2/10/25 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Monday
10 February 2025 Sports
From Wayne Mausser
Cooper DeJean, Josh Sweat and the Philadelphia Eagles’ ferocious defense denied Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs a Super Bowl three-peat. It wasn’t even close.
DeJean got a pick-6 on his 22nd birthday, Sweat tormented Mahomes and the Eagles routed the Chiefs 40-22 on Sunday to secure the franchise’s second Super Bowl championship.
Jalen Hurts threw for two touchdowns and ran for a score on a tush push, and Vic Fangio’s defense was so dominant that the Eagles didn’t need much from Saquon Barkley.
The game-changing running back finished with 57 yards, breaking Terrell Davis’ record for yards rushing in a season, playoffs included. Hurts threw for 221 yards.
Not in Kansas City’s worst nightmares could its fans have imagined such a lackluster performance. The Chiefs had won three of the previous five Super Bowls, losing 31-9 to Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers four years ago.
Mahomes was 8-0 against Fangio’s defenses before the longtime coordinator and former Broncos head coach outcoached Andy Reid, capping his first season with his hometown team. Reid fell to 3-3 in Super Bowls, including a loss with the Eagles.
The Eagles sacked Mahomes six times, the most of his career, including 2 1/2 by Sweat. And they did it without Fangio calling a single blitz.
Barkley, the 2024 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year, only had 31 yards rushing in the first half when Philly built a 24-0 lead.
The Chiefs were aiming to become the third team in NFL history to win three straight championships and the first to three-peat in the Super Bowl era.
Hurts nearly led the Eagles to victory against the Chiefs two years ago in Arizona, but Mahomes led a comeback and Harrison Butker kicked the game-winning field goal in the final minute for a 38-35 victory. Mahomes rallied Kansas City to an overtime victory over San Francisco last year for the Chiefs’ second straight title.
This time, a revamped Philly defense featuring eight new starters from the 2022 team made sure Mahomes had no chance to pull off his magic.
Up 10-0 after Jake Elliott’s 48-yard field goal, Sweat and Jalyx Hunt sacked Mahomes on consecutive plays. Mahomes then rolled out and made an errant throw that was picked by DeJean, who returned it 38 yards for a 17-0 lead.
It was Mahomes’ first pick-6 in 21 career playoff games and ended a streak of 297 straight passes without an interception.
All-Pro linebacker Zack Baun picked Mahomes again late in the second quarter, and Hurts connected with A.J. Brown on a 12-yard TD pass for a 24-0 lead.
Hurts threw a perfect 46-yard TD pass to DeVonta Smith to make it 34-0 late in the third.
Mahomes fired a 24-yard TD pass to Xavier Worthy to avoid the shutout, but the 2-point conversion failed. He threw two late, mostly meaningless TD passes, one to DeAndre Hopkins and another to Worthy.
Hurts’ streak of 217 passes without a pick ended in the first half when he was intercepted deep in Kansas City territory, but the Chiefs didn’t capitalize.
The Green Bay Packers are the only NFL team to win three championships in a row, doing it from 1929-31 and 1965-67.
Damian Lillard scored a season-high 43 points to go along with eight assists and seven rebounds, and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 135-127 on Sunday.
Gary Trent Jr. added a season-high 23 points and Bobby Portis had 18 points and 12 rebounds.
The Bucks were missing two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo for a fourth straight game as he deals with a strained left calf. Bucks coach Doc Rivers said before the game that Antetokounmpo likely will remain out through the All-Star break.
Tyrese Maxey scored 39 points for the 76ers, the 18th straight game in which he had at least 25. Joel Embiid scored 27 and Guerschon Yabusele added 18.
Milwaukee won for just the second time in its last seven games. This was the Bucks’ second home game in their last nine contests.
Philadelphia has lost three straight and five of its last six.
The Bucks had season highs in points, 3-point baskets (24) and field-goal attempts (105).
The Bucks host the Golden State Warriors on Monday with the tipoff at 7:00.
After two seasons, the New York Jets are moving on from quarterback Aaron Rodgers, according to NFL insider Jordan Schultz.
With a new head coach and general manager, it was rumored that the organization wanted a fresh start with a new quarterback. Rodgers has one more year on his 3 year, $112.5 million contract.
According to FOX NFL reporter Jay Glazer, Rodgers flew back to New Jersey to meet with the team about his future last week, only to be told the team was moving on to a different quarterback.
Rodgers was traded to the Jets by the Green Bay Packers, along with two 2023 draft picks, on April 23, 2023. The Packers received three 2023 draft picks.
If the Jets make him a June 1 designation, then Rodgers will be able to sign with any team across the league starting March 12.
Day 2 of sturgeon spearing season gave poor water clarity to those out on Lake Winnebago and the Upriver Lakes, but spearers still were able to spear a total of 121 sturgeon.
According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 74 were speared on Lake Winnebago. Of those, 14 were juvenile females, 30 were adult females, and 30 were males.
This year’s harvest cap is 280 for juvenile females, 717 for adult females, and 1,002 for males on Lake Winnebago. The number of sturgeon remaining until the 90% trigger are reached at 228, 571 and 844.
47 sturgeon were speared in the Upriver Lakes system on day two. Of those, 11 were juvenile females, 4 were adult females, and 32 were males.
The harvest cap for the Upriver Lakes is 70 for juvenile females, 80 for adult females, and 250 for males. The number of sturgeon remaining until the 90% trigger are 43, 55, and 128.
The DNR reported a total of 169 lake sturgeon speared on Saturday.
That number is composed of 19 juvenile females, 57 adult females, and 93 males. Despite the poor water clarity, many spearers found success, with 82 lake sturgeon harvested on Lake Winnebago alone. Included in those numbers is a record-breaking 180.5lb lake sturgeon speared by Hayley Herzig.
At 79.3 inches long, the F4 female is officially the 4th largest ever speared on the Lake Winnebago system.
John Tonje scored 22 points and John Blackwell added 19 to lead No. 21 Wisconsin to a 74-63 victory over Iowa on Saturday.
Tonje scored 11 points in a game-closing 16-4 run by the Badgers (19-5, 9-4 Big Ten), who won their third straight. Tonje shot 5 for 11 from the field and hit 9 of 10 free throws, including eight straight in the final seven minutes.
Wisconsin held Iowa (13-10, 4-8) to one field goal over the final 7½ minutes and limited the Badgers to 8-for-27 shooting in the second half.
Pryce Sandfort led Iowa with 14 points. Josh Dix had 13 points and Drew Thelwell 11. Payton Sandfort, who is averaging 16.6 points in Big Ten play, had seven points on 2-for-11 shooting.
Wisconsin made 21 of 31 3-pointers in a 116-85 win over Iowa on Jan. 3, the Hawkeyes’ worst loss of the season. The Badgers were 12 of 35 from distance in this game.
Wisconsin is at Purdue on Saturday.
Steven Ashworth scored 22 points and made a season-high six 3-pointers, including one in the last minute to help Creighton put away No. 11 Marquette in a 77-67 victory Saturday.
The Bluejays have won nine straight games since losing 79-71 at Marquette on Jan. 3. Creighton (18-6, 11-2) moved within one game of Big East leader St. John’s.
Ryan Kalkbrenner had 19 points and blocked four shots, and Jamiya Neal scored 10 of his 14 points in the second half for the Bluejays.
Kam Jones scored 27 points and David Joplin added 22 for Marquette (18-6, 9-4), which lost its third straight.
Marquette wiped out an 11-point deficit in the middle of the second half and took its last lead at 61-60 on Joplin’s layup with 6:34 left.
The 7-foot-1 Kalkbrenner hit a 3 to put the Bluejays up 67-63 with 3 1/2 minutes left.
The Golden Eagles are on their longest losing streak since they dropped four in a row between Dec. 11, 2021, and Jan. 1, 2022.
Marquette hosts DePaul on Tuesday.
Ripon College 78 Knox College 55- Kolby Williams led the Red Hawks with 15 points while Cade Tackmier and Luke Meinholz had 13. Ben Porath added 11.Ripon improves to 10-11 and 7-5 in the Midwest Conference.
UW-Oshkosh lost to UW-River Falls 76-68 in overtime. Brandon Beck led the Titans with 21 points and Thomas Carter had 18. Oshkosh drops to 12-9 and 3-7 in the WIAC Conference.
In women’s college basketball Saturday, Ripon College beat Knox College 78-57. Ella Ten Pas had 16 points and Hollie Van Horn had 15 for the Red Hawks.Ripon improves to 17-4 overall and 11-1 in the Midwest Conference.
UW-Oshkosh beat UW-River Falls 70-34. to up their record to 20-1 and 9-1 in the WIAC. Alex Rondorf led four players in double figures for the Titans with 15 points.
Boys Basketball (Mon.)
Ripon at Brillion
Berlin at Laconia
Wautoma at Winneconne
Green Bay East at Two Rivers
Seymour at Notre Dame
Menasha at Oshkosh West
New Holstein at Winnebago Lutheran
Omro at Lourdes Academy
Markesan at Adams-Friendship
Wayland Academy at Rio
Hustisford at Princeton/Green Lake
Cambria-Friesland at Valley Christian
Girls: (Mon.)
Winneconne at Wautoma
Green Bay East at Manawa
West De Pere at Kimberly
Neenah at Appleton West
Appleton North at D.C. Everest
Horicon at Wayland Academy
Princeton/Green Lake at Rio
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