Football

2/7/2023 |  NFL, DAZN sign agreement for Game Pass International package (Associated Press (AP)) NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has signed a 10-year agreement with DAZN Group to deliver the Game Pass International service to fans outside the United States beginning with the 2023 season, it was announced Tuesday.
Game Pass International will be offered in more than 200 countries and regions, including Canada and Mexico. It will not be available in China.

2/7/2023 |  Chicago Bears help promote NFL in trip to Spain (Associated Press (AP)) MADRID (AP) — The Chicago Bears have finished five days of clinics with kids in Barcelona and Madrid to help promote the NFL in Spain.
The last day of the clinics was Tuesday in Madrid, with several hundred kids participating. Former Bears player Roberto Garza was among those representing the organization.

2/7/2023 |  Super Bowl betting projected to reach $16 billion this year (Associated Press (AP)) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A record 50.4 million American adults plan to bet on this year’s Super Bowl, wagering a total of $16 billion, the gambling industry’s national trade group predicted Tuesday.
The American Gaming Association forecasts that 1 in 5 American adults will place a bet on Sunday’s NFL championship game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs.
The estimate includes legal bets, and those placed with illegal bookies or casually among friends or relatives.

2/7/2023 |  How this year's Super Bowl will be different from those of Phoenix past (AXIOS Sports) Things change quickly in the Valley, and a lot has shifted over the three times we hosted the big game.

• We took a look-back at 2015, 2008 and 1996 to see what's different.

2/7/2023 |  Record 50.4M American Adults Plan to Wager $16B on Super Bowl (Front Office Sports)

• “I think that the Super Bowl is great training wheels for sports bettors,” - Action Network CEO Patrick Keane.
• Traditional bets are expected to pass casual bets for the first time in the history of the event.

Super Bowl LVII will be the first NFL championship to be contested in a legal betting state — and with a sportsbook at the stadium — when the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles face off Sunday in Glendale, Arizona.