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he Super Bowl in the greatest city in the world,” Connick said. “Let’s make some memories.”

to the Super Bowl.

He’s speaking on behalf of the city that’s hosting a Super Bowl for a record 11th time.

Connick Jr. is a Saints fan, but he says he’s pulling for both teams Sunday.output: NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Follow the latest updates from Super Bowl 59, where the Kansas City Chiefs face the Philadelphia Eagles in a bid for the Lombardi Trophy.

The game will be played at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, and will be televised by Fox. Kickoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. CST.

Here’s the latest:

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Philadelphia’s Saquon Barkley has passed Terrell Davis for most rushing yards in a full season (meaning both regular season and playoffs).

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.

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.

The Chiefs will receive the opening kickoff.

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.

The Chiefs 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.

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 salting 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 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

Patrick Mahomes and Saquon Barkley met with Fox reporters Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi after the teams took the field for the Super Bowl.

Said Mahomes: “Just enjoying it with the team. It’s always special.”

Added Barkley: “It’s no accident why we’re here. … It’s go time.”

It’s a pro-Eagles crowd at the Super Bowl

There was a heavily pro-Eagles crowd inside the Superdome to watch Philadelphia try to dethrone the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs.

The Chiefs were booed loudly