While the winning quarterback went to Disneyland, the loser was tossed in a dumpster. Cam Newton will find out how difficult it is to bounce back from a Super Bowl defeat, especially after he was trashed by critics for immature antics.
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There’s been a lot of talk about the could-be Las Vegas Raiders and an off-Strip stadium proposal in recent weeks, but have you heard about the Las Vegas Scorpions? ESPN says they’re going to win a future Super Bowl. Well, maybe.
Hundreds of thousands of cheering, orange-clad Denver Broncos fans lined the city’s streets on Tuesday for a parade and rally to welcome home the team after their upset victory in Super Bowl 50 over the Carolina Panthers.
The Super Bowl is only days behind us, but it’s never too early to talk about the first week of the 2016 season and that talk is focusing on Denver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib.
Cam Newton wasn’t apologizing Tuesday for walking out on reporters after the Carolina Panthers’ loss in the Super Bowl 50.
It was a boring game, and watching the replay would be a treatment for insomnia, but Super Bowl 50 will be remembered as a win for Peyton Manning and for producing a record wagering handle in Nevada.
In the third-highest-rated Super Bowl, Las Vegas ranked 13th.
About two hours before kickoff, the phone is lighting up. The screen next to the phone is showing the bets pouring in by the minute. Jay Rood answers the phone in a manner similar to a quarterback calling signals during a two-minute drill.
Super Bowl 50 through the lens of Twitter:
It didn’t pay to back Cam Newton in Super Bowl 50 on Sunday. Certainly not by those who were pulling for the Denver Broncos. And not those who run Las Vegas’ sports books.
In the end, and there is no doubt this should be the end of the road for Peyton Manning, one of the NFL’s all-time greatest quarterbacks rode shotgun. Manning was simply an old-timer who went along for the ride.
It happens this way often in sports, that great success by a team is created through unforgettable disaster, that amazing individual achievement is born from embarrassing failure.
Peace, love and revolution. These were the prevailing themes during Super Bowl 50’s halftime show featuring Coldplay, Bruno Mars and Beyonce.
Peyton Manning, 39, became the oldest quarterback to win the Super Bowl when his Broncos upset the Carolina Panthers, 24-10, on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., in Super Bowl 50.
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning was “near tears” in the team meeting Saturday night before Super Bowl 50.