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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

Bettors have 12 days to chew on some Super Bowl LVI props.  BetMGM didn’t waste time in releasing a big batch of player props for the championship game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams. More will be added as the game gets closer, but it’s worth a first look at 10 props that everyone will be curious about:  We’ll just throw some words about this prop in with …  … because most seasons, the most-bet prop for the Super Bowl is a quarterback scoring the first touchdown. Two… Source link

Technically, Super Bowl LVI will feature the worst matchup in history. Now that’s not to say that the game is going to be bad. Based on how Sunday’s conference championships — and the rest of the postseason — went, the game is bound to be plenty entertaining. The game, however, will be the lowest-seeded Super Bowl matchup in history. The Cincinnati Bengals, who entered the postseason as a No. 4 seed, knocked off the Kansas City Chiefs in a wild overtime battle in the AFC Championship… Source link

Losing the coin toss in overtime isn’t a death sentence, though you heard a lot about how the rules were unfair to the Buffalo Bills after an AFC divisional-round loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.  To get the ball to your offense, the defense needs to keep the opponent out of the end zone on the first drive. And that’s what the Cincinnati Bengals did.  The Chiefs won the coin toss after tying a thrilling AFC championship game with a field goal as time expired in regulation, and there were… Source link