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Michele Tafoya wrapped up her career as an NFL sideline reporter with Sunday’s Super Bowl, saying goodbye after 327 games. We’ve known for a month that Tafoya was leaving, but we didn’t know what she’d be doing next. The only hint she’d given is that she was leaving sports altogether for a totally different gig. On Monday we found out what that gig would be. In an interview with The Athletic’s Richard Deitsch, Tafoya announced that she’s entering politics, and will be co-charing the campaign… Source link

The Cincinnati Bengals lost Super Bowl LVI to the Los Angeles Rams, and there were myriad reasons that can be attributed for their defeat. Among them … But here’s another one we can’t forget: Winning the turnover battle — by two, no less! — and not taking better advantage of it. Matthew Stafford threw two interceptions, and the Bengals turned those into a combined three points. The Bengals did not give the ball away all game. Bengals coach Zac Taylor agrees that the turnover advantage… Source link

Well, the football season has finally come to an end. The Los Angeles Rams knocked off the Cincinnati Bengals, 23-20, in Super Bowl LVI. It was a heck of a game as the Rams scored the winning touchdown with just 1:25 to play and got a dramatic fourth-down stop near midfield to seal the victory. If you backed the Bengals on the point spread, they came through for you yet again. The Bengals closed as 4.5-point underdogs and covered the spread for the eighth consecutive game. And if you’re… Source link

A good day for the offenses in this year’s Super Bowl could mean a good year for the stock market is in store, according to new data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Super Bowls in which the final combined score was higher than 45 points, the stock market returns 15.9% on average, while returns average only 8.2% when the combined score is 45 or less. Before you go and fire your financial advisor and replace them with a subscription to ESPN+, you should know that the dataset is somewhat… Source link

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has acknowledged that the U.S. government has suspended all imports of Mexican avocados after a U.S. plant safety inspector in Mexico received a threat. The surprise, temporary suspension was confirmed late Saturday on the eve of the Super Bowl, the biggest sales opportunity of the year for Mexican avocado growers — though it would not affect game-day consumption since those avocados had already been shipped. Avocado exports are the latest victim of the drug… Source link

LOS ANGELES — For 21 seasons the NFL didn’t have a team in Los Angeles, the second-largest media market in the United States. We’re going to look back at that gap and wonder how it happened. The short story is that the league needed land and a stadium, and that was difficult to come by. We’ll get to that struggle in a bit. When Super Bowl LVI kicks off, it will be a signature moment in the NFL’s new Los Angeles era. SoFi Stadium, the most expensive stadium in the world by a mile, will be the… Source link

One of the biggest names in Los Angeles Rams history is thinking about boycotting the Super Bowl. Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson said he’s considering staying at home during the Super Bowl after the team reportedly offered to seat him in the nosebleeds. [Join Yahoo’s free Big Game prop quiz for a chance to win up to $10K] Dickerson made that comment during an appearance on CBS Sports radio. Dickerson said the team wanted him to sit in the 400 section. Because of that, he thinks he’ll… Source link

For this year’s Super Bowl, 45 million more American adults can legally wager on the big game than last year, thanks to a 2018 Supreme Court ruling that has spurred dozens of U.S. states to adopt legalized sports betting. Since last year’s match-up, 10 more states have legalized adult sports wagering, bringing the total number of states to 33, plus Washington, DC. Not all states are equal when it comes to legalized sports gambling. Some limit gamblers to physically making their bets from… Source link

NBC’s viewership for the Winter Olympics has been disappointing so far: Monday’s broadcast attracted 11.5 million viewers, a stark 48.4% decline from the 2018 Olympics during that same time slot. The opening ceremonies and weekend programming were also down more than 40% from the previous Winter Olympics. According to one analyst, however, the Super Bowl may be the key to reviving Comcast’s (CMCSA) streaming outlook. “I don’t think it will have a dramatic impact on the near-term… Source link

The Department of Homeland Security is warning law enforcement and public safety officials in the United States that a prolonged trucker convoy protesting vaccine mandates could begin on Feb. 13, when the Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The warning of a trucker protest similar to the one that has brought Ottawa, Canada, to a virtual halt, states that “the convoy could severely disrupt transportation, federal government, and law enforcement operations through gridlock and potential… Source link