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NFL legend Tom Brady empathized with Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes in the final stages of Kansas City's 40-22 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX.

As the outcome was clear midway through the fourth quarter, Brady said from the broadcast booth that he lingers over his three Super Bowl defeats "probably more than I think about the seven wins" (via Matt Geagan of WBZ News).

"It hurts to lose this game," the Fox Sports analyst said. "We lost to the Giants in 2007. That was 17 years ago. We were on the precipice of history and we faced a Giants team that played their hearts out that day and beat us. I still haven't really lived it down, because you care so deeply. And I know that this Chiefs team does as well. Patrick is the ultimate competitor. The reality of a loss in this game is you don't ever get over them."

That's exactly what Mahomes conveyed in his postgame press conference. He told reporters that a defeat in the Super Bowl is "the worst feeling in the world."

The frustration for Mahomes is probably magnified because of how poorly he played Sunday night.

Hardly anyone blamed the two-time MVP when Kansas City came up short against Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV. The Chiefs offensive line had no answer for the Bucs' pass rush, so it was a minor miracle Mahomes even managed to throw for 270 yards on that occasion.

While the Eagles applied steady pressure in Super Bowl LIX, that doesn't fully account for Mahomes' performance. He finished 21-of-32 for 257 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions, with two of those TDs and a lot of yards coming in garbage time. He made some questionable decisions and simply didn't look comfortable in the pocket.

It's safe to say Mahomes will be stewing on this game all offseason, and it will probably remain in the back of his mind for a long time to come.

New York Giants owner John Mara might be having nightmares right now.

If he can even sleep at all.

Hard Knocks cameras famously captured Mara saying he would have a hard time sleeping if star running back Saquon Barkley ended up with the Philadelphia Eagles when it was clear he wasn't returning to the Giants.

All Barkley did in his first year with New York's NFC East rival was win a Super Bowl.

Naturally, social media didn't waste an opportunity to poke fun at the Giants as the Eagles put the finishing touches on their 40-22 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX on Sunday:

For as dominant as Barkley was throughout the season, he was relatively quiet in the Super Bowl.

He averaged just 2.3 yards per carry on the way to 57 rushing yards and didn't find the end zone. He was more dangerous as a pass-catcher with six receptions for 40 yards, although it was DeVonta Smith and A.J. Brown who caught the two touchdown passes from Jalen Hurts.

Hurts finished a game-high 72 rushing yards and a score on the ground as well and took home Super Bowl MVP honors.

Still, the Eagles likely wouldn't have even been in the Super Bowl without Barkley.

The Penn State product threatened Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing record of 2,105 yards on his way to 2,005 rushing yards, 278 receiving yards and 15 total touchdowns. Had he played in the final game of the regular season, he may have set the record.

Barkley also ran for 205 yards and two scores in the NFC Divisional Round win over the Los Angeles Rams before tallying 118 yards and three touchdowns on the ground in the NFC Championship Game win over the Washington Commanders.

It was a dream season for the former face of the franchise for the Giants, which is exactly what Mara feared.

Skiing legend Mikaela Shiffrin will not defend her gold medal in the giant slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships as she continues her recovery from a November crash in Killington, Vermont.

The 29-year-old told the Associated Press in an audio message Monday that she is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

"I'm mentally blocked in being able to get to the next level of pace and speed and putting power into the turns," Shiffrin said, per Andrew Dampf of the AP. "And that kind of mental, psychological like PTSD-esque struggle is more than I anticipated.

"I figured once we touched ground in Europe and we got a chance to get some repetitive training days, I would be able to improve step by step and sort of the passion and the longing for racing was going to outweigh any fear that I had."

The PTSD comes after she suffered "a deep puncture wound" in the giant slalom crash, which injured her oblique muscles and was, in her own words, "a millimeter from pretty catastrophic."

The United States Ski and Snowboard team provided an update the day after the crash and said she was hospitalized with the puncture wound and "severe muscle trauma" and did not suffer any damage to her ligaments, bones or internal organs.

Shiffrin is the reigning world champion in giant slalom thanks to her victory in France two years ago.

She also took to Instagram and explained, "Right now, I feel quite far away. I'm currently working through some mental obstacles in order to return to the GS start with the intensity required for racing. … Coming to terms with how much fear I have doing an event that I loved so dearly only 2 months ago has been soul-crushing."

However, there was a silver lining for Shiffrin, who celebrated the opportunity to participate in the Team Combined race because she is not competing in the giant slalom.

She was paired with downhill gold medalist Breezy Johnson for the team event.

Shiffrin finished in 10th place in slalom—which does not feature the same speed and danger level as giant slalom—when she returned to action in January for the first time since her crash.

She also plans on competing in slalom at worlds.

Shiffrin is arguably the greatest skier of all time as a two-time Olympic gold medalist, one-time Olympic silver medalist and seven-time world champion with a resume that also includes 99 World Cup wins. That makes here the winningest skier in history.

Tennis legend Serena Williams consoled Taylor Swift after the music star received a frosty reception from the crowd at Super Bowl LIX.

In a post on X, Williams advised Swift to tune out the boos she received inside Caesars Superdome:

Swift appeared on the stadium's jumbotron at one point, which elicited loud boos. She appeared to be taken aback by the reaction:

This ultimately may have come down to the fact the 14-time Grammy winner is the most famous Chiefs fan on the planet, and the Superdome seemed to be predominantly Eagles fans.

Compare and contrast how the crowd responded to the pregame intros, which featured actors Bradley Cooper and Jon Hamm. Cooper drew large cheers as he brought the Eagles onto the field, while boos were audible with Hamm announcing the Chiefs' entrance:

Listen, we're talking about a fanbase that once threw snowballs at a man dressed in a Santa Claus costume because they were so disgusted with the state of the Eagles at the time.

It shouldn't be a shock Eagles partisans didn't roll out the red carpet for a celebrity so closely associated with the Chiefs during the biggest game of the season.

The Philadelphia Eagles seem to keenly understand their fans care about championships, not balance sheets.

Following Philly's 40-22 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX, The Athletic's Brooks Kubena wrote that Eagles general manager Howie Roseman partook in the team's locker room celebration, during which Future's "Lil Demon" played from the speakers. One line from that song is "Go platinum, f--k a budget."

Kubena laid out how "f--k a budget" has to some extent been Philadelphia's approach to building its roster.

The NFL is a hard-capped league, so it's not as though a team can spend its way to success in the same way you theoretically can in the NBA or MLB. But there is room to be more aggressive than your peers in the short term, and that's exactly what the Eagles have been.

The three-year contract they gave to Saquon Barkley is a prime example. At a time when a lot of teams are shying away from bigger multiyear deals for running backs in free agency, Philly didn't hesitate with Barkley, and he proceeded to perform at an MVP-type level.

Then there are the extensions the Eagles have paid out to players who were already on the roster. Quarterback Jalen Hurts, wide receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, offensive tackles Jordan Mailata and Lane Johnson and offensive guard Landon Dickerson all have average salaries of at least $20 million.

The Chiefs, by comparison, have three players averaging $20 million or more.

Savvy drafting by Roseman and the front office has perfectly complemented the massive spending on proven talent.

Cornerbacks Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean both made immediate impacts as rookies this year, with DeJean getting a pick-six in the Super Bowl.

Defensive tackle Jalen Carter has grown to become a game-wrecker as well. He had two hits on Patrick Mahomes in the Super Bowl, which doesn't do justice to how much he influenced the contest.

Linebacker Zack Baun wasn't drafted by the Eagles, but his one-year, $3.5 million contract was one of the biggest bargains in the league as he went on to be an All-Pro.

There will come a time when Roseman has to make some difficult decisions with the current roster, choices that are largely fueled by financial concerns. But that day is not today.

For now, Roseman deserves all the credit for being the architect for what's clearly the NFL's strongest squad.

The blowout was on in Sunday's Super Bowl LIX as soon as the Philadelphia Eagles extended the lead over the Kansas City Chiefs to 17-0 in the second quarter with Cooper DeJean's pick-six, but the cornerback gave credit to his teammates after the win.

"The boys up front are some bad motherf--kers," DeJean said, per Brooks Kubena of The Athletic.

Kansas City scored 16 points in the final three minutes of Philadelphia's 40-22 victory when plenty of Eagles were already celebrating on the sidelines, so the game wasn't even as close as the 18-point deficit indicated.

And that was in large part due to Philadelphia's defense.

In addition to DeJean's pick-six, the NFC representative sacked Patrick Mahomes six times and made life miserable for the star quarterback throughout the contest. Zack Baun's interception deep in Kansas City territory also set up an Eagles touchdown, and the defensive line's ability to create pressure made it all the more difficult for any receivers to get open.

According to Next Gen Stats, the Eagles didn't blitz a single time and still generated a 38.1 percent pressure rate.

Not even an offense with an all-time great at quarterback like Mahomes can do much against a defense that is creating pressure like that without sending any additional blitzers. DeJean and the rest of the secondary didn't have to cover the Chiefs' playmakers for long before Mahomes was scrambling or being taken down.

The cornerback had his starring moment with the pick-six, but he knew where the real credit went after the game.

It looks like the Philadelphia Eagles will be taking to the streets Friday to celebrate their 40-22 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX.

While the full details haven't been divulged, the Eagles teased on social media they'll parade the Vince Lombardi Trophy down Broad Street in four days:

Mother Nature might be forcing the team to push the festivities to later in the week. The weather forecasts are calling for between two and five inches of snow on Tuesday, so it could take a few days to clear off major roadways.

The Eagles and the city might be waiting to see the extent of the snowfall before they confirm the full details for the Super Bowl parade.

The event will presumably mirror the lively ceremony from 2018, which came after Philly took down Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII.

On that occasion, the parade started at 11 a.m. ET and kicked off at the intersection of Broad Street and Pattison Avenue, in the shadow of Lincoln Financial Field. The procession moved down broad before veering over toward Philadelphia's Art Museum.

Beyond the logistical particulars, one of the bigger questions is whether former Eagles center Jason Kelce makes an appearance.

The six-time All-Pro provided the most iconic image from the team's last championship celebration. He delivered what was effectively a pro wrestling promo while dressed like a Mummer.

Even though he's no longer on the team, Kelce remains a beloved figure within the city, so we can't rule it out.