The year’s biggest sporting event, featuring the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams, will be broadcast live Sunday at 6:30 ET.
This year’s Super Bowl is a matchup between possibly the best coach (Bill Belichick) and best quarterback (Tom Brady) of all-time versus the current best young coach (Sean McVay) and best young quarterback (Jared Goff).
The Patriots are returning to the Super Bowl following their defeat by the Philadelphia Eagles during last year’s game.
This marks the fourth time in five seasons that the Patriots will compete in the championship game, while it will be quarterback Tom Brady’s ninth Super Bowl appearance.
The Rams have one Super Bowl victory, which took place during the 2000 game over the Tennessee Titans (when the Rams were located in St. Louis).
The teams previously competed against each other during the 2002 game, which the Patriots won. (The Rams moved from L.A. to St. Louis in 1995 and returned to Los Angeles in 2016.)
Patriots owner Robert Kraft discussed his support for President Trump and Fox News in an interview earlier this week.
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SUNDAY SCHEDULE:
Super Bowl LIII (that’s 53, for those who struggle with Roman numerals) will air live on CBS on Sunday from Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
NOON ET: Prior to the game, CBS will air The Road to the Super Bowl.
1 PM ET: Tony Goes to the Super Bowl, which follows announcer Tony Romo as he travels to the game, will air.
2 PM ET: The Super Bowl Today will begin and will feature analysis, discussion and interviews about the event.
4 PM ET: The Super Bowl Kickoff Show will start and will lead into the game.
6 PM ET: The Super Bowl will officially begin with kickoff scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET.
BESIDES CBS: If you want to start the Super Bowl even earlier, ESPN begins the preshow at 10 am ET and goes for four hours until 2 pm ET.
NFL Network begins its “NFL Gameday Morning” from 9 am ET to 5:30 pm ET.
ANNOUNCERS: Romo, Jim Nantz, Tracy Wolfson and Evan Washburn will serve as the announcers during the game, with Nantz and Romo in the booth and Wolfson and Washburn on the sidelines.
Romo has been credited with having an amazing season as an NFL analyst.
PERFORMERS: Chloe x Halle will perform “America the Beautiful” before the game starts.
Gladys Knight will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the beginning of this year’s Super Bowl. The Grammy-winning performer has said that she’s proud to use her voice “to unite and represent our country,” especially because the game will take place in her hometown of Atlanta.
HALFTIME: Maroon 5 will headline the halftime show.
The band will be joined by Travis Scott and Big Boi, an Atlanta native, during the performance.
COMMERCIALS: With each spot costing more than $5 million, you can bet companies will pull out every stop to make them memorable.
That certainly means a lot of star power — everyone from Steve Carrell to Harrison Ford to Jeff Bridges and Sarah Jessica Parker will make appearances.
ONLINE: The Super Bowl will be streamed on CBSSports.com, the CBS Sports App and CBS All Access. The preshow festivities will be available to live stream beginning Sunday at 12 p.m. ET.
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