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The Seattle Seahawks won their second Super Bowl championship Sunday, routing Drake Maye and the New England Patriots 29-13 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The game was dominated by Seattle's defense, which forced multiple turnovers, while kicker Jason Myers set a Super Bowl record with five field goals. But as with every Super Bowl, the real action was everywhere except the field—in the halftime show, the ad breaks, the VIP parties, and the Truth Social posts.
Sam Darnold ⬆
The New York Jets' third overall pick in 2018 bounced through four teams in seven years before becoming the first quarterback to win a Super Bowl while playing for his fifth NFL team. The problem wasn't Darnold—it was the Jets, Panthers, 49ers, and Vikings.
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Bad Bunny ⬆
After months of MAGA hysteria over the first Spanish-language Super Bowl halftime performer, the world's most-streamed artist delivered a celebration of Latino identity that had Pedro Pascal, Cardi B, and Lady Gaga dancing onstage. NFL got its global audience, Bad Bunny got his historic platform, and the controversy was just marketing.
Donald Trump ⬇
Claimed he'd never heard of Bad Bunny, promised to skip halftime to watch Kid Rock's Turning Point USA "All-American," then posted a 200-word Truth Social tirade calling the performance a "slap in the face to our Country." Out of Touch for $800 has a new answer.
Drew Bledsoe ⬆
If 23-year-old second-year quarterback Drake Maye had won tonight, he'd have claimed the spot as the second-best QB in Patriots franchise history. Instead, Bledsoe's legacy—two Super Bowl appearances, one as starter and one as playoff savior, plus a ring—survives.
Kendall Jenner ⬆
Fronted Fanatics Sportsbook's Super Bowl campaign playing into the "Kardashian Kurse"—the family superstition that athletes' careers tank when they date a Kardashian—then bet $1 million on the Patriots to win. With the Seahawks win, the Kurse remains undefeated, now with a corporate gambling sponsor.
Will Lewis ⬇
The outgoing Washington Post CEO skipped the Zoom call where 300 journalists learned they'd lost their jobs, but showed up in San Francisco for NFL Honors and Super Bowl parties. Owner Jeff Bezos forced his resignation Saturday. Three hundred people lost their jobs for the Washington Post's bottom line. Lewis lost his for a gift bag and an open bar.
Originally a staple of Newsweek's print edition, Conventional Wisdom used arrows to track whose stock was rising or falling in the political circus. We're reviving it in the digital age because the problem it lampooned—hyperbole and partisan certainty masquerading as insight—has only intensified.
CW assigns arrows—up, down, or sideways—to the figures and forces shaping current events. The arrows don't predict the future or claim special insight. They capture the prevailing winds of the moment, uncluttered by tribal howling. In an era when partisan media reinforces rather than questions assumptions, CW operates from the center—skeptical of left and right alike, committed to puncturing inflated reputations and recognizing overlooked truths.
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