Lindsey Vonn laments that her skiing comeback at age 40 means she can’t go to the Super Bowl

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — Lindsey Vonn ’s skiing comeback at the age of 40 means she can’t go to the Super Bowl, an event on her schedule when she was retired for the last five years.

Olympic silver medalist Ryan Cochran-Siegle is rooting for the Eagles on Sunday because he had Jalen Hurts on his fantasy team.

Donwhill contender Breezy Johnson is just “hoping that Kendrick Lamar brings Taylor Swift on stage at the halftime show.”

While the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots tend to be the most popular NFL teams among U.S. Ski Team racers, that doesn’t mean the American athletes competing at the Alpine world championships in Austria are not paying attention to the big game back home featuring the Kansas City Chiefs against the Philadelphia Eagles.

“It’s a bummer I can’t be there,” Vonn said after a mishap in her super-G race on Thursday. “I kind of got used to going to Super Bowls.”

Cochran-Siegle, who took silver in super-G at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, has been the fastest skier in both downhill training sessions. He’s a member of the “Skiing Cochrans” family that has been producing U.S. skiers for generations. The family is based in Vermont — Patriots country.

“As a Pats fan, I think taking the lesser of two evils I would cheer on the Eagles,” Cochran-Siegle said. “Obviously a lot of respect to Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs, but I had Jalen Hurts on my fantasy team, so I got to root for him.”

The Super Bowl starts after midnight in the Alps.

“I don’t know if I’ll actually stay up to watch,” Cochran-Siegle said. “It’s pretty late for us. But probably watch the highlights.”

Lauren Macuga, the Utah native who took bronze in super-G on Thursday, is a Broncos fan.

“Luckily we made it to the playoffs. But I think this year I’m rooting for the Eagles,” Macuga said. “I mean it’s cool for the Chiefs to win again but someone’s got to take them down, switch it up a little bit.

“I’m a Taylor Swift fan, but I was never a Chiefs fan,” Macuga added.

Johnson, who has placed second in both downhill training sessions, is from Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

“My dad’s from New England, so we’re New England people,” Johnson said. “It’s been fun seeing everybody saying that the New England Patriots dynasty wasn’t as annoying as they all said at the time.”

So who is Johnson supporting?

“Philly is like very aggressive sports fandom. Obviously, the Chiefs are going for three. It’s definitely a wild time to be a football fan,” she said. “I’m mostly just really hoping that Kendrick Lamar brings Taylor Swift on stage at the halftime show. Not to be that girl, but I am that girl.”

And how about Bryce Bennett, the 6-foot-7 downhiller from Lake Tahoe, California?

“I don’t even know who’s playing in the Super Bowl,” Bennett said. “I’m so not a football guy. I’m a supercross and motocross guy.”

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United States' Breezy Johnson celebrates at the finish area of a women's Super-G, at the Alpine Ski World Championships, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

United States' Ryan Cochran Siegle is airborne during a men's downhill training, at the Alpine Ski World Championships, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

United States' Lindsey Vonn arrives at the finish area after crashing during a women's Super-G, at the Alpine Ski World Championships, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

United States' Lindsey Vonn arrives at the finish area after crashing during a women's Super-G, at the Alpine Ski World Championships, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

United States' Lindsey Vonn, left, shares a light moment with United States' Lauren Macuga, third-placed in a women's Super-G, at the Alpine Ski World Championships, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

CLEVELAND (AP) — Keyonte George scored 32 points, Lauri Markkanen added 28 and the Utah Jazz bounced back after a 55-point loss and defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 123-112 Monday night.

George had 16 points during the third quarter, when Utah rallied from a 10-point deficit and regained control and began its five-game road trip with a victory. George also was 12 of 12 at the free throw line and had nine assists.

The win was the Jazz's second in their past eight games and came two nights after a 150-95 loss to the Charlotte Hornets, the second-largest by scoring margin in franchise history and the biggest since they moved from New Orleans in 1979.

Markkanen, 10th in the league in scoring at 27.8 points per game, also had 12 rebounds. Jusuf Nurkik, who missed the last two games due to a toe injury, had 11 points and 17 rebounds.

Darius Garland led Cleveland with 23 points and Donovan Mitchell scored 21. The Cavaliers have dropped two of three.

The Cavaliers trailed by 17 points midway through the first quarter and 46-36 before going on a 26-8 run over the last 7:45 of the second quarter to take a 62-54 lead at halftime. Garland led the way during the run with nine points.

Cleveland's largest lead was 10 points early in the third quarter before Utah rallied by going on a 21-8 run.

Utah had a 90-89 lead early in the fourth quarter before going on a 16-6 run over a three-minute span to take control. Svi Mykhailiuk began the run with a pair of 3-pointers.

Both teams shot well from the line. Cleveland made all 13 of its free throws and Utah was 25 of 28.

Jazz: At Chicago on Wednesday.

Cavaliers: At Philadelphia on Wednesday.

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Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen, right, shoots in front of Cleveland Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen (31) in the first half of an NBA basketball game in Cleveland, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen, center, drives between Cleveland Cavaliers forward Nae'qwan Tomlin, left, and center Evan Mobley, right, in the first half of an NBA basketball game in Cleveland, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Utah Jazz forward Cody Williams, center, is called for an offensive foul on Cleveland Cavaliers guard Sam Merrill, bottom, as center Evan Mobley (4) looks on in the first half of an NBA basketball game in Cleveland, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen, right, blocks a shot by Cleveland Cavaliers forward De'andre Hunter (12) in the first half of an NBA basketball game in Cleveland, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)