Pakistan, Feb. 9 -- The biggest event in American sports kicks off Sunday as the New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks at a Super Bowl tinged by controversy over Bad Bunny's half-time show.

More than 120 million Americans are expected to tune in for an annual pop culture nonpareil, which this year features two teams nobody expected to reach the NFL championship decider.

The Seahawks, boasting the league's best defense, are the marginal favorites. But they come up against a Patriots team who know how to win. New England is seeking a record seventh Lombardi Trophy, and its first since the departure of Tom Brady, widely considered the NFL's greatest ever player. It is, according to bookmakers, the unlikeliest Super Bowl match-u...