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Rams
organizationThe Rams beat the 49ers 20-17 in the NFC Championship game. The Rams will now face the Bengals in Super Bowl LVI on February 13. Matthew Stafford has +110 odds at PointsBet of taking home the prize.
The Los Angeles Rams
organizationRams fans paid $1,000 each for tickets the secondary market and splurged another $600 for a hotel room. Caesars Sportsbook reported taking a $180,000 money-line bet on Los Angeles. Cincinnati Bengals beat the Kansas City Chiefs 27-24 in overtime to reach the Super Bowl for the first time in 33 years.
Sajid Javid
personSajid Javid 'SCRAPS plans' to make Covid jabs mandatory for NHS staff. Comes amid fears it could force health service to sack 80,000 people. One in 20 NHS staff – the equivalent of 77,591 people – have still not had their first jab.
Neil Young
personSpotify chief executive Daniel Ek laid out more transparent platform rules. Spotify will add content advisories to certain podcasts and improve transparency about its misinformation policy. Spotify has agreed to put warnings on any content from its podcasters that might be interpreted as anti-vaccination.
Patrick Mahomes
personCincinnati Bengals beat Kansas City Chiefs 27-24 in overtime in AFC championship game. Chiefs blew a 21-3 first-half lead, and an interception by Patrick Mahomes in overtime that allowed the Bengals to set up the winning field goal. Cincinnati will face either the Los Angeles Rams or the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl.
Matthew Stafford
personMatthew Stafford led the L.A. Rams past the 49ers 20-17 on Sunday night in the NFC Championship. Rams will host the AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI on Feb. 13. The Rams opened as 3.5-point favorites over the Cincinnati Bengals.
BBC
organizationBBC reportedly deemed classic sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum too racist to air again. Sam Hughes has signed a permanent deal with Burton Albion. Bryan Gil has joined La Liga side Valencia CF on loan until the end of the season. Domingos Quina has been recalled from his loan spell at Fulham. Todd Cantwell has joined AFC Bournemouth on loan.
Christian Eriksen
personChristian Eriksen signs for Brentford seven months after cardiac arrest. Midfielder suffered a cardiac arrest while competing for Denmark at Euro 2020 in June. Barcelona are in talks over a loan move for out-of-favour Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Manchester City have signed Argentina striker Julian Alvarez.
Frank Lampard
personEverton appoint Frank Lampard as their new manager on a two-and-a-half-year contract until June 2024. The 43-year-old accepted the chance to succeed Rafael Benítez and agreed terms on the deal on Sunday. Lampard's first match in charge will be the FA Cup fourth round visit of fellow top-flight opposition Brentford on Saturday. Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek is expected to join Everton on loan until the end of the season. Dele Alli and Idrissa Gueye are also expected to sign for Everton.
the Cincinnati Bengals
organizationCincinnati Bengals beat Kansas City Chiefs 27-24 in overtime in AFC championship game. Bengals come from behind to reach Super Bowl for the first time since 1988 season. Coach Zac Taylor: "I certainly think that when we got to December that the feeling in the locker was we have the ability"
Sue Gray
personSue Gray report slammed'serious failure' at the heart of Government. Excessive drinking ‘not appropriate in professional workplace’, finds former landlady Sue Gray. Senior civil servant expected to deliver findings on lockdown breaches as early as tomorrow. Scotland Yard admitted it had asked Whitehall's ethics tsar to 'water down' document.
Rihanna
personThe Barbadian singer has shared the happy news that she is expecting her first child with musician boyfriend A$AP Rocky. The pair confirmed their romance last May following years of speculation.
Jimmy Garoppolo
personJimmy G's fourth-quarter playoff struggles haunt 49ers again. 49ers defense couldn't get off the field on third down, which allowed the Rams to extend drives. Jaquiski Tartt was in position to make a game-changing interception.
The Cincinnati Bengals
organizationCincinnati Bengals beat Kansas City Chiefs, 27-24, in overtime in AFC championship game. Rookie kicker Evan McPherson’s 31-yard field goal on second possession of overtime won it for the Bengals. Bengals will make their first Super Bowl appearance since January 1989. Cincinnati will face the winner of the Los Angeles Rams-San Francisco 49ers game.
Joe Burrow
personCincinnati Bengals defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 27-24 in overtime. Bengals have never won the Super Bowl but have made it twice — in 1981 and 1988. Cincinnati will play the winner of the NFC championship between San Francisco and the Los Angeles Rams.
Joe Rogan
personSpotify to add content advisory to any podcast episode that discusses Covid-19. Comes after several musicians, led by Neil Young, said they were pulling their music from the platform. Spotify stock dropped 7.3% last week, a time when the Nasdaq rose 2.5%.
Joni Mitchell
personSpotify is facing backlash over anti-vaccine content on one of its exclusive podcasts, The Joe Rogan Experience. Neil Young and Joni Mitchell each pulled their music from Spotify over their objections. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have also expressed their concerns about COVID misinformation.
Dejan Kulusevski
personTottenham have signed Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur. The pair will join the north London club on loan until the end of the season. Tanguy Ndombele returns to former club Olympique Lyonnais on loan. Spurs boss Antonio Conte has called for reinforcements on multiple occasions.
Cheslie Kryst
personCheslie Kryst, 30, was pronounced dead after falling from her high-rise apartment in New York City in what police believe to be a suicide. Kryst won the 2019 Miss USA pageant and worked as a correspondent for the entertainment news television show "Extra" She left behind a note indicating she wants to leave her possessions with her mother but providing no reason why she committed suicide.
Ahmaud Arbery
personGregory and Travis McMichael reach plea deals with two of three white men convicted of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. The deals concern a federal hate crimes trial due to start next month. Arbery's family balked at the deals, particularly an agreement allowing the men to serve their hate crime convictions first in a federal penitentiary.