Patrick Mahomes rallies the Chiefs to second straight Super Bowl title, 25-22 over 49ers in overtime

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Patrick Mahomes rallies the Chiefs to second straight Super Bowl title, 25-22 over 49ers in overtime
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Single incidents of murder or other crimes also don't "impact the world in significant ways" but are most certainly news. Why is this not? It affects more people.

Yeah you're right, actual lose of human life and a bunch of millionaires throwing a ball around are fully comparable things of equal value and concern.

Maybe not in America with the Super Bowl but sports can do a lot more than just "a bunch of millionaires throwing a ball around". The Ivory Coast making the World Cup caused a civil war to stop; the qualifications between El Salvador and Honduras started one. Hong Kong beating China in 1985 caused riots in Beijing; while basketball has given America someone who can do diplomacy with Kim Jong-un because the Supreme Leader of North Korea likes basketball