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Arts & Culture The best (and worst) Super Bowl commercials this year Eric Deggans At a time when every news alert seems to deliver a seismic jolt about the world, these ads mostly touch on safe subjects we expect in Big Game commercials: Nostalgia. Comedy. Celebrities. Patriotism. Poignant humanism. Listen • 3:48 Politics Trump defends Elon Musk as terrific during a Super Bowl interview Luke Garrett President Trump called federal courts blocking Elon Musk crazy, and he predicted the Kansas City Chiefs would win the Super Bowl. Sports Super Bowl 2025: The Philadelphia Eagles rout the Kansas City Chiefs to deny three-peat bid NPR Staff The Philadelphia Eagles avenged their 2023 loss, beating the The Kansas City Chiefs 40 to 22. Arts & Culture Its not all fur and games. Heres how the Puppy Bowl works Emma Bowman The Puppy Bowl may look like lawless fun. But there are rules to the annual competition, now in its 21st year. Heres what to know as Team Ruff and Team Fluff hit the turf on Sunday. Sports This Kansas City Chiefs players Super Bowl outfit carries special meaning Becky Sullivan Many of the players in Sundays Super Bowl will arrive at the stadium dressed to the nines. But one — Kansas City wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins — will be wearing something extra special. Listen • 3:52 Sports The American tailgate: Why strangers recreate their living rooms in a parking lot Frank Langfitt Theres nothing quite like a tailgate, where fans serve food to strangers who share the same passion. We went to a Philadelphia Eagles tailgate to learn what drives this uniquely American tradition. Listen • 4:37 Sports 2 reasons why a record $1.39B is expected to be bet on the Super Bowl Chandelis Duster Americans are expected to gamble more than $1 billion for Sundays Super Bowl, according to the American Gaming Association. Race & Equity The NFL is removing End Racism from its Super Bowl end zone Gene Demby Heres what the decision by Americas favorite sports league tells us about anticipatory obedience. Sports Chiefs to face Eagles at the Super Bowl for the second time in three years Juliana Kim Just two years after the Chiefs narrowly defeated the Eagles at the Super Bowl, these two powerhouses will face off once again on the championship stage, with even higher stakes. Arts & Culture Kendrick Lamar will headline next years Super Bowl halftime show Emma Bowman The Grammy-winning rapper, who spent this summer topping the charts, previously performed at the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show. But this will be his first Super Bowl as the headliner. Load More

Arts & Culture The best (and worst) Super Bowl commercials this year Eric Deggans At a time when every news alert seems to deliver a seismic jolt about the world, these ads mostly touch on


safe subjects we expect in Big Game commercials: Nostalgia. Comedy. Celebrities. Patriotism. Poignant humanism. Listen • 3:48 Politics Trump defends Elon Musk as 'terrific' during a Super


Bowl interview Luke Garrett President Trump called federal courts blocking Elon Musk "crazy," and he predicted the Kansas City Chiefs would win the Super Bowl. Sports Super Bowl 2025: The


Philadelphia Eagles rout the Kansas City Chiefs to deny three-peat bid NPR Staff The Philadelphia Eagles avenged their 2023 loss, beating the The Kansas City Chiefs 40 to 22. Arts & Culture


It's not all fur and games. Here's how the Puppy Bowl works Emma Bowman The Puppy Bowl may look like lawless fun. But there are rules to the annual competition, now in its 21st year. Here's


what to know as Team Ruff and Team Fluff hit the turf on Sunday. Sports This Kansas City Chiefs player's Super Bowl outfit carries special meaning Becky Sullivan Many of the players in


Sunday's Super Bowl will arrive at the stadium dressed to the nines. But one — Kansas City wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins — will be wearing something extra special. Listen • 3:52 Sports The


American tailgate: Why strangers recreate their living rooms in a parking lot Frank Langfitt There's nothing quite like a tailgate, where fans serve food to strangers who share the same


passion. We went to a Philadelphia Eagles tailgate to learn what drives this uniquely American tradition. Listen • 4:37 Sports 2 reasons why a record $1.39B is expected to be bet on the


Super Bowl Chandelis Duster Americans are expected to gamble more than $1 billion for Sunday's Super Bowl, according to the American Gaming Association. Race & Equity The NFL is removing


'End Racism' from its Super Bowl end zone Gene Demby Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience." Sports Chiefs to face Eagles at the


Super Bowl for the second time in three years Juliana Kim Just two years after the Chiefs narrowly defeated the Eagles at the Super Bowl, these two powerhouses will face off once again on


the championship stage, with even higher stakes. Arts & Culture Kendrick Lamar will headline next year's Super Bowl halftime show Emma Bowman The Grammy-winning rapper, who spent this summer


topping the charts, previously performed at the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show. But this will be his first Super Bowl as the headliner. Load More