From a thrilling late touchdown drive that gave the Rams a 23-20 win over the Bengals, to Eminem taking a knee and Meadow Soprano driving an electric Chevy, here are the highlights from Sunday鈥檚 Super Bowl 56.
HOW THE RAMS WON THE SUPER BOWL
Down 20-16, the Rams went on a 15-play drive capped by Matthew Stafford鈥檚 1-yard touchdown pass to Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp for the go-ahead score with 1:25 left.
Kupp鈥檚 touchdown catch came after three costly penalties on the Bengals鈥� defense.
After both teams were flagged only twice in the first 58 minutes, the Bengals were called for penalties on three consecutive plays.
Read more on the key penalties on the game-winning drive.
SUPER BOWL ADS MIXED CELEBRITIES AND NOSTALGIA
Advertisers shelled out up to $7 million for 30-seconds during the Super Bowl, and they used their time to try to entertain with humor, star power and nostalgia.
T-Mobile reunited 鈥淪crubs鈥� stars Zach Braff and Donald Faison, while Verizon recreated the 1996 movie 鈥淭he Cable Guy鈥� to tout its high-speed 5G network.
And Chevrolet recreated the opening sequence to 鈥淭he Sopranos鈥� to tout its all-electric Chevy Silverado.
This time, however, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who played Meadow Soprano on the show that ran from 1999 to 2007, is in the driver鈥檚 seat instead of the Sopranos patriarch played by the late James Gandolfini.
AN EPIC AND EDGY SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW
50 Cent made a surprise upside-down entrance at the Super Bowl halftime show, and Eminem dramatically took a knee.
Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar spit a fiery medley of their hits.
As his rendition of 鈥淟ose Yourself鈥� ended, Eminem took a knee and held his head in his hand in apparent tribute to former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who took a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality during the 2016 season.
The NFL denied reports that it was attempting to stop Eminem from making the gesture.
HERE鈥橲 WHY THE OVER HIT ON THE PREGAME NATIONAL ANTHEM
Mickey Guyton told The Associated Press this week that she鈥檇 earned the nickname 鈥淨uickie Mickey鈥� for singing 鈥淭he Star Spangled Banner鈥� in a tight 1:30. She sang it in about 1:50 Sunday, 15 seconds over the projected mark of 1:35 set by oddsmakers.
WHO ELSE PERFORMED AT THE SUPER BOWL PREGAME?
About 40 minutes before kickoff, the Rams and Bengals lined the end zones and looked up at the big screen while outside, next to SoFi Stadium鈥檚 lake, gospel duo Mary Mary and the LA Phil鈥檚 Youth Orchestra Los Angeles performed 鈥淟ift Every Voice and Sing,鈥� a song that鈥檚 known as the unofficial Black national anthem.
Singer Jhen茅 Aiko brought a novel combination of R&B and harp to her rendition of 鈥淎merica the Beautiful.鈥�
And The Rock grabbed a mic on the field and put on his old wrestling persona to introduce the teams just before kickoff, in the style of an announcer before a big fight.
鈥擳he Associated Press
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