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The Associated Press A thrilling late touchdown drive gave the Rams a 23-20 win over the Bengals to win the Super Bowl. Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp’s 1-yard touchdown catch from Matthew Stafford came after three costly penalties on the Bengals’ defense. Meanwhile, Eminem took a knee during a star-studded hip hop halftime show performance.

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin says she will make her Olympic downhill debut at the Beijing Games. She also is changing her mindset a little bit as she prepares for her fourth event of the 2022 Olympics. Shiffrin finished the second training session on the course known as The

By The Associated Press The CEO of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee says the decision to clear Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to compete in Beijing despite failing a drug test in December appears to be “another chapter in the systematic and pervasive disregard for clean sport by Russia.” The Court of Arbitration for

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aaron Donald and Von Miller were able to keep the Los Angeles Rams within striking distance of capturing their first Super Bowl championship in 22 years. The Rams sacked Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow six times during the second half. With Burrow and the offense

By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — French snowboarder Lucile Lefevre helped Beijing ring in the Year of the Tiger by putting on an orange-and-black big-cat costume during qualifying in women’s big air and miming a pair of claws while some 20 feet off the ground. Lefevre decided a year ago that the

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Claire Thompson had a goal and two assists and Canada erupted for five first-period goals in an Olympic-record span of 3:24 en route to a 10-3 win over Switzerland in the women’s hockey semifinals at the Beijing Games. The Canadians continued their run of appearing in

By SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — American ice dancers Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue bent down and kissed the the ice where the Olympic rings were painted after skating to a bronze medal at the Beijing Games. The longtime American standard-bearers in ice dancing embraced after their free dance to Anne Sila’s “Drowning”

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — The best player so far in the men’s hockey tournament at the Beijing Olympics is also the youngest. Seventeen-year-old Slovakia forward Juraj Slafkovsky is tied with Sweden winger Lucas Wallmark for the tournament lead with four goals in four games. Only three players have more points

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH and GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writers BEIJING (AP) — Russian teenager Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in the women’s figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics despite failing a pre-Games drug test. The Court of Arbitration for Sport released its ruling less than 12 hours after a hastily arranged hearing

By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Olympic champion Jamie Anderson wiped out on her first two jumps in qualifying for women’s snowboard big air and failed to crack the finals field, while American teammate Julia Marino dropped out after a distressing fall during practice over the weekend. Long shot countrymate Hailey Langland

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Eileen Gu has made it through to the slopestyle finals in freestyle skiing at the Olympics. She overcame a number of bobbles in her first qualifying run to nail down a solid second trip down the mountain and secure her spot in the top 12.

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — 50 Cent knows how to make a surprise entrance. The rapper made an unannounced appearance during the Super Bowl halftime show, hanging upside while starting his hit “In Da Club” and dropping down to the dancefloor. Eminem took a knee in apparent tribute to the

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Kaillie Humphries has captured a third Olympic gold medal in bobsledding and her first for the United States. The former Canadian bobsledder was an easy winner of the inaugural women’s monobob event. It was the first gold by any country other than Germany in seven events

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Newly acquired Norman Powell is out indefinitely for the Los Angeles Clippers with a broken bone in his left foot. The team says he fractured the medial sesamoid bone in his foot in Thursday’s loss at Dallas and no surgery is planned at this time. Powell joins injured All-Stars Kawhi Leonard

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Fifteen-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva still waits to hear whether she can compete for the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics after her marathon doping hearing concluded. The Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing at a hotel in Beijing wrapped up early Monday morning after

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals got their two biggest plays before everybody got back into their seats after the Super Bowl 56 halftime show. Joe Burrow found Tee Higgins for a 75-yard touchdown on the Bengals’ first play of the third quarter. Bengals cornerback Chidobe