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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Joe Buck Doesn't Hesitate Picking His 2026 Super Bowl Champion
Although it's still only early May, that didn't stop ESPN "Monday Night Football" play-by-play announcer Joe Buck from making his prediction for Super Bowl LX, which will take place at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Buck and his broadcast partner, Hall of Famer Troy Aikman, appeared on "Good Morning America" on Tuesday to discuss the upcoming NFL schedule release, which is set to drop in full on Wednesday. Before the interview wrapped, the duo was asked to share their early picks for who they believe will win the Lombardi Trophy—and neither one hesitated. Advertisement 'I'm gonna say Buffalo finally wins it,' Buck said confidently. Aikman, meanwhile, stayed loyal to his roots. 'Cowboys, come on, come on, yeah, yeah! Come on, Stray!' he exclaimed with a laugh, directing his excitement toward former Giants legend Michael Strahan. The Buffalo Bills have endured their fair share of heartbreaking defeats over the years, including this past season when they fell short in the AFC Championship Game against the Kansas City Chiefs, despite entering the playoffs as the No. 1 seed in the conference. During the early 1990s, led by star quarterback Jim Kelly, Buffalo famously reached four consecutive Super Bowls from 1990 to 1993—only to lose each one in crushing fashion. Advertisement Despite having fielded several strong teams over the years, the Bills have often been plagued by bad luck in the postseason's biggest moments. However, with the reigning NFL MVP Josh Allen under center and the core of their roster largely intact, expectations remain high for another deep playoff run. Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott (left) and quarterback Josh Allen (17).Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images It seems Joe Buck is confident in their chances, backing Buffalo to finally break through and win it all—while Troy Aikman is standing by the Dallas Cowboys, the team he led throughout his entire 12-year Hall of Fame career. Related: NFL Makes Historic Announcement Ahead of 2025 Schedule Release
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Joe Buck Has Massive Buffalo Bills Super Bowl Prediction
The 2025 NFL schedule is being released little by little, which means that now is as good of a time as ever to start predicting who will win the Lombardi Trophy this season. ESPN's Joe Buck and Troy Aikman are one of the most experienced broadcasting teams there is, so their Super Bowl predictions are definitely some that fans want to hear. Advertisement They gave their picks on a recent appearance on Good Morning America, and while Aikman picked the Dallas Cowboys, Buck selected a team that has been searching for their first win in the big game for a long time. 'I'm going to say Buffalo finally wins it,' Buck said Tuesday morning on the ABC program. The Bills have been to four Super Bowls in their history, which were all consecutive from 1990 to 1003. Unfortunately, they have not been able to win any, as they dropped all four of those games in a row, which many fans make fun of the franchise for, as well as Jim Kelly, the quarterback of those teams. But now, the team has an NFL Most Valuable Player Award winner in Josh Allen, as well as the players around him to contend. They have been eliminated from the playoffs by Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs four of the last five seasons, but Buck believes this will be the year that trend stops. Advertisement The Bills certainly have the talent to be one of the best teams in the NFL, but only time will tell whether or not they can make it all the way and hoist the Lombardi. Related: Bills Ahead of Chiefs In Latest Power Rankings? Related: Bills' Super Bowl Hopes Hang On 1 Key Thing
Daily Mail
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Troy Aikman makes shock Super Bowl 2025 prediction on GMA as Michael Strahan is left in disbelief
Troy Aikman believes the stars are aligned for his beloved Dallas Cowboys to finally end their Super Bowl drought at the 30th attempt next season. The Cowboys have not prevailed in the NFL showpiece since the 1995 campaign, when Aikman, now 58, helped secure a famous win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Arizona. In fact, despite that victory proving their third Super Bowl win in four seasons at the time, Dallas has not even made it back to football's biggest game since beating Pittsburgh that night. And that's why Aikman naming his former team as Super Bowl winners for the 2025 season during an appearance on Good Morning America this week left co-host Michael Strahan in such disbelief. After appearing on the daily ABC show with TV partner Joe Buck, the pair were asked by Robin Roberts to predict who will win next year's championship game four months before the NFL is slated to return. Buck tipped the Buffalo Bills to finally win a Super Bowl after never capturing the Vince Lombardi Trophy in its 66-year history, which is by no means an outlandish prediction given they have the reigning MVP, Josh Allen, in their ranks and reached the AFC Championship game last term. Joe Buck and Troy Aikman make their Super Bowl picks on Good Morning America. Buck: "I'm going to say Buffalo finally wins it." Aikman: "Cowboys. Yea!" — Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) May 13, 2025 However, Aikman - who won three Super Bowls in his legendary 12-year stint in Dallas - couldn't resist picking his Cowboys to return to the pinnacle of football exactly 30 years since their last title. 'Yeah! Yeah! Come on Stray [Strahan]!' the former quarterback laughed as Michael expressed his astonishment. 'You know better than that, come on Troy,' Strahan joked. Aikman is one of the most iconic players in Cowboys history after helping the franchise win its first Super Bowl for over a decade back in 1992. Since retiring in 2000, the Dallas legend has formed a popular partnership with Buck in the commentary booth after first entering the broadcasting world with Fox and then moving to ESPN's Monday Night Football in 2022. His old team, meanwhile, have deteriorated over the past three decades, only making it as far as the NFC Divisional playoffs since the 1995 Super Bowl win. Last season they also failed to reach the postseason for the first time since 2020 after going 7-10 in a miserable year under head coach Mike McCarthy. McCarthy has since been replaced by Brian Schottenheimer, who will have a fit Dak Prescott available again next season after the starting quarterback spent the majority of the previous campaign out with a hamstring injury.
USA Today
27-03-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Joe Buck opened his return to the baseball broadcasting booth with a tribute to the late Bob Uecker
Joe Buck opened his return to the baseball broadcasting booth with a tribute to the late Bob Uecker When Joe Buck joined ESPN back in 2022 to lead the network's Monday Night Football coverage, it meant a farewell to three decades as the lead voice in baseball. But for Thursday's 2025 Opening Day, Buck made a temporary return to the MLB booth where he kicked off ESPN's coverage of Brewers-Yankees with a tribute to legendary Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker. Uecker died in January at 90 years old. He spent six decades as an MLB broadcaster. And with the Brewers playing in the 2025 opener, it was only right for Buck and ESPN to start off with a tribute montage. Brewers baseball won't be the same without Uecker.
Reuters
20-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Reuters
'Midnight Cowboy' given musical makeover
LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) - Based on the book and subsequent Academy Award-winning movie, "Midnight Cowboy" is coming to the London theatre next month as a musical. Sticking true to the plot of James Leo Herlihy's 1965 novel, the story explores the unlikely friendship between Joe Buck (Paul Jacob French), a troubled young sex worker, and Rico "Ratso" Rizzo (Max Bowden), a homeless and disabled man, who join forces to survive life in New York. "It's very dark. It's about homelessness, about poverty. It's about trauma, masculine fragility, sexual abuse, loneliness and hope," director and choreographer Nick Winston said at a press event on Tuesday. Winston said the show, which has been six years in the making, works as a musical because it's a "fantastic story". "The idea of struggle is timeless ...the struggle of trying to reach where you want to go," said actor Paul Jacob French. "I think what's incredibly important about this piece as well is ...normalizing the sex working community," he said, adding it was important to shine a light on those characters and show them as humans. The 1969 movie adaptation, which won three Oscars, including best picture, starred Jon Voight as Joe Buck and Dustin Hoffman as Ratso. "It was really important to not just do impressions of what people love already, but show Joe Buck and Ratso... from a new angle.... which I think the music in this musical allows us to do," French said. Eg White, who has written songs for artists including Adele and Sam Smith, wrote the music for the show and said a challenge was to make sure the production isn't depressing. "It's tragic at the beginning, tragic in the middle and tragic at the end. ...The idea was that the songs themselves ....moments of resignation would be beautiful enough that it's not just depressing but is beautiful," White said. The musical will run from April 4 to May 17 at London's Southwark Playhouse.
