Super Bowl LVII Diary: Hannah Wilkes takes you behind the scenes in Arizona for Kansas City Chiefs vs Philadelphia Eagles | NFL News

Watch Super Bowl LVII from State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, live on Sky Sports NFL Sunday; the AFC’s Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles from the NFC (kickoff, 11:30 p.m.), with live coverage beginning at 10 p.m.

Super Bowl week in Arizona is underway ahead of the big game between the Chiefs and Eagles on Sunday, live on Sky Sports NFL

Sky Sports NFLHannah Wilkes is in Arizona for Super Bowl LVII between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, bringing you her daily diary featuring all of Arizona’s best behind-the-scenes nuggets in the build-up to the big game…

Arizona Opening Night

Arriving in Phoenix on Sunday afternoon, our Sky Sports crew are jet lagged, over-caffeinated and ready to go!

After a totally remote Super Bowl two years ago and a reduced team on the field in Los Angeles last year amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, it’s absolutely great to have a full team back. for the week in Arizona as we head into Super Bowl LVII on Sunday.

Neil Reynolds, Jeff Reinebold and Phoebe Schecter are all there, with a few producers keeping us all on track and a duo of excellent cameramen making everything work for TV (which is pretty important, all things considered).

Super Bowl LVII artwork around Arizona

Jeff Reinebold, Neil Reynolds and Phoebe Schecter record Inside The Huddle podcast on Radio Row in Arizona

After a fairly low-key first night, but one that involved a rather epic game of Cards Against Humanity with some of the crew, the first stop on Monday morning was “Radio Row”, where all the world’s media reside during the week, to A Inside the caucus podcast recording, before seven intrepid explorers braved the harsh Arizona desert landscape in search of televised gold… well, we went to a national park to film the opening link of Neil for Sunday.

The trip did, however, have some scenes of mild peril. Especially the obvious lesson that cactus nettles can do harm. Who knew? (Everyone, fools).

Hannah Wilkes and the Sky Sports NFL team filming in the Arizona desert during Super Bowl week

Then, “Opening Night”. For the first time since before the pandemic, the chaotic all-week kickoff of the Super Bowl was back in all its glory. A slight hitch with the credentials, however, meant that initially we couldn’t get in.

Coach Reinebold was the first to get the ‘access denied’ message on the scanners, and oh how we laughed at him being put in a pen…until we all joined him.

Jeff Reinebold jailed for media credentials ahead of Super Bowl week’s opening night

Crisis averted by producer Mase, thanks to a sprint to the accreditation center, and we were soon in and amid the mayhem of opening night.

All the players from both teams paraded on stage, there were thousands of fans in the stands, and a media scrum to get to the biggest names.

Things I learned; turns out Eagles safety CJ Gardner-Johnson is good enough to pin the tail on the donkey, while the Chiefs players are Really in Madden.

Watch Super Bowl LVII – Kansas City Chiefs vs Philadelphia Eagles – live on Sky Sports NFL and Main Event from 10 p.m. on Sunday February 12, with Ryan Fitzpatrick, Christian Wilkins and Efe Obada among the guests joining Neil Reynolds and Hannah Wilkes for 90 minutes of preparation for the big match.