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as they prepare to watch the Super Bowl at nearby bars.

Thousands of law enforcement officers are on guard after a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day left 14 people dead and dozens injured just blocks away.

Fans are being screened before they can enter the street, and there are heavy patrols throughout the French Quarter.

Batiste brings accents of New Orleans and a long last note to anthem

Jon Batiste sang the U.S. national anthem while playing a wildly multicolored piano. He started out soft and only sprinkled only a few accents from his native New Orleans but got increasingly jazzy as he went, holding and riffing on the last note for a long time.output

Super Bowl 59 kicked off Sunday evening as the Kansas City Chiefs faced a familiar foe, the Philadelphia Eagles, hoping to win the Lombardi Trophy for a record third year in a row.

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The first big penalty of the game went in Kansas City's favor.

The Eagles were going for it on fourth-and-2 from midfield and appeared to convert a 30-yard completion. But a flag came out for Brown putting his hand on cornerback Trent McDuffie's face, leading to the questionable penalty.

A big topic heading into the game was perceived bias for officials in favor of the Chiefs. Commissioner Roger Goodell called it "ridiculous" but those complaints will only grow louder after that first penalty.

Fox breaks out new scorebug for Super Bowl

It's a different look showing time and score at the bottom of your screen for the Super Bowl.

And social media isn't loving what Fox is doing.

Fox has "KC" on one side in red, "PHI" on the other in green, with score in big white numerals. There's also some different graphic elements than the norm as well.

Chiefs defer, 15th straight Super Bowl to open that way

For the 15th straight Super Bowl, the team that won the opening coin toss of a Super Bowl chose to defer.

Kansas City won the toss and gave Philadelphia the option to start with the ball. The Chiefs will get the ball to begin the second half.

The only team to choose to start a Super Bowl with the ball after winning the opening toss since the defer option was initiated in the 2008 season was the Saints in Super Bowl 44 against Indianapolis.

The coin toss winner: Tails. (Sorry, Eagles fans.)

Travis Kelce called tails. It never fails, as they say.

The Chiefs won the coin toss, in a bad omen for the Eagles.

In Philly's past Super Bowl appearances, when the coin toss result was tails, they lost.

Trump visits field before heading to suite

Trump spent a few minutes on the field before he headed to his suite to watch the game with lawmakers and family members.

After entering through a tunnel near the Chiefs' end of the field, he greeted first responders and victims of the New Year's Day attack in the French Quarter.

He was greeted with a mix of cheers and boos from fans.

Batiste brings accents of New Orleans and a long last note to anthem

Jon Batiste sang the U.S. national anthem while playing a wildly multicolored piano. He started out soft and only sprinkled only a few accents from his native New Orleans but got increasingly jazzy as he went, holding and riffing on the last note for a long time.

The telecast cut to a saluting President Donald Trump during the performance. The 2 minutes, 2 seconds the seven-time Grammy winner took to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" was about average for a Super Bowl anthem.

It was the exact same length as Chris Stapleton two years ago but a lot slower than Reba McEntire, who brought it in at 1:30 last year.

Eli declared victorious over Peyton in 'Kick of Destiny'

Eli Manning was declared victorious over his brother Peyton in FanDuel's third annual "Kick of Destiny," a pregame promotion from the gambling site held hours before Super Bowl kickoff on Sunday.

That means fans who betted for Team Eli are set to win a share of $10,000,000 in FanDuel Bonus Bets.

A very Louisiana 'America the Beautiful'

Trombone Shorty, left, and Lauren Daigle, center, perform "America The Beautiful" before the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Trombone Shorty and Lauren Daigle added some serious Big Easy swing to their rendition of "America the Beautiful."

Shorty played his signature instrument during the verses and then sang along with Daigle on the choruses.

The last word from Mahomes, Barkley

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