Seize your pom-poms and popcorn! Super Bowl LVII kicks off on Sunday, February 12, and sports activities followers close to and much are already counting down the times till it begins.

The highway to Tremendous Bowl 2023 started with the NFL’s first Super Wild Card Weekend in January. Over the span of three days, 12 groups left all of it out on the sphere to see which six groups would advance to the Divisional Spherical — and be a part of the No. 1 seeds within the AFC and NFC — to make the final eight count.

The Kansas City Chiefs, who have been the No. 1 seed within the AFC, remained triumphant over the Jacksonville Jaguars throughout their January 21 recreation. The NFC’s No. 1 seed The Philadelphia Eagles additionally remained victorious the identical day of their matchup in opposition to the New York Giants.

Viewers needed to watch two more games — between the Chiefs and the Cincinnati Bengals and the Eagles in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers — on Sunday, January 29, to study who could be going through off in Tremendous Bowl LVII.

When it got here to the AFC Championship each the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes and Bengals’ Joe Burrow have performed in a Tremendous Bowl — and Mahomes has won one Vince Lombardi trophy. On the NFC facet, Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts and 49ers backup quarterback Brock Purdy are new to the Tremendous Bowl dialog.

In the end, Mahomes’ squad triumphed over the Bengals and can face the Eagles for Tremendous Bowl LVII.

Along with watching the large recreation, FOX introduced in January which performers would be entertaining the group in Arizona on February 12.

Although rumors swirled that Taylor Swift could be taking the stage on the 2023 Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present, Rihanna was confirmed as the performer in September 2022. The choice left Rihanna followers determined for a brand new album and psyched for her efficiency and potential new music.

The “Umbrella” songstress has been toying along with her loyal followers since December 2018 when she teased that her subsequent album was coming in 2019. The document, R9, has yet to drop, however Rihanna’s Tremendous Bowl efficiency has many pondering the album is close to.

“If @Rihanna begins the Superbowl [sic] with contemporary songs off #R9, my soul will exit this dimension, I’ll be in a trance I swear,” one fan tweeted in fall 2022. One other superfan wrote through Twitter, “RIHANNA IS DOING THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW #R9 COMING SUPER SOON.”

The “Love the Way You Lie” singer, for her half, poked enjoyable at how lengthy it’s been since her final document through a January 13 teaser for her halftime gig.

Within the video, Rihanna — who launched the Black Panther single in “Elevate Me Up” in October 2022 — walks towards the digicam in a brilliant fur coat as voices within the background say, “It’s been two thousand hundred ninety days,” referring to the six-year wait for new songs. One other soundbite provides, “Rihanna, we’ve waited for you,” whereas a 3rd voice explains, “Rihanna is who everyone is ready for.”

The Grammy winner cheekily places her finger to her lips in a “shhhh” gesture to the digicam as her 2016 tune “Wanted Me” performs within the background. “You want me,” she sings on the observe.

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