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Rams Come Up Big When It
Odell Beckham, Jr. And
Counts, Come Back To Beat
L. A. Rams Cry Tears
Bengals In Super Bowl LVI
Of Joy After Claiming
The Rams finished their all-in, boom-or-bust season with a perfect ending in Super Bowl LVI.
Boom!
Quarterback Matthew Stafford passed for three touchdowns and led another game-winning drive.
Boom!
Lineman Aaron Donald and linebacker Von Miller led a defense that sacked Cincinnati Bengals quarter- back Joe Burrow seven times.
Boom!
Receiver Cooper Kupp caught two touchdown passes and was voted most valuable player after starring in the 23-20 victory on Sun- day before 70,048 at SoFi Stadium.
“I can’t say enough about the resilience of this team,” coach Sean McVay said. “Guys stepping up when they had to ... That’s why we’re world champs, because our best players stepped up in the most crucial and critical mo- ments.”
Before a glitzy crowd heavy on Hollywood, music
Super Bowl LVI
Rams coach Sean McVay and players Aaron Donald, left, Matthew Stafford and Andrew Whitworth celebrate the team’s Super Bowl title Sunday.
He cried
tears of gratitude
during the na-
tional anthem.
He cried tears of devastation on
the sideline after
a non-contact
knee injury ended his day.
And he cried tears of joy as blue and yellow confetti floated through the air at SoFi Stadium.
Beckham and the Los Angeles Rams are World Champions, 23-20 winners of Super Bowl LVI on MVP Cooper Kupp’s second touchdown of the game with 1:25 to play.
“THIS WAS EXACTLY
and sports celebrities, the Rams overcame a 20-13, third-quarter deficit to com- plete their dream season.
Jennifer Lopez, Charl- ize Theron, Kanye West, Cardi B, LeBron James and Clayton Kershaw were among the glitterati that looked on as the Rams struggled for much of the game to match the electricity that Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent generated at halftime.
But Stafford, as he did several times this season, once again came through.
His short touchdown pass to Kupp with less than 90 sec- onds left gave the Rams the lead, and Donald sealed the victory by pressuring Bur- row to throw an incomplete, fourth-down pass.
“This is just a long time coming for a lot of guys,” Stafford said.
Stafford among them. After toiling in Detroit for 12 seasons and never winning a playoff game, Stafford still was processing what it meant to be a Super Bowl champion as he answered questions from reporters surrounded by his four daughters.
Rams Star's Wife Goes Into Labour Whilst Watching Husband Play In Super Bowl
VAN JEFFERSON AND WIFE SAMARIA
Samaria Jefferson, wife of Los Angeles Rams wide re- ceiver Van Jefferson, went into labour whilst watching her husband play in the biggest game of his life.
The Rams were trailing the Cincinnati Bengals 20-16 deep in the fourth quarter when Samaria was seen leaving SoFi Stadium on a stretcher and heading to a local hospital.
The Rams went on to pull off the comeback before Jef- ferson rushed off to the hos- pital to be with his wife.
GODS PLAN,” Beckham tweeted from the Rams’ postgame locker room.
Cigar smoke poured out of the Rams’ celebration every time the doors opened for new guests. Because this is Hollywood, actor and come- dian Anthony Anderson was among the celebrity fans who emerged from the locker room celebration with a smile.
Odell Beck- ham, Jr. had every reason to cry on Super Bowl Sunday.
Odell Beckham cries tears of joy.
Cooper Kupp Caps
All-Time Great
Season With Super
Bowl MVP Award
Cooper Kupp was named MVP of Super Bowl 56 as his Los Angeles Rams de- feated the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20.
Kupp had +600 odds for the award per Tipico Sports- book, the best of any non- quarterback in the game. The wide receiver finished with eight catches for 92 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with less than two minutes to go.
Kupp likely beat out teammate Aaron Donald (+1300) for the award. Don- ald had four tackles, two sacks, three QB hits, and an impact beyond the box score as he took on several double teams throughout the game. Quarterback Matthew Stafford (+100) entered the
COOPER KUPP
game with the best odds for the award, but threw two in- terceptions in the game to go with 283 yards and three touchdowns.
For Kupp, the award caps one of the all-time great sea- sons for a receiver. He fin- ished the year with the receiving triple-crown, rack- ing up 145 receptions, 1,947 yards and 16 touchdowns.
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