12 Things To Know About The Show, From Slap Jokes To One Surprising Cameo

Round and round, this crazy coaching carousel careened out of control for 35 days, with the Broncos chasing their tails until CEO Greg Penner finally stepped off, came to his senses and hired Sean Payton, the candidate most qualified to teach quarterback Russell Wilson how to ride again. I will stand up and cheer this move by the Broncos, just as soon as my head stops spinning. As Penner discovered the hard way, it’s way easier to sell 1.5 billion pounds of bananas at Walmart in a year than acquire one solid pro football coach within a month. But once the dust settles and heads clear, while DeMeco Ryans makes his wife happy by taking a gig in Houston and Jim Harbaugh continues his endless game of footsie with NFL suitors, two things will become obvious at the end of this bumpy, often circuitous route traveled by the crazy-rich Waltons to hire a veteran coach with a Super Bowl ring to end to seven long years of misery in Broncos Country. No.

By GENE JOHNSON SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing bid farewell to an icon on Tuesday, delivering its final 747 jumbo jet as thousands of workers who helped build the planes over the past 55 years looked on. Since its first flight in 1969, the giant yet graceful 747 has served as a cargo plane, a commercial aircraft capable of carrying nearly 500 passengers, a transport for NASA’s space shuttles, and the Air Force One presidential aircraft.

By JAMIE STENGLE DALLAS (AP) — Two monkeys taken from the Dallas Zoo were found Tuesday in an abandoned home after going missing the day before from their enclosure, which had been cut. But no arrests have been made, deepening the mystery at the zoo that has included other cut fences, the escape of a small leopard and the suspicious death of an endangered vulture. Dallas police said they found the two emperor tamarin monkeys after getting a tip that they could be in an abandoned home in Lancaster, located just south of the zoo.

It’s inevitable that LeBron James will break the record. But how will he embrace the man he passes on the NBA’s all-time scoring list? That’s up for debate and will be interesting to watch. James, as he stated before the season, has no relationship with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He delivered that statement coldly in sunglasses.

As Senior Bowl practice for the American roster wrapped up late Tuesday afternoon at Hancock Whitney Stadium, Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Luke Getsy peeled off his team-issued pullover. Underneath, he wore a T-shirt from Veets — a bar at the heart of everything that happens during Senior Bowl week — and Getsy posed with Tim Zetts, the Bears assistant tight ends coach, for a photo at midfield. Getsy, the head coach of the American roster and one of four Bears assistants coaching this week, is making the most of the experience.

A head coach with a Super Bowl resume is coming to Dove Valley. The Broncos are finalizing a deal with Sean Payton to be the franchise’s next head coach, with the hope that the former Saints boss can turn around a stagnant offense, revive quarterback Russell Wilson’s career and snap the franchise’s seven-year playoff drought. Here’s a look at the road Payton, a former Eastern Illinois quarterback, took to become Denver’s 19th head coach. Former NFL coach Sean Payton speaks during an interview on day 3 of SiriusXM At Super Bowl LVI on February 11, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.