Representatives for the supermodel pushed back on a recent report claiming that Shayk “made ‘a beeline’” for retired NFL quarterback Tom Brady at a wedding last week.
Page Six, citing “spies,” reported Friday that Shayk “scarcely let [Brady] out of her sight throughout the weekend-long festivities” and “was throwing herself at him.”
But a spokesperson for the model told the Daily Mail that “this story is completely false.”
“It is a totally malicious and fictional account of the evening,” Shayk’s agent, Cheri Bowen of the Society Management, said on Sunday.
Representatives for Shayk and Brady did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s requests for comment.
Shayk was in a four-year relationship with actor Bradley Cooper, until the two split in 2019. They share a daughter, Lea De Seine, who was born in 2017.
Shayk attends the 2019 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2019, in New York City.
Bündchen candidly addressed what led to the split in a cover story with Vanity Fair in March. She also shut down any notion that the two broke up over Brady’s football career.
“When I was 26 years old and he was 29 years old, we met, we wanted a family, we wanted things together,” she told the magazine. “As time goes by, we realize that we just wanted different things, and now we have a choice to make. That doesn’t mean you don’t love the person.”
Brady and Bündchen tied the knot in 2009 and have two children, Benjamin, 13, and Vivian, 10. Brady also has a son, Jack, 15, from a previous relationship with actor Bridget Moynahan.
They may have to add a few pages to Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady’s kids’ passports, based on the stamps they’ll rack up this summer. When Vivian, 10, and Benjamin, 13, pass around their yearbooks to their pals, they will gaze upon their friends’ signatures telling them to HAGS—that’s “have a good summer,” for anyone who’s never been a school-aged child—and scoff. They know they’re going to have a good summer because, according to Brady, their break begins with a visit to the Magic Kingdom.
In an interview with People, Brady said that first on the summer vacation docket was a post-last day of school celebration at Disneyland. “I’ve got my little calendar right here,” he said. Then, the kids will go with Bündchen to Brazil, with plans to head to Europe with Brady later.
“They got lots of good plans,” he said. “These kids have a really good summer lined up.”
“It’s tough because you imagine your life was going to be a certain way, and you did everything you could, you know?” she said. “I believed in fairy tales when I was a kid. I think it’s beautiful to believe in that. I mean, I’m so grateful I did.”
Brady even managed to throw in what some Bostonians may take as a dig while enthusing about all the outdoor beach activities the kids can do now at one of their parents’ many beachside homes (Bahamas, Brazil, Costa Rica, Florida, you name it, they beach house it).
“It’s very different than being in the Northeast for all those years where we just didn’t have a lot of those types of activities,” he told People. Sick burn.
Bündchen herself told VF in her April cover profile that she was living her dream in her Costa Rican casita. “If I never went to another city again, I’d be perfectly happy,” she said.
And as for Brady’s summer? He didn’t get too specific about his plans beyond the Europe of it all, but prayers up that 2023 is the year this man leans into his cheeseburger era.
“No one could outjump LeBron. I once saw him jump straight through the roof of a house, then he kept going, he went up about 100 feet and crashed into a bird. The bird plummeted to the earth. When LeBron saw what he’d done, he quickly reversed course, and willed himself to fall faster than the bird. By the time the bird was about to land, LeBron was already there, and he caught the bird softly in his palm. As the bird landed, it died, but as it died it laid an egg into LeBron’s palm. LeBron sat on that egg until it hatched, and he raised that bird—it was a cardinal—as one of his own children. A class act and fierce competitor.”
Tom Brady has agreed to purchase a minority ownership stake in the Las Vegas Raiders, a source familiar with the deal told CNN on Monday.
The agreement was first reported by Sports Illustrated NFL reporter Albert Breer. The sale is still subject to NFL approval.
Earlier this month, a source told CNN the seven-time Super Bowl winner was in negotiations with the Raiders.
The deal won’t be ready for the owners to consider at the Spring League Meeting in Minnesota, which ends Tuesday, according to Breer.
“We’re excited for Tom to join the Raiders,” team owner Mark Davis said in a phone call to ESPN.
“It’s exciting because he will be just the third player in the history of the National Football League to become an owner.”
CNN has reached out to the NFL, the Raiders and Brady’s representatives for comment.
The former New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback announced his retirement from the NFL in February after 23 seasons.
During his long career, the three-time league MVP set almost every passing record, including regular season passing yards (89,214) and passing touchdowns (649). He has also amassed the most wins of any player in NFL history (251).
The agreement with the Raiders is the second partnership between Brady and team owner Davis since the former’s retirement.
In March, it was announced that Brady had acquired an ownership stake in Davis’ WNBA franchise, the defending champion Las Vegas Aces.
In October, he also joined the ownership group of an expansion Major League Pickleball team, along with former tennis World No. 1 Kim Clijsters, who in December attended the draft to support their new squad, the Las Vegas Night Owls.
Last night I was scrolling through TikTok in the midst of an edible comedown, and I stumbled upon something so ridiculous, so cringe, so brilliant, that I couldn’t believe I had yet to see it before. It’s called Maverwatch, and it’s a 2018 hype video for the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks that features its star players doubling as Overwatch characters.
This Wacky Magical Girl Anime Is Studio Trigger-Coded To Perfection
Edited to look like an Overwatch play-of-the-game clip, which highlights a particularly gnarly play (usually a multi-kill) at the end of every match, this minute-long video feels like something my high brain cooked up in a daydream. But it’s not. This clip is real, and every second is transfixing, a strange mix of car-wreck tragedy and knee-slapping comedy. You can’t deny, however, that the editing is top-tier, with the all-too-familiar ding sounds indicating an Overwatch kill, the Overwatch font showing off “eliminations” of rival players getting stunted on, and the in-game music swelling in-between each wooden NBA player delivery of a hero’s line.
Athletes are, by and large, not known for their acting and line-reading skills. In the rare chance that you get an athlete with a glittering personality who can actually say dialogue without sounding like a kid forced to read out loud during class, teams will push them to the forefront of marketing materials and commercial opportunities (Eli Manning, Tom Brady) or even let them play the lead in a film (LeBron James, Michael Jordan). I can say with some confidence that none of the 2018 Dallas Mavericks players have the same je ne sais quoi as James or Brady, but that only makes the Maverwatch experience better.
The man behind Maverwatch
The clip begins with Dirk Nowitzki aping Soldier: 76’s ultimate ability line (“I’ve got you in my sights”) while pretending to activate an imaginary visor before cutting to clips of him sinking threes.
“Dirk got Soldier because he’s the rugged old leader of the team,” Austin Guttery, former in-game media creator for the Dallas Mavericks and creator of Maverwatch, told Kotaku via email.
The second player highlighted is former Mavs center Deandre Jordan, who pretends to pop a Lucio ult (“oh, let’s break it down”) under the nickname “Shootscio.” Help me. “Jordan got Lucio because of his great defensive plays and his ability to keep the team alive,” Guttery explained.
But when it came time to assign Mavericks point guard and Grandmaster Overwatch player Luka Doncic a character, things got a little heated. “Luka actually reeeeeally wanted to be Hanzo, since that’s who he usually plays, but there was a player on the team, Wes Matthews, who was known for pretending to shoot a bow and arrow after each shot during the games, so naturally we HAD to make him Hanzo,” Guttery said. “I picked Luka to be Junkrat because of his blonde hair. Luka was the tiniest bit salty and tried to talk us into making him Hanzo, but we had already shot Wes’s part, and we only got one quick shot with each player every year.”
The other players were assigned based on any connections Guttery could make between them and an Overwatch hero—or if he thought they could manage to pull off a good enough mime of a character’s moves. No, I cannot stop laughing at Luka pretending to pull a Junkrat RIP-Tire.
Aside from the drama that came with assigning Mavs players their Overwatch counterparts, Guttery says that it took ages for him to get the video approved because his boss “didn’t actually know what Overwatch was.” But telling him that Doncic was a huge Overwatch fan “really helped sell it.” The clip was shot during the team’s media day, and aired on the in-arena screens during a lull in gameplay to a “pretty good reaction” from fans.
“I almost got fired!” he related cheerily. “After our videos air in-game, we usually don’t put them out online until after the season, or unless we get permission from [owner Mark] Cuban to run them. But I was so excited about how this one turned out, I really wanted to see how the Overwatch community would react to it. So I posted it on Reddit and within the day it BLEW UP…It eventually caught the eye of my boss who got, um, pretty upset that it was out there, and he was afraid that if Cuban saw this, we wouldn’t be making videos for them anymore, so I removed it. Luckily Cuban never got wind of it, so it was a non-issue.”
But Overwatch developer Blizzard did indeed see the video, and sent Guttery a “really nice Widowmaker figure” that the team kept on display at the office. And now, that very same video is making the rounds on social media yet again. Time is a flat circle, but Luka Doncic is no longer a Hanzo main. It’s Zarya now.
Here’s a headline that you probably didn’t have on your 2023 bingo card: Tom Brady and Reese Witherspoon are allegedly dating, according to Deuxmoi. First of all, the fact that our modern day Gossip Girl is breaking this kind of juicy tea is insanity…but-wait-what?!? Reese only announced her divorce from Jim Toth on March 24.
This is the kind of power couple that will appeal to the entire world: Tom being a major world class, football player of all time. And Reese being actor, director, book club leader extraordinaire. Now, while Reese has had notable relationships with actors like Jake Gylenhaal, this one is the least expected. Also, this is conveniently coming out after Gisele Bunchen was recently linked to billionaire Jeffrey Soffer. Tit-for-tat, anyone?
Each star has three children…making it a full house! Reese has three children – Ava and Deacon – with ex-husband and ex-co star Ryan Phillippe. And a third – Tennessee – with top talent agent, Jim Toth. Brady has two kids – Benjamin and Vivian – with ex-wife Gisele Bundchen. And another – John – with Bridget Moynahan.
Tom had just shared pictures of himself and fellow former NFL players like Rob Gronkowski partying beach-side, which obviously now warrants a million questions. Is Reese there? Has Tom seen Legally Blonde? Has he read any of her Book Club recs such as Daisy Jones & The Six?
While not every blind sent into Deuxmoi is necessarily the truth, this has been dubbed a “Deuxmoi Exclusive”. And it’s been re-confirmed on their Twitter account…so we will take this as fact until Tom and Reese tell us otherwise.
Last week, the fashion world was taken by surprise as Law Roach noisily retired from styling. The famed stylist is known for saving the fashion careers of many celebrities, pulling them out of tone-deaf, trendless outfits and into the world of serving absolute looks. If you’ve loved what a celeb is wearing, Law Roach probably styled them.
He’s the wizard who turned Zendaya into Cinderella for the Met Gala ( who also styles her boyfriend, Tom Holland), he’s the maven who re-branded Celine Dion’s style. But the fashion industry is both cutthroat and rarely without drama. Law took to Instagram to announce he was retiring for good, and that the industry had seemingly “won.”
But retirement can mean so many things. Tom Brady has retired from football twice now. So it’s safe to say that people have questions when it comes to Law Roach’s sudden retirement post.
Is Law Roach Retiring?
People love giving credit where credit is due – and as such, stylists have their very own fan bases. The Guardian likens this phenomenon to Rachel Zoe’s Zoe Bots, which spawned her own spinoff show and fame in her own right, and not just for styling Lindsay Lohan.
This just means Law Roach will be fine if he’s not styling everyone anymore – he’ll be sitting on a million Instagram followers and a networking catalog that most would kill for. He has some of the biggest names in Hollywood behind him like Zendaya herself. In other words, Law Roach probably isn’t going anywhere.
The dramatic, shady Insta post wasn’t Law stepping away from fashion altogether, as he told Vogue. And it most definitely isn’t due to the fact that Zendaya didn’t save him a front-row seat at Fashion Week this year – or that he asked Emma Stone to give up hers. Law Roach is taking his career into his own hands, far away from “the politics, the lies, and false narratives” that Roach credits for his retirement from celebrity styling.
“I just wanna breathe. I wanna fly. I wanna be happy,” Roach said. “I wanna figure other things out.”
Who Has Law Roach Styled?
His looks have been seen on Anne Hathaway, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ariana Grande, and Bella Hadid. Law has created a multi-million dollar empire styling clients for photoshoots and red carpet appearances, while collaborating with some of the biggest fashion houses in the world.
This year’s Oscars showcased Megan Thee Stallion, Hunter Schafer, Kerry Washington, Eve Jobs, and Hailee Steinfeld, all dressed by Roach. Most of which ranked as the most talked about looks of the evening – so who’s going to style them now?
Law Roach and Zendaya at the Met Gala 2019
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And while each and every look was a slay and a serve in their own respect, no two looks were similar. In fact, each look was praised in their own ways, for different reasons. It’s something Law Roach talks about with The Cut.
“It’s always the narrative of, “Oh, he’s never gonna treat you the way he treats Zendaya. You’re gonna get what she doesn’t want.” And that’s not true, because none of my clients ever look the same. Like, I don’t use edits.
I don’t walk around with suitcases of edits that Zendaya didn’t want and offer ’em to other people. It’s always those narratives, and I’ve lost a bunch of clients that I really care for and really wanted to work with because of the gatekeepers.”
Law even styled Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, who told People that a stylist (seemingly Roach) informed her she wasn’t “sample sized.” While Law Roach told The Cut that this conversation didn’t happen in the way she framed it, it was an example of the false narratives he cited in his retirement.
What’s Next For Law Roach?
More recently, Roach was spotted making his modeling debut for Boss. Law Roach strutted the runway in good company amongst Pamela Anderson, Naomi Campbell, and Precious Lee. He told Vogue,
“I don’t think I have any challenges. I’m a fucking diva! Even if they were to put me on a 10-inch high heel I would be walking that runway. The little gay boy in me—I’m living out a dream! The hair, the makeup, the look they chose for me: it’s literally a dream!”
Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady has acquired an ownership stake in the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces, team owner Mark Davis announced Thursday.
“I am very excited to be part of the Las Vegas Aces organization,” said Brady in a statement on Thursday. “I have always been a huge fan of women’s sports, and I admire the work that the Aces’ players, staff, and the WNBA continue to do to grow the sport and empower future generations of athletes. To be able to contribute in any way to that mission as a member of the Aces organization is an incredible honor.”
Brady said his love for women’s sports grew out of watching his older sisters, who were “by far the best athletes in our house!”
Brady announced his retirement from the NFL in February after 23 seasons with the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. During his long career, the three-time league MVP set almost every passing record, including regular season passing yards (89,214) and passing touchdowns (649). He has also amassed the most wins of any player in NFL history (251).
“Since I purchased the Aces, our goal has been to win on and off the court,” said Davis, who also owns the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders. “Tom Brady is a win not only for the Aces, and the WNBA, but for women’s professional sports as a whole.”
Davis purchased the WNBA franchise before the 2021 season. Brady’s partial acquisition of the team is subject to WNBA approval.
The Aces enter the upcoming season as reigning WNBA champions. The team opens the season against the Seattle Storm on May 20 at Climate Pledge Arena in Washington.
In October, Brady joined the ownership group of an expansion Major League Pickleball team, along with former tennis World No. 1 Kim Clijsters, who in December attended the draft to support their new squad, the Las Vegas Night Owls.
Months after their divorce was announced, supermodel Gisele Bündchen is breaking her silence on her marriage to now-retired NFL quarterback Tom Brady. The tell-all interview was published by Vanity Fair on Wednesday.
“It’s like a death and a rebirth.” Gisele Bündchen is ready for her next act—and she’s got some big ideas.
In a VF exclusive, the supermodel discusses the end of her marriage, being “blindsided” by FTX, and pursuing la pura vida on her own terms.
Bündchen told the magazine, “it’s like a death and a rebirth” and she now mourned “the death of my dream.”
Before tearing up, she said, “It’s tough because you imagine your life was going to be a certain way, and you did everything you could, you know?”
“You give everything you got to achieve your dream,” she told Vanity Fair. “You give a hundred percent of yourself, and it’s heartbreaking when it doesn’t end up the way you hoped for, and worked for, but you can only do your part.”
The two ended their 13-year marriage in October, with Brady posting on an Instagram story at the time that they arrived “at this decision amicably and with gratitude for the time we spent together.”
“The decision to end a marriage is never easy but we have grown apart and while it is, of course, difficult to go through something like this, I feel blessed for the time we had together and only wish the best for Tom always,” she wrote in a separate statement.
Months after the announcement, Bündchen addressed rumors of an alleged ultimatum — to choose between her and football — led to their split, saying they were not true.
“When you love someone, you don’t put them in a jail and say, ‘You have to live this life,’” she told the magazine. “You set them free to be who they are, and if you want to fly the same direction, then that’s amazing.”
But after the interview was published, Brady took to Instagram with a seemingly cryptic message. He posted a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote about the definition of success.
“What is success?” the quote starts. “To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends.”
This Ralph Waldo Emerson quote was posted on the @TomBrady Instagram account less than a day after Gisele Bündchen’s interview with Vanity Fair was published.
@TomBrady/Instagram
The post goes on to say success is about finding “the best in others” and leaving the world “a bit better.”
Bündchen has made it clear that she holds no ill will towards Brady.
“If there’s one person I want to be the happiest in the world, it’s him, believe me,” she told the magazine. “I want him to achieve and to conquer. I want all his dreams to come true.”
CBS News reached out to Brady for comment and is awaiting a response.
While talking to his “Let’s Go” co-host and sportscaster Jim Gray about the topic, he reflected that many people go through “things that they deal with at work and they deal with at home.”
“Obviously, the good news is it’s a very amicable situation, and I’m really focused on two things: taking care of my family, and certainly my children, and secondly doing the best job I can to win football games,” he said. “That’s what professionals do.”
Michael Roppolo is a CBS News reporter. He covers a wide variety of topics, including science and technology, crime and justice, and disability rights.
I started watching Formula 1: Drive To Survive thanks to a short blurb in The New Yorker boasting a “Real Housewives” atmosphere, but with fast cars. As a fan of both sports and drama, I couldn’t find a reason not to give it a chance. Plus, it’s ranked in Netflix’s Top 10 shows and with five seasons already, how bad could it be?
In the words of Bill Hader’s Saturday Night Live character, Stefon – it. has. everything. Attractive, young men from across the globe have come to the screen to steal my heart alongside adrenaline-pumping races following one of the most difficult sports known to man. Cue the eye rolls.
These drivers have become the newest trend in sports. They’ve earned TikTok thirst traps and mashups, fanfictions galore, and throngs of fans everywhere they go. My entire For You Page consists of Daniel Ricciardo’s best interview moments and Charles Leclerc slo-mo getting out of a car. Alphatauri even debuted their new car at New York Fashion Week this year – these boys are everywhere.
There are only 20 drivers in the world who can operate a Formula 1 car for 50-70 agonizing laps. It’s a male-dominated sport – few women are ever even interviewed in the show – but the majority of the F1 fandom is composed of women thanks to the Netflix series.
But the Formula 1 Fever isn’t by accident. In 2016, it was purchased by Liberty Media for $4.4 billion. The sport was in major need of a revamp with a 40% drop in viewership from 2008-2016 – they desperately needed a younger generation of fans despite the sport’s resistance to change. When Liberty Media stepped in, a Netflix contract followed soon after, and the rest is history.
The Cut reports, “The 2022 F1 season was the most viewed, ever, in the U.S., and the largest demographic growth was seen in young people, aged 12 to 17 and 18 to 34, and women. Women made up 352,000 viewers per race, a 34 percent growth from 2021, meaning they made up 28 percent of the 2022 audience.”
Teams and drivers were now allowed to take to social media to promote their season – the ultimate power move to reach wider audiences. TikTok found these handsome faces and shiny new personalities and suddenly Formula 1 had a fanbase foaming at the mouth.
The Cut brings up a good point: Formula 1 is easy enough to follow with fewer rules and less players than the National Football League and other popularized American sports. You no longer have to ask about positions – the only positions that matter in F1 are where the drivers are starting and finishing – or pretend to care about a 50-person roster. Something so new-feeling in the United States also invites more women to watch, as football can feel like an even less inviting boys club.
And although DTS fans aren’t exactly welcomed with open arms by long-time Formula 1 fans, it’s a hell of a lot easier than making a jaded effort to talk football with a bunch of guys who have been watching the sport “since day one.” The Netflix series makes F1 easier to digest. I already know that Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes is the Tom Brady and New England Patriots of Formula 1… and that Max Verstappen for Red Bull is the one to watch.
The Ferocity of a Fangirl
Being a longtime fan of Harry Styles, I’m no stranger to being called a crazy fangirl. The condescending term has since been attached to new Formula 1 fans who came for the hotties and stayed for the sport. In situations where women show unyielding support and come together to push something into uber-popularity, the term “fangirl” is meant to embody the hysterical, unstable female.
And yet, because of these inconsolable women, Formula 1 is becoming insanely popular. Brands like Pacsun and Abercrombie debuted their own Formula 1 clothing lines and Netflix launched Full Swing, the golf version of the show. So pray tell – what, exactly, is wrong with fangirling?
If you put 80,000 screaming men in a stadium, some of whom have flown across the country and spent half their paycheck to see their favorite player, you’d call that Football Sunday. But if you put 80,000 screaming women clawing after a boy band, it’s worrisome.
“Who’s to say that young girls who like pop music – short for popular, right? – have worse musical taste than a 30-year-old hipster guy? … You’re gonna tell me they’re not serious? How can you say young girls don’t get it? They’re our future. Our future doctors, lawyers, mothers, presidents, they kind of keep the world going. Teenage-girl fans – they don’t lie. If they like you, they’re there. They don’t act ‘too cool.’ They like you, and they tell you. Which is sick.”
The fervent support of women to any format – music, sports, etc. – brings viewership, money, and popularity to anything they get behind. Why anyone would want to hide Formula 1 from this success is beyond me. At the end of the day, Formula 1 – and everything else – may very well be for the girls.
Tom Brady added to his family after dropping his football career. (See the image below.)
The recently retired quarterback on Wednesday shared a playful clip of kittens he adopted after apparent urging by his daughter, Vivian.
“Vivi wins again,” the seven-time Super Bowl champ wrote on his Instagram Story with video of the Siamese-mix cats playing.
He assured the kitties’ former home, the Humane Society of Tampa, that the furry ones are in “good loving hands.” He also shouted out to former Tampa Bay Buccaneers teammate Logan Ryan and his wife, Ashley, who got Brady and two of his kids, Vivian and Benjamin, involved with the society.
“This is what my mornings are like now,” Brady wrote with the video.
Brady quietly volunteered with his children at the shelter during the season, drawing praise from Ashley Ryan. “It was about Tom taking the very thing his little girl loves the most and turning it into an opportunity to spend time together,” she wrote on Instagram.
The Humane Society’s Regan Blessinger told People that Brady and crew bottle-fed the kittens and walked the dogs.
But Vivian “was drawn to the Siamese mix kittens, so it wasn’t surprising that Tom reached out to adopt,” Blessinger said. “They are the perfect family for these two adorable kittens!”
Brady and Gisele Bundchen divorced last year and are now co-parenting Vivian, 10, and Benjamin, 13. The future Hall of Famer also has a 15-year-old son, Jack, with actor Bridget Moynahan.
If you’ve ever had the misfortune of being acquainted with a die-hard Philadelphia Eagles fan, then you know that it is highly inadvisable to say any of the following things.
2 / 20
“Stop, you’re destroying my store!”
“Stop, you’re destroying my store!”
Once Eagles fans have started vandalizing property, it’s best to evacuate to safety.
3 / 20
“You can’t park here, this is my living room.”
“You can’t park here, this is my living room.”
Sounds like loser talk.
“I can DD tonight.”
No need. They’re fine with drinking and driving.
5 / 20
“Please stop hitting me.”
“Please stop hitting me.”
You asked for it now, jabroni!
6 / 20
“I bet you can’t turn over my car and set it on fire.”
“I bet you can’t turn over my car and set it on fire.”
This is exactly how you get your car to be turned over and set on fire.
“Good game.”
Sportsmanship is seen as a sign of weakness in Philadelphia.
8 / 20
“Free drinks on the house!”
“Free drinks on the house!”
This will not end well.
9 / 20
“It’s amazing to have two Black quarterbacks in the Super Bowl, even if yours is so much worse.”
“It’s amazing to have two Black quarterbacks in the Super Bowl, even if yours is so much worse.”
Hopefully, they’ll just focus on the racial milestone.
10 / 20
“Your secondary doesn’t have the hybrid skillsets required to counter the Chief’s 12 and 13 personnel RPO scheme.”
“Your secondary doesn’t have the hybrid skillsets required to counter the Chief’s 12 and 13 personnel RPO scheme.”
Football analysis that doesn’t center around “grit” and “winning mentality” will surely send any Eagles fan into a rage.
11 / 20
“My name is Tom Brady, and I defeated your team at the 2005 Super Bowl.”
“My name is Tom Brady, and I defeated your team at the 2005 Super Bowl.”
This might understandably make them upset.
12 / 20
“No one on the Eagles is good enough to get a concussion.”
“No one on the Eagles is good enough to get a concussion.”
Heavily-concussed Eagles fans would beg to differ.
13 / 20
“Flags go up poles all the time, I’m not impressed when you do it.”
“Flags go up poles all the time, I’m not impressed when you do it.”
It’s best not to disrespect Eagles fans’ ability to climb a pole when their team wins.
14 / 20
“Do you murder the other teams’ fans before or after the game?”
“Do you murder the other teams’ fans before or after the game?”
They like to keep it a surprise.
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“Sport is a sociocultural placeholder for the tribalistic catharsis that globalization has taken from us.”
“Sport is a sociocultural placeholder for the tribalistic catharsis that globalization has taken from us.”
Well look at la-di-da Mr. Ivy League over here talking about a globalization jawn.
“Jawn.”
No one in Philadelphia ever actually says jawn. It’s all a big conspiracy.
17 / 20
“Regardless of who wins, I’m just happy to watch the game with you.”
“Regardless of who wins, I’m just happy to watch the game with you.”
Pussy!
18 / 20
“Win or lose, you’ll still be living in Philly when the Super Bowl’s over.”
“Win or lose, you’ll still be living in Philly when the Super Bowl’s over.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Brady will not go immediately from the playing field to the broadcast booth.
Brady told Colin Cowherd during Monday’s episode of “The Herd” on FS1 and Fox Sports Radio that he will not start his broadcasting career with Fox until the 2024 season.
The seven-time Super Bowl champion — who retired last week after a 23-year career with the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers — signed a 10-year deal with Fox last May to become the network’s top analyst when he decided to quit playing for good.
Brady said that he didn’t want to immediately rush into announcing and that he wanted to catch up on some other parts of his life.
“I think one thing about my career whether it was when I was drafted by the Patriots or signing agreements with the Bucs, I wanted to be fully committed and I never wanted to let people down,” Brady said. “I want to be great at what I do, and that always takes some time and strategizing and learning and growing and evolving. I have so many people to rely on that could support me in that growth too.”
Brady is expected to eventually join Kevin Burkhardt on Fox’s top team. Burkhardt and Greg Olsen will call their first Super Bowl on Sunday when the Kansas City Chiefs face the Philadelphia Eagles.
Fox, which is carrying its 10th Super Bowl on Sunday, also has Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans after the 2024 season. Brady is still not expected to be a part of Fox’s pregame coverage on Sunday.
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Tom Brady took the professional sports world by storm last week when he announced he would once again be retiring (for good) following his one-season comeback (and third season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
The three-time NFL MVP made the announcement in a short, but sweet video he filmed sitting on the beach in Surfside, a neighborhood in Miami Beach near the Indian Creek property he and ex-wife Gisele Bündchen purchased in 2020.
The video marks the end of an era — and a career — that saw Brady win seven Super Bowl titles over the course of 23 seasons. Now, thanks to one eager eBay seller, fans can memorialize the moment.
EBay user ‘Gadgetgs’ is selling one of two jars of the sand where Brady created his announcement, with the starting bid beginning at $677 as a nod to Brady’s 677 career touchdowns.
As of press time, the jar has 119 bids, with the highest bid coming in at a casual $99,900. The next bidder would need to offer $100,000 or more in order to clinch the prize.
“You will be receiving an 8oz mason jar bottled with the exact sand the GOAT Tom Brady made his retirement video on,” the seller promised. “You will be owning the very land the GOAT retired on.”
The seller said that he would provide video proof of the sand being collected if requested, noting that eBay does not allow sellers to upload videos to its platform.
The second sample taken from the beach will be sent to longtime Brady fan “Boston Connor” who is one of the hosts of the YouTube hit The Pat McAfee Show “if [he] wants to hold on to it”, the seller said.
Bidding for the sand will end on Super Bowl Sunday, which falls on February 11 when the Kansas City Chiefs will take on the Philadelphia Eaglesat State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
Other eBay sellers have jumped on the bandwagon, claiming to be selling jars of sand from the same beach ranging in price from $1,000 to $15,000, though the original listing seems to be the only one offering video proof of the sand being bottled.
Upon his retirement, Brady will be entering a deal with Fox Sports as the network’s lead sports analyst in a contract that’s rumored to span 10 years and $375 million.
“There’s so much to learn, there’s so much to teach, you know, it’s ever-evolving. Believe me, as much as you think I’m willing to teach people, I’m really looking to learn,” the NFL star said about the new gig last week on his podcast Let’s Go! with guest Stephen A. Smith.
Tom Brady’s worth is an estimated $250 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Retired quarterback Tom Brady defeated armies of blue people at the weekend box office.
His “80 for Brady” comedy, starring Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Rita Moreno and Lily Tomlin as octogenarians who plot to cheer on their hero Brady at the 2017 Super Bowl, beat “Avatar: The Way of Water” after the blockbuster spent 7 straight weeks at the top.
Tom Brady with “80 for Brady” costars (from left) Rita Moreno, Sally Field, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda at the L.A. premiere of “80 for Brady.”
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But Brady, who appeared in the movie and produced it, still got out-grossed by the M. Night Shyamalan thriller “Knock at the Cabin,” which finished No. 1 with $14.2 million in ticket sales.
“80 for Brady” opened with an estimated $12.5 million. Shortly before announcing his retirement from football (again), Brady attended the film’s premiere.
Paramount Pictures employed a unique strategy in releasing “80 for Brady.” While many films have sought to capitalize on higher ticket prices through large-format or 3-D screenings or surge pricing, which films like “The Batman” have tried, Paramount went the other direction on “80 for Brady.” The studio partnered with exhibitors, including the largest chains, to play “80 for Brady” at matinee prices to help lure its largely older audience. (Half of ticket buyers were over the age of 55.)
It seemed to work. At a time when comedies have struggled mightily in theaters, “80 for Brady” (with a production budget of $28 million) had one of the best openings for a live-action comedy in years. Discount pricing is to continue for the rest of the film’s run.
“Avatar: The Way of Water” slid to third with $10.8 million domestically in its eighth weekend. The film’s No. 1 streak matched the run of 2009′s “Avatar.” In the last four decades, only those two by Cameron and his “Titanic” (1997) have had such sustained reigns atop the box office.
“The Way of Water” continues to perform especially strongly overseas, where its $27.9 million this weekend pushed its overall total to $2.17 billion worldwide. That puts it at fourth highest gross of all-time; Cameron — with two “Avatar” films and “Titanic” — now accounts for three of the top four.
“BTS: Yet to Come in Cinemas” took in $5.1 million to land in fifth place. The BTS concert film is drawn from their October 2022 performance in Busan, South Korea — a send-off show before the group began a two-year hiatus. It opened in 1,111 locations.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
After a staggering 23 seasons, 45-year-old quarterback Tom Brady announced Wednesday that he is retiring from the NFL, “for good.” Mark Strassman has more.
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You can hear someone tell you Tom Brady’s age (45!) and it doesn’t really hit you, because the guy still looks pretty fit and healthy. To fully grasp the length of Brady’s tenure on this Earth, then, you need to realise that the man has appeared in a video game for the PlayStation. Like, the original PlayStation.
Brady, born in 1977, was drafted by the New England Patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL draft—as the 199th pick—and spent his first season in the league as a fourth-string QB. He was so far down the NFL pecking order, in fact, that for his first appearance in Madden—Madden 01, which not only released on the PS1 but also the Nintendo 64—he wasn’t even named, he was just listed on the Patriots depth chart as “QB #12″.
A year later, having moved up to the backup spot, he took over from the injured Drew Bledsoe, led the Patriots to a Super Bowl victory and the rest is history. Brady retires as the statistical leader in almost every category that matters for a QB, from passing yards to passing attempts to TD passes, while also leading the league in ball deflation controversies, crypto scam endorsements and weird ways to kiss your kid on the mouth.
To celebrate his career—or, for many more of you, to celebrate his retirement, announced today—I’ve put together this slideshow showing his video game career, from those early days on the PS1 through to the NFL 2K series, Madden and some other stops in between. It won’t be every game from every year, that would be boring—and for recent Madden games incredibly repetitive—but still, it’ll be a nice little walk down memory lane. Unless you remember playing any of these first few games, in which case I’m sorry for reminding you how old you are.
On February 1, 2022, Tom Brady announced his retirement from the NFL. His retirement lasted…all of 40 days. Brady went on to play another season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, got divorced from wife Gisele Bundchen, and was ultimately eliminated from playoff contention in the Wild Card Round.
On February 1, 2023, Tom Brady announced his retirement from the NFL…”this time for good” he promises. Brady posted his “emotional retirement essay” on Twitter, saying that although he got his chance at the long goodbye last year, this time he really means it. After 23 seasons in the National Football League and seven Super Bowl wins, perhaps the greatest quarterback of all time is done playing.
Brady’s the most decorated player in league history. He was drafted 199th overall in 2000 to the New England Patriots along with Bill Belichick. When the Patriots QB got injured during the 2001 season, Brady launched a dynasty that would terrorize other teams. After 20 years with the Patriots, Brady joined the Tampa Bay squad alongside best friend, Patriot tight end Rob Gronkowski.
In that first season with the Bucs, Brady and Gronk led the team to their second franchise Super Bowl victory. Often known as “The GOAT,” Tom Brady has been in the league longer than some players have been alive. He spent exactly half his lifetime playing in the NFL and has inspired many to play the game.
He was both feared and respected amongst the league. Popular players in the league like Patrick Mahomes, whom Brady beat in the 2021 Super Bowl, have already shown their love for the newly minted retiree.
Legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady announced on Wednesday that he’s retiring from the league “for good.”
Brady, the 199th pick of the 2000 draft, called it quits in a video posted to social media after 23 seasons in the NFL and seven Super Bowl wins. The 45-year-old quarterback said he was “retiring, for good” and acknowledged his short-lived retirement last year.
BREAKING: Tom Brady announced he is “retiring, for good.”
“Thank you guys for allowing me to live my absolute dream, I wouldn’t change a thing,” he said in a video posted this morning. pic.twitter.com/DO2LE0L0td
“I know the process was a pretty big deal last time, so when I woke up this morning, I figured I just press record and let you guys know first,” Brady said. “It won’t be long-winded. You only get one super emotional retirement essay, and I used my up last year.”
“Thank you guys for allowing me to live my absolute dream,” he added. “I wouldn’t change a thing.”
Brady, who played for both the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is widely considered to be the best NFL quarterback to ever play. He finishes with 89,214 passing yards, 649 passing touchdowns, and three league MVPs, according to CBS Boston.
Brady retires as the NFL’s all-time leader in Super Bowl wins, passing touchdowns, passing yards, and completions. His 286 victories — regular season and postseason combined — are the most of all time.
Tom Brady’s 23-season career:
– 7x Super Bowl Champion – 5x Super Bowl MVP – 3x League MVP – 89,214 regular season passing yards (1st all time) – 649 regular season TDs (1st all time) – 13,400 Playoff passing yards (1st all time) – 88 playoff TDs (1st all time) pic.twitter.com/sW05kBRP91
Reaction from NFL players and teams poured in after Brady’s announcement.
Brady spent the majority of his illustrious career with the Patriots and won six championships with them. The team posted a video reliving many of the best moments with the team following his announcement.
The Buccaneers, who Brady won a Super Bowl with in 2021, called his impact on the franchise “immense” and said he set an “exceptional standard that elevated our entire organization to new heights.”
“Tom’s impact will be felt within our community for many years to come and we will forever be grateful for those unforgettable memories that he provided during these final seasons of his legendary career,” the team said.
Julian Edelman, who caught many of Brady’s passes as a Patriots players, also paid homage.
“Learning from you as a player, teammate, leader, son, brother, and father has been the experience of a lifetime. Love you buddy,” Edelman tweeted.
You only get one super emotional reaction to the goat retiring, and I used mine up. So I’ll just say this. Learning from you as a player, teammate, leader, son, brother, and father has been the experience of a lifetime. Love you buddy. ❤️🐐
Brady signed a deal to join Fox Sports as its lead NFL analyst after he retired. Fox is set to to have play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt and former NFL tight end Greg Olsen call Super Bowl LVII on Feb. 12.
In a not necessarily surprising, albeit emotional announcement, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback and football legend Tom Brady announced that he is officially retiring from the NFL — again.
“Good morning, guys. I’ll get to the point right away,” Brady said in a video posted to his social media accounts. “I’m retiring for good. I know the process was a pretty big deal last time. So, when I woke up this morning, I figured I’d just press record and let you guys know first, so I won’t be long-winded.”
The announcement, as of Wednesday morning, had garnered over 1.4 million likes on Instagram and over 7.4 million views on Twitter.
“You only get one super emotional retirement essay and I used mine up last year,” Brady said, referring to his announcement that he would be leaving the sport exactly one year ago to the day in 2022 before staging a comeback for one last season just 40 days later. “I really thank you guys so much to everyone single one of you for supporting me. My family, my friends, my teammates, my competitors… I can go on forever. There’s too many.”
Brady is bowing out after an impressive 23 seasons in the NFL, his most notable career achievement being the seven Super Bowl championships he won (six with the New England Patriots, one most recently with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during Super Bowl LV in 2021.)
Of these seven titles, Brady won Super Bowl MVP five times.
“Thank you guys for allowing me to live my absolute dream,” he told viewers on Wednesday. “I wouldn’t change a thing. Love you all.”
What’s Next for Tom Brady After His Retirement?
Many are wondering what’s next for the former QB, who currently oversees BRADY clothing (a sportswear, technical apparel brand) and TB12 Sports (a wellness company centered around the TB12 method, Brady’s intense diet and exercise regime.)
Though both businesses seem to be booming (financials and earnings are not publicly disclosed), Brady also made headlines earlier this year following the brutal collapse of crypto trading platform FTX, in which the former QB owned 1.1 million common shares.
It’s estimated that his loss amid the company’s bankruptcy was around $45 million, per Bloomberg.
However, a May 2022 report from the New York Post may shed a little light on how lucrative his newest deal is set to earn him.
FOX CEO Lachlan Murdoch announced last May that Brady would be joining Fox Sport’s NFL analyst team on air when he decides to retire — in fact, Brady is set to be the network’s lead analyst.
“We are pleased to announce that immediately following his playing career, 7-time Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady will be joining us at @FOXSports as our lead analyst. pic.twitter.com/fJTOQJ9BwM
Though Murdoch and the network didn’t specify or confirm what exactly the deal entailed, The Post reported that the monster deal was a 10-year contract with a $375 million payout for Brady.
“What has been reported isn’t an accurate description of the deal and we have not released details beyond what was disclosed on our quarterly earnings call,” Brian Nick, a Fox spokesperson, said pending the rumors—though he did not specify exactly what was inaccurate.
Brady spoke about the looming new gig just days before he announced his departure from the NFL on his podcast Let’s Go! with guest Stephen A. Smith, sharing that he was excited about the new role and all that it would entail.
“There’s so much to learn, there’s so much to teach, you know, it’s ever-evolving. Believe me, as much as you think I’m willing to teach people, I’m really looking to learn,” he said humbly.
Brady’s net worth is an estimated $250 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
