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AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Dec. 23, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Dec. 24 1950 — Cleveland’s Otto Graham throws four touchdown passes, despite icy footing in Municipal Stadium, and Lou Groza kicks a 16-yard field goal...

FILE - Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) is interviewed on the field after the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, in Tampa, Fla., in this Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, file photo. Sometimes, the abdicating king, or the deposed one, returns to his kingdom. It happens often enough in the NFL, yet rarely is as newsworthy as Tom Brady, who led the Patriots to six Super Bowl titles, going back to New England. He'll do that on Sunday night eight months after taking the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the top. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano, FIle)
Brady chases all-time yards passing record in reunion game

By Josh Dubow Sep. 29, 2021 03:30 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2013, file photo, the Superdome is viewed after the lights went out during the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game in New Orleans. Joe Flacco and the Baltimore Ravens were turning the Super Bowl into a rout when, without even a flicker of warning, the power went off. When the game resumed 34 minutes later, the San Francisco 49ers were the ones playing lights out. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
NFL At 100-AP Was There-Super Bowl 47

By The Associated Press Nov. 26, 2019 12:50 PM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2013, file photo, San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh, left, greets Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh after the Ravens defeated the 49ers 34-31 in the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
NFL at 100: Ravens beat 49ers in lights-out Super Bowl 47

By David Ginsburg Nov. 26, 2019 12:49 PM EST

Chicago Bears kicker Eddy Pineiro (15) watches his field goal attempt on the final play of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, in Chicago. Pineiro missed the field goal as the Chargers won 17-16. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Kicking still issue for Bears in rematch vs Eagles

By Rob Maaddi Oct. 31, 2019 09:42 PM EDT