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Exclusive: Bill Belichick is getting out on the road ahead of the Super Bowl.

The former New England Patriots coach, who just signed up as head coach of the University of North Carolina, will travel across Louisiana in John Madden’s iconic Cruiser in The Madden Cruiser: A Bayou Adventure with Bill Belichick. Their ultimate destination: New Orleans, where next year’s Super Bowl will be held.

The special will air on Fox just ahead of the Super Bowl at 12pm Et on Sunday February 9.

Guests joining Belichick on the ride include his former Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who is now an announcer on Fox.

Others include Michael Strahan and Curt Menefee, Pro Football Hall of Famers Ed Reed and Ty Law, New Orleans legends Archie Manning and Tyrann Mathieu, and Rocsi Diaz.

The special will also commemorate the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, examining how the storm and its aftermath forever transformed New Orleans.

A solid Safety is crucial in Madden NFL 25 for defense, but EA's rankings may not satisfy all fans. Jessie Bates III tops the list, known for interceptions and shutting down plays on the field. Some players argue Kyle Hamilton deserves a higher rank, but EA's metrics remain a mystery.

EA Sports recently revealed its rankings for all the athletes in Madden NFL 25, revealing which Safeties the company considers the best in the league. Safeties are a very important defensive position in the NFL, as they help provide additional coverage downfield to help with pass coverage or prevent running plays from getting too far. This is an especially vital position in Madden NFL 25 and other football games because it is a little easier to pull off ridiculously long passes in the game than it is in real life.

Since having a good Safety is essential for defense, players will want...

Tyrann Mathieu is speaking out about his exchange with Tom Brady at the 2021 Super Bowl. After the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' victory, the Kansas City Chiefs safety took to Twitter to address their confrontation. "He called me something I won't repeat but yeah I'll let the media throw me under [the] bus as if I did something or said something to him…go back to my previous games against TB12 I showed him nothing but respect," he wrote in a since-deleted tweet, according to a screenshot shared by USA Today. "Look at my interviews about him…I show grace." E! News has reached out to Brady's team for comment but has yet to hear back. As sports fans are well...

Sunday’s Super Bowl battle between the Kansas City Chiefs’ hot-shot Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady, the NFL’s winningest quarterback of all time, highlights the wave of young QBs who are bringing sizzle to the gridiron and grabbing the attention of Madison Avenue and Hollywood.

Mahomes, 25, is going for his second consecutive Super Bowl trophy with the Chiefs. That has set up a generational test of wills between the Chiefs star and Brady, who is going for his seventh Super Bowl ring and his first with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady is facing perennial retirement rumors, even as he up-ends NFL convention by playing a Super Bowl-caliber level game at the age of 43.

Mahomes, who signed a whopping $450 million 10-year contract with the Chiefs last year, and the other QBs are coming on strong as other veteran NFL stars are also likely to leave the field soon, including New...

PETA is having a virtual and star-packed birthday party this weekend.

The animal rights organization will toast its 40th anniversary Saturday with an event co-hosted by Alan Cumming and Edie Falco and featuring a series of Humanitarian Awards doled out to Jermaine Dupri presented by Mariah Carey; Lily Tomlin presented by Dolly Parton; Kansas City Chiefs star Tyrann Mathieu presented by star quarterback Patrick Mahomes; Iggy Pop presented by Chrissie Hynde; and Kat Graham presented by Kate del Castillo.

High-profile animal rights activist and Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix will be joined by family members to present the River Phoenix Award to PETA’s undercover investigators. The program is also ...

PETA is having a virtual and star-packed birthday party this weekend.

The animal rights organization will toast its 40th anniversary Saturday with an event co-hosted by Alan Cumming and Edie Falco and featuring a series of Humanitarian Awards doled out to Jermaine Dupri presented by Mariah Carey; Lily Tomlin presented by Dolly Parton; Kansas City Chiefs star Tyrann Mathieu presented by star quarterback Patrick Mahomes; Iggy Pop presented by Chrissie Hynde; and Kat Graham presented by Kate del Castillo.

High-profile animal rights activist and Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix will be joined by family members to present the River Phoenix Award to PETA’s undercover investigators. The program is also ...

National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell admitted Friday that the league should have listened more closely in the past to players who complained about racism.

Goodell issued an Instagram video today on behalf of the NFL after several star players issued their own video, Stronger Together, on Thursday, asking for the league to condemn racism and support its black players.

The league responded a day later.

“We, the National Football League, admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest,” Goodell said. “It has been a difficult time for our country. In particular, black people in our country. First, my condolences to the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and all the families who have endured police brutality.”

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We, the NFL, admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier...

Several of the most prominent stars in the National Football League posted a video demanding the league condemn racism and admit it was wrong to silence protesting players.

The video comes after the death of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for several minutes, after Floyd repeatedly said he couldn’t breathe. Organizations around the country, including the NFL, shared statements of support after Floyd’s death.

However, some people viewed the NFL’s statement as insincere, after quarterback Colin Kaepernick faced backlash for kneeling during football games to protest police brutality and the oppression of Black rights.

“It’s been 10 days since George Floyd was brutally murdered. How many times do we need to ask you to listen to your players? What will it take? For one of us to be murdered by police brutality? What if I was George Floyd?” the players ask in the video.

NFL star Tyrann Mathieu was threatened by a relative -- "I want 1.5 million by Friday or I am going to kill all you all" -- this according to federal court documents.  Officials claim 21-year-old Geourvon Keinell Sears tried to shake down the Kansas City Chiefs safety in April by threatening to contact TMZ with fake allegations of sexual misconduct if Tyrann didn't come up with the money.  For the record, we were never contacted by Sears.

The Ami-Jeff Bezos scandal is set up to dominate headlines for a while. Who knows where it will lead? In the third world, an oligarch-president proxy war playing out in public like this usually presages a coup.

If this were Thailand or Uruguay, bookies would already have odds on a Bezos-Mark-Zuckerberg-Sundar-Pichai junta being in power by May.

This scandal will at least drag us through unprecedented legal and ethical conundrums. Can the president use the surveillance powers of the state to go after political enemies? Can a billionaire...

The Cardinals cut ties with Tyrann Mathieu ... so he's cutting ties with Arizona -- putting his million dollar desert mansion on the market for $1.4 mil ... TMZ Sports has learned.  Honey Badger bought the 5,700 square foot pad back in April 2017 -- when he was in the middle of a five-year, $62.5 million deal. But he got the chop from the Cards in March and signed with the Houston Texans ... so his loss can be your gain!  The place is dope -- 6 beds,...

Tyrann Mathieu says it "sucks" that Richard Sherman has to go through a public breakup with Seattle -- considering the legendary run he had with the Seahawks.  "All those guys in Seattle really set a new standard of how guys wanna play Db," Mathieu said on the "TMZ Sports" TV show.  Mathieu says Sherman is still a Beast and there are plenty of teams "that deserve a guy like him" -- so don't worry about Richard's NFL future.

Former NFL running back Joe McKnight died in Louisiana on Thursday after an apparent road rage altercation. He was 28.

Authorities confirmed to NFL.com that McKnight, who played for the New York Jets and the Kansas City Chiefs, was declared dead at the scene after being shot and killed near an intersection in Terrytown, Louisiana.

Read: Colin Kaepernick to Donate $1 Million After Kneeling in Protest of the National Anthem

According to the website, deputies found McKnight lying on the ground next to his car when they responded to a 911 call at around 2:43 p.m. local time. Police reportedly performed CPR on the former athlete, who was suffering from a gunshot wound, but were not able to revive him.

Also at the scene was 54-year-old Ronald Gasser who told deputies he shot McKnight. NFL.com reports that Gasser was taken to the sheriff's office along with several other witnesses, but was not arrested.

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[[tmz:video id="0_w8bb0pqa"]] It appears Colin Kaepernick's protest has lit a patriotic spark in several NFL stars both past in present. In a new video released by the league, NFL greats from Jerry Rice to Kurt Warner lend their voices in support of the game and The United States. Rice and Warner seemingly lead the cause, but are backed by several others, including, Tyrann Mathieu, Terrell Suggs and Willie McGinest. Sunday marks the 15th anniversary of the...

For New Orleans native and Arizona Cardinals star Tyrann Mathieu, Saturday night's fatal shooting of Super Bowl champion defensive end Will Smith hit particularly close to home. The 23-year-old safety tells People he not only considered Smith a close friend, but claims he has had several previous run-ins with Smith's alleged killer, Cardell Hayes. Mathieu says he and Hayes, 28, were never friendly. Instead, Mathieu says Hayes tried to bully and intimidate him on several occasions and that he seemed to harbor resentment towards those who had more success in life. "He was always this big, bad bully," Mathieu recalls. "I'd had several encounters with him.

For New Orleans native and Arizona Cardinals star Tyrann Mathieu, Saturday night's fatal shooting of Super Bowl champion defensive end Will Smith hit particularly close to home. The 23-year-old safety tells People he not only considered Smith a close friend, but claims he has had several previous run-ins with Smith's alleged killer, Cardell Hayes. Mathieu says he and Hayes, 28, were never friendly. Instead, Mathieu says Hayes tried to bully and intimidate him on several occasions and that he seemed to harbor resentment towards those who had more success in life. "He was always this big, bad bully," Mathieu recalls. "I'd had several encounters with him.

NFL superstar Tyrann Mathieu says he knows the man suspected of shooting former Saints defensive end Will Smith ... and says the guy has always been a "hating ass coward." Turns out, Mathieu -- aka the Honey Badger -- and the alleged shooter, Cardell Hayes, were both high school football stars in New Orleans ... though Hayes is 5 years older than Tyrann. Still, Mathieu went to Twitter and wrote, "I know that dude, he been a hating ass coward.