Entering the 2022 National Football League (NFL) season, expectations were understandably low for the Atlanta Falcons. In 2021, the Falcons finished with seven wins and ten losses and left the season with a lot of unknowns for the future. During the offseason, wide receiver (WR) Calvin Ridley received a year-long suspension from the league after [...]
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The Atlanta Falcons faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Oct. 9 looking to improve their record to 3-2 and take possession of first place in the National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The Falcons faced quarterback (QB) Tom Brady, whose all-time record against Atlanta is 10-0, including a comeback in Super Bowl LI, down 28-3 [...]
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Marcus Mariota during a preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Aug. 27. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Atlanta Falcons) In a year where the Atlanta Falcons are projected to have the second-worst record in the NFL, the 2022 season isn’t expected to look pretty for the so-called “Dirty Birds.” The Falcons recorded only [...]
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The Wheel Staff is divided in their predictions of which team will walk away from Super Bowl LVI with the Lombardi Trophy. (Ally Hom/Photo Editor) All eyes are on Hollywood as Super Bowl LVI approaches on Feb. 13. The 2021-22 NFL season will come to a close on Sunday at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium, and [...]
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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees announced his retirement from football in a March 14 Instagram post. While there were already rumors circulating that Brees would not return for another season, the future first-ballot Hall of Famer made it official exactly 15 years after he first signed with the Saints. [...]
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After five years in minor league baseball, Tim Tebow has retired from the sport. On paper, the former Heisman Trophy winner’s baseball career is unimpressive, as Tebow was one of the worst hitters in the minor leagues in his last season. Despite this, his short-lived career surpassed many analysts’ expectations and drew record attendance numbers [...]
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As the weekend approached, Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy undoubtedly had his mind set on defeating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV. If he were to pull it off, he would have been one of only eight coaching staffs to win back-to-back Super Bowls in NFL history. But despite potential historic [...]
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The Super Bowl has been sacred to the United States ever since the first big game saw the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Green Bay Packers in 1967. A raging pandemic couldn’t halt this tradition. On Feb. 7, 23 Emory Healthcare and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta workers attended the Super Bowl LV, courtesy of [...]
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After a tumultuous year, tens of millions of viewers around the world invariably tuned in on Feb. 7 to watch one of the most anticipated sporting events of the year: Super Bowl LV. The narrative proceeding this showdown between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs seemed to be straight out of a [...]
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After one of the most unconventional seasons yet, the NFL is finally about to turn the page on the 2020-2021 season. From game reschedulings to teams weighing the consequences of winning versus tanking, this season was a rollercoaster. Yet on Feb. 7, the curtain will close and Super Bowl LV will kick off as the [...]
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Prior to the start of this year’s NFL season, I previewed the upcoming season. Now that Super Bowl LV between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs is fast approaching, a look back at how those predictions played out is in order. This NFL season, of course, was unlike any other as the [...]
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On Feb. 7 in Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will face off in Super Bowl LV in what will undoubtedly be a highly entertaining matchup between two high-octane offenses. Aside from giving fans a highly entertaining matchup, however, the game will also underscore a larger trend, a [...]
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