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Today is Monday, February 9th, 2026. And we begin with a quarterback who was once the butt

of NFL jokes and memes getting the last laugh. Sam Darnold wrote the final chapter of his

redemption story last night, steering his Seahawks to a lopsided 29 to 13 Super Bowl victory over the

New England Patriots. According to NBC, Sam's the first starting

quarterback in NFL history to win a Super Bowl after bouncing around to five or more teams.

There'll probably be a bit of hooky played in Seattle later this week when the city toasts its

hometown heroes with a victory parade. But hooky is also the word of the day today, all across the country.

The annual UKG Super Bowl absenteeism survey finds a record 26.2 million people in the U.S.

will miss work on what is now known as Super Sick Monday.

That's 4 million more coming down with Super Bowl flu than last year.

The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat.

That's long been the iconic unofficial slogan of the Olympics,

and this first weekend was no exception.

On the thrill side, the USA won gold in the figure skating team competition, and, for only the

second time in history, an American woman won the downhill.

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