{"id":2269411,"date":"2026-02-06T09:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2269411"},"modified":"2026-02-06T09:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:52:09","slug":"celebrity-flag-football-brings-super-bowl-week-fun-to-berkeley-nbc-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/celebrity-flag-football-brings-super-bowl-week-fun-to-berkeley-nbc-bay-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity flag football brings Super Bowl week fun to Berkeley \u2013 NBC Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The East Bay is also getting into the Super Bowl week action, with a celebrity flag football game taking place at UC Berkeley.<\/p>\n<p>A mix of athletes, entertainers, and streamers took part in celebrity flag football game, and the event also recognized the hard work of the first responders.<\/p>\n<p>There was some friendly pregame banter between Rapper Quavo and NBA superstar Dwight Howard before the annual celebrity flag football game that takes place every super bowl weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The two stars are captains of the teams taking part in the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know it\u2019s not my normal sport of basketball. I\u2019m gonna live out my football dreams,\u201d Howard said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m blessed, but a little bit of imposter syndrome. Playing with Doug Flutie, Jon Jones, just blessed to be here,\u201d Sketch, a streamer, said.<\/p>\n<p>Berkeley officials were excited to host\u00a0 the Flag Football Game during Super Bowl week, with the celebrities bringing in the crowds and giving them a chance to showcase the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means a lot to our local community, and we encourage people to check it out while they\u2019re here,\u201d Berkeley Mayor Adena Ishii said.<\/p>\n<p>The event also recognized first responders and military veterans by giving them free admission into the game.<\/p>\n<p>Rapper Quavo says supporting our troops is bigger than any celebrity game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just blessed to be here, just excited to be here for a cause, honoring our people in the field, I\u2019m just here to have some fun,\u201d Quavo said. As for the final score, Team Quavo beat Team Dwight 82 to 67 &#8211; an exciting game that brought some Super Bowl fun to the East Bay.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nbcbayarea.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The East Bay is also getting into the Super Bowl week action, with a celebrity flag football game taking place at UC Berkeley. A mix of athletes, entertainers, and streamers took part in celebrity flag football game, and the event also recognized the hard work of the first responders. 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