Country music icon Reba McEntiresang the national anthem before the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers faced off in the 2024 Super Bowlon Sunday, Feb. 11. The three-time Grammy winner has a special history with the song. McEntire was discovered as a singer 50 years ago at the 1974 National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma when she sang the national …
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HOUSTON – A woman wearing a trenchcoat and armed with a long rifle was fatally shot by law enforcement officers after allegedly opening fire at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church on Sunday afternoon. According to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, the reported shooting happened in the 3700 block of the Southwest Freeway, at Lakewood Church. Joel Osteen,who cofounded Lakewood Church, said …
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The San Francisco 49ers lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in a heartbreaking overtime Super Bowl thriller Sunday night, 25-22. The back-and-forth defensive battle found the two teams tied at 19 at the end of regulation after late field goals. The 49ers were forced to settle for a field goal in their first OT possession, giving the Chiefs the chance …
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s super PAC, American Values 2024, aired a 30-second ad about the independent candidate’s presidential campaign during Super Bowl LVIIIon Sunday. The ad highlighted images of the 70-year-old candidate in a vintage look, while using slogans, clips and a jingle that leaned into the legacy of his uncle, former President John F. Kennedy. But some members of …
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Usher thrilled fans with his performance at the 2024Super Bowlhalftime showSunday night in Las Vegas. He was joined bya battery of guest stars, including Alicia Keys, and the setlist includedsome of his greatest hits and favorite songs from his 30-year career. The superstar singer began with his 2004 hit “Caught Up,” then played “U Don’t Have To Call,” “Lovers And …
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Singer Andra Dayperformed“Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which is widely known as the Black national anthem, at the start of the 2024 Super Bowl. “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has a short Super Bowl history, but the song itself has been around since 1900, when it was first performed by a choir of 500 schoolchildren in Jacksonville, Florida. It was …
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WhenUshertook the stage for the halftime show ofSuper Bowl 2024, he had one of the world’sbiggest audiences— but the eight-time Grammy winner won’t be taking home one of the world’s biggest paychecks. In fact, he’ll follow other major performers in earning less than the price of admission— if anything at all. How much do Super Bowl halftime show performers get …
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Ending weeks of speculation, Taylor Swift made it tothe 2024 Super Bowl to watch her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, take on the San Francisco 49ers — and celebrate their second consecutive Super Bowl victory. Swift walked into Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday afternoon, accompanied by her mother, good friend Blake Lively, and rapper …
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It’s well known that the National Football League’s star athletes make tens of millions of dollars a year. NFL referee salaries, on the other hand, are more elusive. Certainly, they earn considerably less than the players, despite the tremendous amount of pressure they’re under to make game-deciding calls that could influence the outcome of the 2024 Super Bowl. Referee pay …
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The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime on Sunday night, but it wasn’t close to the highest-scoring Super Bowls in history. Coming out of halftime, though, it was rough with a score of 10-3. Here are the highest- and lowest-scoring Super Bowl games in NFL history, dating back to the first Super Bowl in 1967. …
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