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☆ NFL says Super Bowl watched by 113 million viewers
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LOS ANGELES, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Sunday's Super Bowl attracted an average of 113 million viewers across traditional television and digital platforms, the National Football League said on Monday, citing preliminary data. The NFL said that figure represented a six-year high for its championship game, which this year was broadcast on the Fox TV network (FOXA.O) and streamed on Fox digital properties and NFL+. A final audience tally will be released by Nielsen on Tuesday, the NFL said. The Super Bowl ranks as the most-watched event on U.S. television every year, though viewership has been dwindling since it peaked in 2015. Viewership increased during the halftime show starring pop and R&B superstar Rihanna, averaging 118 million people on TV and digital platforms, the NFL said.

☆ Down-to-the-wire Super Bowl draws game's second-largest audience, Nielsen says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Lisa Richwine | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nielsen's figure includes people who watched on the Fox or Fox Deportes TV networks (FOXA.O) or streamed the game on Fox digital properties or NFL+. Football - NFL - Super Bowl LVII - Half-Time Show - State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona, United States - February 12, 2023 Rihanna performs during the halftime show REUTERS/Caitlin O'haraThe Super Bowl draws the biggest audience on U.S. television each year. The most-watched Super Bowl took place in 2015, when an average of 114.8 million people watched the New England Patriots defeat the Seattle Seahawks. Viewership rose roughly 11% from last year, when Nielsen reported an audience of 101 million people. Fox said the audience increased during the halftime show starring pop and R&B superstar Rihanna, averaging 118 million people on TV and digital platforms.

☆ Judge orders Samuel Bankman-Fried to stop using a VPN after his lawyers claim he only used one to watch the Super Bowl
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A judge on Tuesday ordered Bankman-Fried to stop using a VPN. To allay any concerns, however, the attorneys said Bankman-Fried would immediately stop using the VPN. On Tuesday afternoon, Judge Kaplan made that a condition of his bail, adding the use of a VPN to a list of other prohibited internet activities, Reuters reported. Use of a VPN, Kaplan ruled, "presents many of the same challenges." Prosecutors allege that Bankman-Fried used deposits in the cryptocurrency exchange to finance investments placed through Alameda Research, another company he founded.

☆ Donna Kelce raised 2 Super Bowl-winning brothers—here's the No. 1 parenting rule she used
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Donna Kelce had a rule for her children growing up: Once you start something, you have to see it through. Coming into the game, both were already Super Bowl champions, with Travis winning in 2020 and Jason in 2018. When the Kelce brothers were growing up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, their parents always preached good sportsmanship, Donna told parenting website SheKnows. The boys were encouraged to try any sport they wanted to play — football, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, hockey, wrestling. "'Once it's over, if you don't like that team, or if you don't like that sport, you don't have to play anymore,'" Kelce said.

☆ What were Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch talking about at the Super Bowl? A Twitter thread wanted wrong answers only.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Felise Seah | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch were spotted sitting next to each other at the Super Bowl on Sunday. Guesswork erupted on Twitter after a user asked what these two could be discussing and wanted "wrong answers only." On Monday, a Twitter user posted a picture of the duo seated next to each other, asking "what are they talking about?" and wanting "wrong answers only." "Oops you said wrong answers," the poster added.

☆ Oscar nominees celebrate annual luncheon
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Jillian Kumagai | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Patrick Mahomes proved why he is the NFL's Most Valuable Player as he shrugged off an ankle injury to lead the Kansas City Chiefs to a dramatic 38-35 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday to claim their second Super Bowl in four years.

☆ In pictures: Valentine's Day around the world
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Jillian Kumagai | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Left behind in the rubble of Turkey, Syria quake
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Dave Lucas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Chile battles deadliest wildfires on record
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Dave Lucas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

☆ In pictures: Rare rescues offer fading hope a week after deadly quake
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Jeremy Schultz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Patrick Mahomes proved why he is the NFL's Most Valuable Player as he shrugged off an ankle injury to lead the Kansas City Chiefs to a dramatic 38-35 win over...

☆ Super Bowl Betting Garners Lackluster Winnings for Sportsbooks
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Katherine Sayre | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Sunday’s Super Bowl marked a record-setting day for sports-wagering activity in the U.S., but the outcome of the dramatic game produced lackluster results for sports-betting companies in terms of profits, according to analysts and sportsbook executives. Sports bettors’ money favored the Philadelphia Eagles winning the game, making the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory a win for the sportsbooks. But the high final score of 38-35 handed a win to bettors who favored the over on total points scored. Big performances by stars like the Chiefs’ MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes also translated to some winning payouts for prop bets on individual players’ stats.

☆ Super Bowl LVII Draws 113 Million Viewers, Making It Third Most-Watched TV Show Ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Joe Flint | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Super Bowl on Sunday between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles was the most-streamed Super Bowl in history. Some 113 million viewers watched the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII, according to preliminary data from Nielsen and Adobe Analytics, which they said made it the third most-watched television show of all time. The numbers are a slight improvement over the 112.3 million that watched the Los Angeles Rams defeat the Cincinnati Bengals in last year’s game on NBC, its streaming platforms and its Telemundo Spanish service.

☆ Patrick Mahomes' wife Brittany Mahomes has built her own sports empire as a professional soccer player, part owner of a women's soccer team, and a fitness guru
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Kelly Mclaughlin | Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | Meredith Cash | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is celebrating his latest win with his wife Brittany. The Kansas City Chiefs selected Patrick in the first round of the NFL Draft in April 2017. Her team won its league in September 2017, according to her Instagram, and by October 2017 she was in Kansas City. I think the people are what we love the most about Kansas City," Mahomes said. He took the Chiefs to their second-consecutive Super Bowl in February 2021, though the team lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

☆ Super Bowl ad hits feature 'The Flash', Disney as automakers pull back
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Auto ads, usually among the most popular during the Super Bowl, were mostly absent this year in another sign of reduced spending by automakers grappling with a tough economy and shrinking consumer wallets. Data from research firm Edo showed that Warner Bros Discovery's (WBD.O) 45-second "The Flash" trailer with two Batmans - Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck - was 24 times more effective than the median Super Bowl LVII ad. The Super Bowl is one of the most lucrative hours for advertisers hoping to grab the attention of over a 100 million people watching the game. On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs secured a dramatic 38-35 win over the Philadelphia Eagles to claim their second Super Bowl victory in four years. The average cost of a 30-second Super Bowl spot this year was about $7 million, an 84% surge from ten years ago, data from Statista showed.

☆ Chinese e-commerce giant PDD splashes on Super Bowl ad for its Temu U.S. shopping site
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Temu, the U.S. shopping app owned by Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo , aired a commercial during the Super Bowl. But Temu's effort highlights its ambition to crack the U.S. e-commerce market, following in the footsteps of another Chinese online shopping company Shein. Chinese e-commerce companies from Alibaba to JD.com and now Pinduoduo have looked to expand overseas in the past few years. PDD Holdings said on Monday that it would begin shipping to Canada this month. Correction: This article has been updated to reflect when PDD Holdings Inc. officially changed its name

☆ Twitter suffered an outage during Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime show — its 2nd in a week — despite Elon Musk's directive to maximize stability
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime performance coincided with nearly 1,000 reports of a Twitter outage. It came just four days after "a massive outage" saw users left unable to tweet. Nearly 1,000 users reported on Downdetector that they were having problems with Twitter, peaking as the Super Bowl halftime show started around 8:30 p.m. The apparent outage came just four days after Wednesday's "massive" one left users unable to tweet. The platform did not suffer any outages then, despite a larger viewership and Musk's similar emphasis on keeping Twitter running.

☆ Eagles lead Chiefs 24-14 at halftime of Super Bowl
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

GLENDALE, Ariz, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Jalen Hurts ran for two touchdowns and passed for another as the Philadelphia Eagles led the Kansas City Chiefs 24-14 at halftime of the Super Bowl on Sunday. An entertaining opening half ended in a cliffhanger when Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes appeared to re-injure his right ankle that had been a major worry entering the National Football League championship game. Kansas City answered right back with Mahomes hitting his favorite target Travis Kelce with an 18-yard pass to cap their own 75-yard drive. The fireworks continued into the second when Hurts, on the first play of the quarter, spotted A.J. Eagles kicker Jake Elliott kicked a 35-yard field goal on the final play of the half to send Philadelphia into the break 24-14.

☆ Fox scores Super Bowl ratings touchdown with 113 million viewers, the third most-watched TV program ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —The Super Bowl delivered super ratings for Fox. That makes Super Bowl LVII the third most-watched television program of all-time. Fox Sports said that the Apple Music Halftime Show featuring Rihanna drew an average of 118.7 million viewers, making it the second most-watched performance in Super Bowl history. The numbers underscore yet again that while linear television might be in decline, live sports still command extraordinary audiences. Fox said Super Bowl LVII was the most-streamed Super Bowl in history, with an average of 7 million people watching via internet-based services.

☆ Morning Bid: Winging it
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Ahead of the match, one statistic that blew this Englishman's mind was the sheer volume of chicken wings that were set to be consumed over Super Bowl weekend. In a report released earlier this month, the National Chicken Council said Americans were expected to chow down on 1.45 billion chicken wings, an increase of 2% from last year, or the equivalent of 84 million wings. Well, if you're looking for deflation, chicken wings are the place to find it. The report is expected to show consumer prices rose at an annual pace of 6.2% in January, down from 6.5% in December and well below June's four-decade peak of 9.1%. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

☆ Super Bowl MVP Mahomes says ankle injury will not affect availability to Chiefs
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Feb 12, 2023; Glendale, Arizona, US; Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) talks to the media during a press conference after winning Super Bowl LVII against the Philadelphia Eagles at State Farm Stadium. "I'll for sure be ready for OTAs (organized team activities) and everything like that," he told reporters on Monday after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell presented him with the Super Bowl MVP trophy. In visible pain, Mahomes gingerly walked off the Super Bowl field in what initially appeared to be a worst-case scenario for the Chiefs, but the 27-year-old quarterback said he knew it was something that he would play through. Mahomes completed 21 of 27 passes during the game for 182 yards and three touchdowns, including two in the fourth quarter. The twice Super Bowl winner also ran for 44 yards, including a 26-yard scramble that helped set up the game-winning field goal.

☆ Las Vegas betting reputation as party capital on Super Bowl
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

PHOENIX, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Las Vegas will put its reputation as the world's party capital on the line next year when the United States's biggest sporting party comes to Sin City with everyone predicting a Super Bowl supernova. Sam Joffray, CEO of the Super Bowl Las Vegas Host Committee told Reuters high expectations come with the territory when you are talking about Las Vegas and because of that they are well aware that they will need to up their game. The Super Bowl will be held at the $1.9 billion Allegiant Stadium, home of the Las Vegas Raiders, in 2024. "Vegas has no shortage of experience hosting big events but the Super Bowl - we need to up our game. The Super Bowl may have some competition for biggest weekend honours with Formula One also making its Las Vegas debut a few months earlier in November.

☆ Meet Gracie Hunt, the pageant-queen daughter of mega-wealthy Kansas City Chiefs' owner Clark Hunt
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Erin Mcdowell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The Hunt family is one of the wealthiest families in America. Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt and family pose prior to the NFL Honors on February 1, 2020. Rich Graessle/PPI/Icon Sportswire/Getty ImagesLong before Lamar and Clark Hunt were considered football royalty, oil tycoon Haroldson Lafayette Hunt was known as one of the wealthiest men in America. The New York Times reported that H. L. Hunt founded the Hunt Oil Company in 1936 and used his fortune from the oil business to invest in other industries such as publishing, cosmetics, and pecan farming. In 2024, Forbes estimated that the Hunt family is worth an estimated $24.8 billion, and continues to own oil and gas companies around the world in addition to their sports empire.

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☆ Kansas City Chiefs Beat the Philadelphia Eagles to Win Super Bowl LVII
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-12 | by ( Andrew Beaton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

PHOENIX—Patrick Mahomes somehow got the Kansas City Chiefs to this Super Bowl despite a bum ankle he had hastily rehabbed after an injury three weeks ago. Then late in the first half against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, the star quarterback was again writhing in pain on the field and on the sidelines. With the Chiefs already trailing, Mahomes had aggravated his injury with a championship on the line. For Mahomes to win another Super Bowl, he would have to engineer a comeback. And he would have to do it on one healthy leg.

☆ The 17 most iconic Super Bowl commercials of all time
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-12 | by ( Tanya Dua | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Every year, several brands try to outwit each other with their Super Bowl commercials. Here's our list of the most unforgettable Super Bowl commercials of all time, including ads from Apple, Amazon, and Pepsi. Loading Something is loading. But off the field, brands from Uber to BIC will attempt to outwit each other with their Super Bowl commercials. Here are 17 of the Super Bowl ads we thought were the most unforgettable, because they were heartwarming, funny, sad or downright weird, with the most recent first.

Kickoff for Super Bowl LVII is at 6:30 p.m. The Super Bowl is advertising's biggest stage, with companies jockeying for a limited supply of spots to get their products in front of millions of consumers' eyeballs. Fox said it raked in a record amount of Super Bowl ad revenue this year. Absent this year will be crypto companies. Last year, four cryptocurrency companies shelled out millions for commercial spots during the big game.

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