Full Coverage: Super Bowl 50: The game, the entertainment, the ads and more

Cam Newton talked to the press on Tuesday, something he didn’t do much of two days earlier after Super Bowl 50.

Eli Manning had his game face on even though his brother was the one playing in Super Bowl 50 on Sunday night.

There’s a problem brewing in America.

Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch seemed to confirm speculation that he’s hanging up his cleats for good by tweeting out a photo of, well, hanging cleats during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl 50 on Sunday.

Who says pop music can’t incite?

Cam Newton wasn’t himself during his postgame news conference Sunday night.

The CBS telecast of Super Bowl 50 averaged 111.9 million viewers, a drop of 2% from last year but still the third most-watched TV program in history according to Nielsen.

Hyundai’s commercial “First Date” featuring comedian Kevin Hart was the winner of USA Today’s annual poll of favorite Super Bowl spots.

He is the NFL’s most valuable player, a transcendent talent who won the Heisman Trophy and a national championship in college football.

Von Miller was the second pick in the 2011 NFL draft. Cam Newton was the first.

The Denver Broncos learned a hard Super Bowl lesson two years ago.

No one holds on to a secret like Beyoncé does.

For a band that’s been called wimpy for the better part of two decades, Coldplay showed some remarkable chutzpah Sunday night in the halftime show at Super Bowl 50.

By the end of the second quarter, Super Bowl 50 is looking like it has the most celebrity-studded array of commercials in recent memory.

While you were checking on the hot wings, here were the best of the big budget ads in the first quarter of Super Bowl 50.

The Carolina Panthers weren’t supposed to be here. Nor were the Denver Broncos.

PANTHERS YOU SHOULD KNOW Mike Remmers, Offensive tackle Starts on right side and is a good run blocker, but has been shaky in pass protection.

Breaking down the matchups when Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos meet in Super Bowl 50 on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.

The Denver Broncos’ biggest challenge, and key to a possible victory, in Super Bowl 50 will be their ability to stop or control Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton.

Steve Sabol, who helped his father, Ed, found NFL Films in 1962, sat down with The Times’ Sam Farmer in 2010 and shared some of his behind-the-scenes Super Bowl stories.

When the Super Bowl comes down to the kicker, all eyes are on the smallest, least athletic guy on the field.

The Super Bowl memories come flowing back for Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Mike Shula, even though he never played or coached in one.

CBS is not the only TV network showing Super Bowl 50 on Sunday.

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Suspense is building as three teams hunker down for Sunday’s Super Bowl: the Denver Broncos, the Carolina Panthers and the Aquarium of the Pacific sea otters.

Steve Sabol, who helped his father, Ed, found NFL Films in 1962, sat down with The Times’ Sam Farmer in 2010 and shared some of his behind-the-scenes Super Bowl stories.

Denver Broncos defensive end Antonio Smith plans to play in Super Bowl 50 on Sunday, even though he learned Wednesday of his father’s death.

Who was the least valuable player in last year’s Super Bowl?

Outside of passes from two of the NFL’s biggest playmakers, not much else should be flying around Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on Superbowl Sunday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

As a running back for Denver Broncos teams that featured a Hall of Fame-bound quarterback, Terrell Davis adopted a specific attitude for Super Bowls.

The Oakland Raiders will play a regular-season game in Mexico City this year, marking the NFL’s return to the country for the first time in 11 years.

The white bandage stretches along the back of Thomas Davis’ right forearm.

Steve Sabol, who helped his father, Ed, found NFL Films in 1962, sat down with The Times’ Sam Farmer in 2010 and shared some of his behind-the-scenes Super Bowl stories.

Getting to the Super Bowl takes years of hard work and sweat for the players who reach the game.

The 2011 NFL draft featured Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Cam Newton, selected No. 1 by the Carolina Panthers after he led Auburn to a national championship.

The Denver Broncos have the No. 1-ranked defense in the NFL, but no one is better than the Carolina Panthers when it comes to taking the ball away.

Steve Sabol, who helped his father, Ed, found NFL Films in 1962, sat down with The Times’ Sam Farmer in 2010 and shared some of his behind-the-scenes Super Bowl stories.

The play haunts Vince Ferragamo, so much that 36 years later it can jolt the former Los Angeles Rams quarterback out of a deep sleep.

A lot of people wrote off the Carolina Panthers last summer when star receiver Kelvin Benjamin was sidelined because of a knee injury.

Steve Sabol, who helped his father, Ed, found NFL Films in 1962, sat down with The Times’ Sam Farmer in 2010 and shared some of his behind-the-scenes Super Bowl stories.

Cam Newton either had a wicked sense of humor or he needed to brush up on his NFL history.

The impenetrable layer of fog that had blanketed parts of Los Angeles, choked freeways with accidents and closed L.A.

Like a stern parent chastizing a mischievous child, the Green Bay Packers soundly thrashed the upstart Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10, Sunday in Memorial Coliseum in the first Super Bowl game.

No Virginia, there is no Santa Claus.

So you want to make some money wagering on Super Bowl 50? No problem.

The Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos will meet on Feb. 7 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.

The Carolina Panthers are headed to Santa Clara to play the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50.

The organizers in charge of the Super Bowl halftime entertainment were apparently crazy in love with the job Beyoncé did when she headlined the Super Bowl XLVII halftime in 2013.

Peyton Manning is returning to the Super Bowl, but you probably knew that.