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Whether you're looking for revenge or a rare NFL threepeat -- the first possible in the Super Bowl era -- you'll want to gear up for the epic Super Bowl LIX matchup between the Chiefs and the Eagles.

The Kansas City Chiefs are making the case for dynasty with their fifth appearance in six years, including wins in the last two. Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Eagles are looking for redemption after losing to the Chiefs in 2023.

For the second year in a row, Taylor Swift will also likely be at the big game to root for her man, Travis Kelce, in red and gold. And now, fans can match her energy with their own swag from the NFL Shop!

The Eagles, on the other hand, are back in the Big Game after going 14-3 and winning the NFC East in the regular season.

Adam Vinatieri knows a thing or two about greatness -- he, after all, played with Tom Brady and is considered the most clutch kicker ever -- and he tells TMZ Sports if Patrick Mahomes beats Philadelphia in next month's Super Bowl, the Chiefs star will have a real claim to the NFL's GOAT title.

The victory in New Orleans, of course, would give Mahomes his fourth ring -- and while that's still three behind Brady's total of seven, it would make him the first-ever signal-caller to earn three in a row.

Vinatieri tells us that feat would be so impressive ... he'd be down to start having the conversation of whether or not Mahomes deserves to be considered the greatest of all time.

If Taylor Swift hasn't secured her suite for the Super Bowl yet, she better act swiftly -- TMZ Sports has learned only a limited number of luxury boxes are available after the Chiefs and Eagles punched their tickets for NOLA ... with the most expensive price tag approaching $3 MILLION!!

Caesars Superdome is hosting the Big Game on Feb. 9 ... a venue with 165 recently renovated seating areas for fans with the fattest pockets.

The suites range from 20 to 45-person boxes ... with prices starting at $500k and surpassing $2 million -- depending on the view of the action that comes with it.

Philadelphia Eagles fans hardly behaved in the aftermath of the team's big NFC Championship Game victory ... police say they had to make multiple arrests and issue several citations amid the parties that followed the Birds' win over the Commanders.

The Philadelphia Police Department said in a statement on Monday two men -- Jose Moya and Eugene Dennis -- were thrown behind bars over allegations they assaulted police officers who were working NFCCG detail. The Dept. added another man -- Tramayne Davis-Blockson -- was placed into custody for allegedly stabbing someone in the leg following a verbal altercation.

Thirty-one others, cops say, were issued citations for disorderly conduct or failure to disperse.

Taylor Swift celebrated the Kansas City Chief's big victory over the Buffalo Bills by smothering boyfriend Travis Kelce -- with kisses, that is!

The pop superstar dashed onto the field Sunday night at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City after the Chiefs beat the Bills 32-29 in the AFC Championship game — and she promptly grabbed Travis for a smooch session.

Taylor plants a huge kiss on the lips of the Chiefs' star tight end while holding his head with both hands.

9:38 AM PT -- The Philadelphia Police Dept. tells TMZ Sports ... detectives are investigating this incident.

A celebration of the Philadelphia Eagles' NFC championship took a bit of a scary turn on Sunday night ... when a fan in a packed crowd appeared to pull out a gun and fire it into the air.

Footage of the wild scene was posted to social media just a few hours after Philly took down the Washington Commanders, 55-23, at Lincoln Financial Field.

In the clip, you can see a man in a knit Eagles hat seems to unholster a firearm before squeezing off three shots.

Kendrick Lamar's highly anticipated Super Bowl halftime show just got even more exciting ... 'cause SZA is joining in on the party!

Apple Music -- which sponsors the gig -- dropped the news out of nowhere on Thursday, announcing the 4x Grammy Award winner would be joining K. Dot in NOLA on February 9.

The platform also shared a new teaser for the show, featuring Kendrick on the phone discussing the possibility of adding someone to his set list ... when SZA creeps up behind him and dumps a jug full of blue liquid all over the "Not Like Us" MC.

If Josh Allen and Co. are able to lock up a Super Bowl win in the next few weeks, Thurman Thomas tells TMZ Sports he'll jump through some tables with Bills Mafia -- and he's pretty sure a few of his former Buffalo teammates will join him!!

The Bills' march toward a SB title will continue this weekend ... with a matchup against Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium -- and if Buffalo comes away victorious, it'll be on to New Orleans, where it'll face off with the Eagles or the Commanders with the Lombardi on the line.

A win would mean a first-ever ring for the Bills ... and Thomas told us this week in order to celebrate, he'd happily hop through a plastic table -- just like Buffalo diehards have been doing for years.

Philadelphia roots are apparently thicker than blood in the Kelce household ... 'cause Fletcher Cox tells TMZ Sports he's sure Jason Kelce would cheer for the Eagles to beat Travis Kelce's Chiefs if they met in next month's Super Bowl.

A Philly showdown with Kansas City would happen if both teams pull out wins on Sunday ... and Fletcher is confident the Eagles will hold up their end of the bargain in a home tilt with the Commanders.

The former Birds D-lineman said he's expecting at least a 10-point victory ... although he did say he has big respect for Jayden Daniels and the rest of Dan Quinn's Washington team.

1:00 PM PT -- A spokesperson for Universal Music Group tells TMZ … “Not only are these claims untrue, but the notion that we would seek to harm the reputation of any artist -- let alone Drake -- is illogical. We have invested massively in his music and our employees around the world have worked tirelessly for many years to help him achieve historic commercial and personal financial success.

"Throughout his career, Drake has intentionally and successfully used UMG to distribute his music and poetry to engage in conventionally outrageous back-and-forth ‘rap battles’ to express his feelings about other artists. He now seeks to weaponize the legal process to silence an artist’s creative expression and to seek damages from UMG for distributing that artist’s music.

"We have not and do not engage in defamation -- against any individual. At the same time, we will vigorously defend this litigation to protect our people and our reputation, as well as any artist who might directly or indirectly become a frivolous litigation target for having done nothing more that write a song.”

Drake is not backing down in the war against his own label, in fact he's now upped the ante by suing Universal Music Group for spreading the "false and malicious narrative" he's a pedophile ... TMZ Hip Hop has learned.

Drake filed the defamation case Wednesday morning in federal court in NYC ... ripping UMG for releasing and promoting Kendrick Lamar's vicious diss track, "Not Like Us." In the docs, obtained by TMZ Hip Hop, Drake says UMG knew full well Kendrick's lyrics, and images in the music video, referring to Drake as a pedophile were false and dangerous.

In the suit he calls Kendrick's hit -- filled with "inflammatory and shocking allegations"-- was a "gold mine" for UMG ... and he says they had an ulterior financial motive in promoting it.

The Super Bowl is just weeks away, and Guy Fieri is gearing up to once again throw the BIGGEST party in New Orleans on Super Sunday ... and the Food Network star says this year could be the best yet!

"We throw a tailgate for 10,000 people, 2,000 of which we carve out specifically for our veterans, first responders, and active military. But for 10,000 people to come spend five hours in Flavortown getting ready for the greatest day in sports," Fieri told Babcock on the TMZ Sports TV show (airs nightly on FS1).

The party, which starts at noon on the day of the big game (February 9), will go down at the massive Mardi Gras World facility ... and Guy says it's the perfect place to tailgate before kickoff.

Janet Jackson's paying homage to one of her career milestones ... 'cause one of her dancers grabbed her chest from behind during her recent show -- and, it's pretty clearly a throwback to her 1993 album, "Janet."

The singer-songwriter took the stage at Resorts World in Vegas Monday ... and, while outfitted in a tight black leather bodysuit, a dancer came up and ran his hands over Jackson's chest ... while Ms. Jackson looked ready to get 'Nasty' with it.

The Vegas pose calls back to the cover of her 1993 album "Janet," which showed Jackson facing the camera with her arms up in the air, with two hands cupping her bare breasts from behind -- the wide release only showed her from the neck up, but the limited edition featured the full photo. The image was also on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine that year.

Lil Wayne's ick over getting "snubbed" for Super Bowl 59 in his New Orleans hometown seems to have blown over ... Wayne is now cheering on Kendrick Lamar to have a helluva halftime show!!!

Skip Bayless made attempts to push Wayne over the edge on his show on Monday, claiming to be "baffled and angry" there wouldn't be Young Money emblems inside Caesars Superdome come February -- but Wayne said it's all g-double-o-d.

“I’ve spoken to him, and I wish him all the best and I told him he better kill it,” Wayne told Skip. "For whatever reason I believe it’s over my head. I don’t know why, period. Obviously, I believe that it’s perfect. I do not know why.”

While we don't know if Lil Wayne will be making an appearance at the Super Bowl in his hometown of New Orleans, we do know another big-time rapper will be in attendance -- Big Sean -- who tells TMZ Sports he already has tickets to the big game!

That's how confident Sean feels!

We caught up with the Detroit rapper out in Los Angeles ... and he didn't waver at all -- he's emphatic in his declaration that Jared Goff and the Lions are a lock to make the big game.

Jim Harbaugh and the L.A. Chargers' first year together is going better than many were expecting ... and Shawne Merriman's thrilled about it -- 'cause he told everyone who would listen before the season he knew they'd be good!

The ex-pass rusher sat down with TMZ Sports just prior to the Bolts' 2024 kickoff -- and he was adamant back then that his former team had a real chance to make a run to the AFC Championship game.

This week, when we caught back up with him -- he gloated about his preseason forecast -- telling us that after being around the team in the summer, he just had a real feeling this Chargers team could be a Super Bowl contender.

Lil Wayne was "devastated" when he wasn't given the chance to headline the Super Bowl halftime show in his hometown ... but if Todd Graves gets his way, he can be a part of the first-ever Super Bowl parade in New Orleans!!!

TMZ Sports caught up with the Raising Cane's founder -- the newly crowned "King" of the Super Bowl host committee parade going down Feb. 8 -- and he says while he doesn't make the decisions regarding the halftime show, Tunechi has an open invite to the parade.

"Lil Wayne," he said. "I would love it, and I will ask him, if Lil Wayne wants to be a part of the parade with me. That'd be quite an honor. He's a New Orleans, Louisiana legend. We love him."