Sunday’s Super Bowl snooze-fest between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams was one of the most uneventful championship games in recent memory. Fortunately, for the tens of millions of bored viewers around the world, the halftime show featured an inspiring performance by the most successful band of the 21st century.
Many people and celebrities have been logging onto social media to express outrage about the officiating in the NFC championship game between the New Orleans Saints and the Los Angeles Rams.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the firebrand former president of Iran who questioned the Holocaust and said the U.S. government was behind the September 11 terrorist attacks, tweeted his support for ex-NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick on Monday. 
Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt released a a one-year update on Hurricane Harvey relief efforts after he spurred a record-setting crowdsourcing campaign last summer. 
Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D., Texas), who is running to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz (R.), said Wednesday there’s "nothing more American" than kneeling in protest during the national anthem. 
President Donald Trump on Friday continued to slam NFL players' national anthem protests, recommending players "Be happy, be cool" and "Find another way to protest." 
