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49ers vs. Chiefs: Live updates and highlights from Super Bowl LVIII
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The NFL season reaches its finale Sunday in Las Vegas when Christian McCaffrey and the San Francisco 49ers take on Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs at Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium.
Live updates
Pre-game updates
Betting favorites (2 p.m.): We’re about two-and-a-half hours before kick-off is scheduled. The 49ers are slight favorites (-2) over the Chiefs, according to BetMGM.
Patrick Mahomes is the early favorite to win the game’s MVP award at +145 — meaning a $100 bet would win $145. He’s followed by 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (+230), San Francisco running back (and Colorado native) Christian McCaffrey (+450) and Taylor Swift’s main squeeze Travis Kelce (+1,200). — Joe Nguyen
Watch parties (1:55 p.m.): Are you a Chiefs or a 49ers fan and want to find others to cheer with today? Here’s a list of the watch parties hosted by the two fanbases’ Denver chapters. — Joe Nguyen
49ers-Chiefs Super Bowl LVIII: Must-reads
Many tried to stop Christian McCaffrey during his Colorado high school days. Few could. “He did whatever he wanted”
One moment, Blake Nelson had the perfect angle to stop a bubble screen for a loss near the sideline. The next, he was laying on the turf, subject to the full Christian McCaffrey Experience. That’s just one tableau of many from McCaffrey’s storied prep days at Valor Christian from 2010 to ’13 when the dynamic running back and Colorado native was the centerpiece of four straight state title teams.
As the San Francisco 49ers star prepares to face the Kansas City Chiefs in Sunday’s Super Bowl, the players and coaches who tried to stop McCaffrey during his Colorado prep days now speak with reverence about the time they shared a field with the future All-Pro. For many, it represents a brush with athletic greatness they’ll never forget. For others, it stands as the most frustrating 48 minutes of their careers.
One thing just about all of them agree on: McCaffrey, at his best, was “untackleable,” Kyle Newman reports. Read the full story.
Keeler: Gary Kubiak on Kyle Shanahan, Christian McCaffrey, his sons and Broncos West in Super Bowl LVIII: “I miss football a lot, and this gets me a chance to stay in it”
While Mike Shanahan and Kubiak were pushing buttons and kicking tail for the Broncos and 49ers, a young Kyle, the Cherry Creek alum now coaching in his second Super Bowl with San Francisco in the last four years, got tasked with babysitting the Kubiak boys. Sometimes, things went … you know, sideways.
“Somebody told me the other day, ‘You know that you’ve been part of three world championships with Ed McCaffrey?’” the elder Kubiak said. “So, yeah, we have a lot of history together. And Christian was running around as a little kid back in those days. Life comes full circle, man.”
No kidding. Klint, the kid whose tighty-whiteys once dangled from said doorknob, is now Kyle’s offensive passing game specialist and, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the next offensive coordinator of the New Orleans Saints. Klay, that other young rapscallion, is Kyle’s assistant quarterbacks coach with the Niners. Flail and forgive, apparently, Sean Keeler writes. Read the full column.
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