The longest Super Bowl game will also go down as the most-watched program in U.S. television history. According to Nielsen and Adobe Analytics, Kansas City’s 25-22 overtime victory over San Francisco on Sunday night averaged 123.7 million viewers across television and streaming platforms. That shattered last year’s mark of 115.1 million for Kansas City’s last-play victory over Philadelphia and is …

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Right-hander Adrian Sampson has agreed to a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers and will report to big league spring training camp with the World Series champions that opens Wednesday. Sampson is returning to the Rangers for the first time since 2019. The 32-year-old didn’t pitch in the majors last season after right knee surgery …

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that are traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Tuesday: Cadence Design Systems Inc., down $12.25 to $294.33. The maker of hardware and software for validating chip designs gave investors a weak earnings forecast. Hasbro Inc., down 69 cents to $50.60. The maker of G.I. Joe, Play-Doh and other toys reported disappointing fourth-quarter financial …

Charlotte, a rust-colored stingray the size of a serving platter, has spent much of her life gliding around the confines of a storefront aquarium in North Carolina’s Appalachian Mountains. She’s 2,300 miles (3,700 kilometers) from her natural habitat under the waves off southern California. And she hasn’t shared a tank of water with a male of her species in at …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. IUPUI Jaguars (6-20, 2-13 Horizon League) at Detroit Mercy Titans (0-26, 0-15 Horizon League) Detroit; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Detroit Mercy hosts the IUPUI Jaguars after …

MEDFORD, N.J. (AP) — A crash involving a school bus and a truck sent about a dozen people to hospitals, but no life-threatening injuries were immediately reported, authorities said. Medford Township police say the collision happened shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday at an intersection in the Burlington County township. TV news images of the crash scene showed front-engine damage to …

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. LOS ANGELES (AP) — With under a month left in the regular season, JuJu Watkins has about seen it all from opposing defenses. The stellar freshman keeps figuring …

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — U.S. coach Cheryl Reeve will have Mike Thibault, Duke coach Kara Lawson and Texas A&M coach Joni Taylor as her assistants at the Paris Olympics. USA Basketball announced Reeve’s coaching staff for the women’s national team Tuesday. It keeps together the staff that clinched an automatic berth for the 2024 Olympics by winning the World …

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — LSU won college baseball’s national championship last year with a roster that produced an SEC-record 13 Major League Baseball draft picks, including the top two. Almost all of them are gone. If the Tigers run it back in 2024, it will be because returning players excelled in new spots, transfers met lofty expectations and their pitching …

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Tuesday he will send more of his state’s National Guard soldiers to aid Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s effort to control illegal crossings on the U.S.-Mexico border, as fellow Republican Abbott pursues a showdown with the Biden administration over immigration enforcement. Kemp said he will send a team of 15 to 20 guard members to build …