Morning Sports Update
“It is fairly particular that they are reaching out to me and taking day trip of their day to attempt to assist me attempt to go win the massive one.”
Peyton Manning and Drake Maye: Earlier than Drake Maye takes the sector for the largest sport of his younger NFL profession, he’s clearly been intent on making an attempt to be taught from a number of the finest (even a former Patriots rival).
After noting in a recent SiriusXM NFL Radio interview that he’s making an attempt to heed the recommendation of offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels — who suggested him to attempt to “attempt to maintain the schedule the identical as a lot as you may” — Maye admitted that he’d spoken with none aside from Peyton Manning.
“Peyton Manning reached out to me and talked about, you already know, an analogous factor,” Maye advised co-hosts Wealthy Gannon and Bruce Murray. “One of many first issues he mentioned [was], ‘Preserve the schedule the identical. It’s going to be laborious.’”
After the present hosts joked about Maye casually name-dropping a dialog with Manning, the Patriots quarterback laughed.
“It’s not too dangerous,” he mentioned of having the ability to get recommendation from a two-time Tremendous Bowl winner.
For Maye, the Tremendous Bowl connection to Manning runs deeper in his personal soccer story.
“It’s actually full circle as a result of I used to be at this sport 10 years in the past when Peyton received it in opposition to the Panthers,” Maye, a Panthers fan rising up, defined. “I used to be right here. My dad introduced me. So it’s a fairly cool second to sort of get to know a few of these guys that I appeared up, nice gamers and nice throwers of the soccer.”
“It’s fairly particular that they’re reaching out to me and taking day trip of their day to attempt to assist me attempt to go win the massive one,” he added. “So it means the world.”
Manning and the Broncos defeated the Panthers 24-10 in Tremendous Bowl 50, which (as Maye identified) was additionally performed at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.
Trivia: Who’s the youngest beginning quarterback to win a Tremendous Bowl?
(Reply on the backside).
Trace: He was 0-2 in opposition to the Patriots within the AFC Championship sport throughout his profession (which he performed for only one workforce).
Scores and schedules:
The Celtics defeated the Mavericks 110-100 on Tuesday. Tonight, the Celtics face the Rockets in Houston at 8 p.m.
The Bruins are additionally in motion tonight, taking part in the Panthers in Florida at 7 p.m.
Seeking to the weekend, the Patriots proceed to organize for a matchup with the Seahawks in Super Bowl LX. The sport will kick off at 6:30 p.m.
Extra from Boston.com:
A Patriots secret weapon: John “Stretch” Streicher mentioned how he goes about giving the Patriots an edge in his (many) roles working for Mike Vrabel.
Lindsey Vonn’s Olympic dream: Regardless of struggling a ruptured ACL in her left knee, 41-year-old Lindsey Vonn mentioned she is going to attempt to race within the downhill occasion when the Winter Olympics get underway this weekend.
On at the present time: In 1973, the Celtics defeated the 76ers 123-115 due to Jo Jo White’s 38 factors, seven rebounds, and 7 assists (Dave Cowens additionally delivered with 20 factors and 15 rebounds). Elsewhere, the Bruins and Flyers tied 2-2.
Day by day spotlight: Shaedon Sharpe did certainly seem to defy gravity on this emphatic dunk for the Path Blazers on Tuesday.
Trivia reply: Ben Roethlisberger
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