SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) – Seattle Seahawks win the second Super Bowl title in franchise history, beating the New England Patriots 29-13. Defense won this championship. Devon Witherspoon, Derick Hall, Byron Murphy and the rest of Mike Macdonald's ferocious unit pummeled Drake Maye, and the Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots to win the franchise's second Super Bowl.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) – Drake Maye was a dependable and steadying force for the New England Patriots this season. The second-year quarterback never got the chance to be that when his team needed him most in the Super Bowl.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – The Super Bowl lasted all of 13 minutes for many Puerto Ricans in San Juan and beyond. People turned their backs to TV screens as food, music and chatter filled the first half of the game until a hush fell across the island. The halftime show was starting.
The sun hung low when Bad Bunny emerged in Puerto Rico’s sugar cane fields during his halftime show, surrounded by jíbaros in pavas (rural farmers in traditional straw hats), viejitos playing dominos (an affectionate term for older men) and a piragua stand (shaved ice) – undeniable symbols of Puerto Rico.
MILAN (AP) – Misidentifying Mariah Carey. Mistaking the Olympics’ top boss for the Italian president’s daughter. Confusing the location of the opening ceremony. These gaffes at the Milan Cortina Winter Games by a top Italian broadcaster’s commentator so thoroughly embarrassed its staff that they’re going on strike.
The morning after the Seahawks became Super Bowl champions, people spent Monday trying to figure out who had won the other widely talked about competition of the night: Dueling halftime performances between Bad Bunny and conservative darling Kid Rock. Nielsen figures won’t be released until Tuesday on how many people tuned in to watch Bad Bunny.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The Los Angeles Clippers continue to await the results of the NBA’s investigation of a business relationship between Kawhi Leonard and a California company he had an endorsement deal with.
DETROIT (AP) – The Detroit Tigers will have their local television broadcasts produced and distributed by Major League Baseball this season.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance translated into an immediate surge in global listening, with new data from Apple Music showing sharp gains across streaming charts, playlists and music discovery platforms in the hours following the show.
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