchup between the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears in one of the sports’ most historic venues, Soldier Field. Now, the league will take its biggest game to South Beach to wrap up the 2019-20 season. Super Bowl LIV will be played between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on February 2, 2020. The game will be televised on FOX with kickoff scheduled…

Through Week 12, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is on pace for his most productive season since entering the NFL in 2013. During a TMZ interview with WNBA star Chiney Ogwumike on Monday, the eighth-year pro revealed that he’s also having some success off the field of late, apparently back together with former long-time girlfriend Kayla Nicole. When asked about his Christmas shopping list this year, Kelce again referred to the on-camera host and model as his “girlfriend,” a nota…