Welche Promis kommen, wer schaltet Werbung, was sagen die Kommentatoren: Beim größten Sportereignis der USA kann man auf fast alles setzen. „Prediction Markets“ sind nicht nur im Sport riesig, sondern auch in der Politik – und sie sind anfällig für Betrug.

The Puerto Rican singer’s highly anticipated Super Bowl half-time show has inspired non-Spanish speakers to study Puerto Rican dialect and slang

Bad Bunny is expected to perform the Super Bowl half-time show on Sunday entirely in Spanish – which has inspired fans to quickly learn the language.

In October, the Puerto Rican singer – born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio – kicked off the 51st season of Saturday Night Live expressing pride over the achievement in Spanish, after which he said in English, “If you didn’t understand what I just said, you have four months to learn!”

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