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The Super Bowl, as you may know, is a spectacle. And sometimes, that means the silliest of things become a HUGE DEAL.
And that’s why I’ve decided to devote an entire newsletter to a mic cart.
Oh, this is not any ordinary cart. If you don’t know, I’ll explain.
Back in the regular season, the Cincinnati Bengals brought out a three-tiered cart — one you might see a TV and VCR on in your school when you were younger (yes, I’m old, maybe it was a DVD player in your childhood!) — to use for media availability.
The mic cart quickly became a viral sensation. I had this grand plan to come in Friday and make a case for why it should come to L.A. For Super Bowl LVI — a good luck charm or something.
But I discovered that the Bengals were way ahead of me. On Thursday, the team announced the mic cart is going to the big game.
Does this make the Bengals favorites over the Los Angeles Rams? Absolutely. That’s my betting tip of the day.
Long live the Mic Cart!
Quick hits: The Olympics are here! … NBA All-Star Game snubs … We spoke to Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir … and more.
— The 2022 Winter Olympics are here! We have so much content — we ranked the new events, check out the beautiful photos of some venues, and we wrote some profiles of 15 of Team USA’s best athletes.
— The 2022 NBA All-Star Game roster is complete, and Cole Huff has three players who were snubbed.
— Our Michelle Martinelli spoke with NBC’s Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir. Did you know they have 17 suitcases as they get set to call figure skating (even though they’re broadcasting from Connecticut)?
— Shaq said an angry Ben Simmons DM’d him in response to his Inside the NBA rant.