The regular-season Bucs have the worst win percentage of all 32 franchises. Yet playoff Tampa paraded to Disney World in both of its Super Bowl trips (another gold-jacket defense in 2002, and the inexplicable presence of Brady in 2020). Football is so weird.

The 60th Super Bowl is being played in Santa Clara on Sunday and this one, like each of the previous games, promises to not just crown a champion but leave an indelible mark on the history of the sport.

A defensive back who played five seasons in the NFL, ending his career with the last Super Bowl winners from Washington, D.C., died at 60.