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Diversity matters to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the first team to reach the Super Bowl with a trio of Black assistant coaches serving as coordinators.

With just a few days left until Super Bowl LV, the Kansas City Chiefs are watching two of their players closely as they could’ve had a possible brush with COVID-19. 

Marquez Valdes-Scantling, a former USF football star and now a wide receiver with the Green Bay Packers, became a barrier between his favorite team growing up and the Super Bowl during the NFC Championship. 

Peyton Manning was the most successful pupil of Coach Christensen -- until this summer, when Tom Brady began working out at One Buc Place. That's when the 64-year-old coach and the 43-year-old quarterback met for the first time.

Tom Brady has lined up next to 218 teammates on the biggest stage in sports, including at least three players who have made the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Tyler Johnson, Cal Foote, Victor Hedman and Steven Stamkos scored in the second period in the Tampa Bay Lightning's 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predatorson Saturday night.

It's almost been a year since Bruce Arians first mentioned that that one player he'd first make a call to if available would be Tom Brady. When Arians got the chance, he stuck with his philosophy: No risk it, no biscuit.

Compared to other teams around the league, the Chiefs and Bucs had only modest problems. Four of the Chiefs and four of the Bucs who landed on the COVID-19 list didn’t miss a game, and both teams are — knock on wood — expected to be at full strength when they meet in the Super Bowl.

Tom Brady says his parents are doing well after recovering from COVID-19 early this season and will be among family in the stands to root for him and the Bucs in the Super Bowl.

Martin Necas beat Andrei Vasilevskiy at 1:12 of overtime and Carolina beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 1-0 on Thursday night in the Hurricanes' return from a pause due to COVID-19 concerns.