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Buccaneers Defeat Chiefs to Claim Super Bowl Title

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   The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9 Sunday to
   win a Super Bowl title and complete the National Football League's
   season without any games being canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic.

   The usual spectacle surrounding one of the most watched television
   events of the year was toned down, and the site of the game was more
   subdued with only 25,000 fans in attendance and the rest of the seats
   filled with cardboard cutouts. Fans were absent from the seats closest
   to the field and were spaced apart. Those trying to buy food had to do
   so without using cash.

   Among those who did get to see the game in person were approximately
   7,500 health care workers who were among the first in the United States
   to get COVID-19 vaccines.

   "I have to start by saluting all the health care workers here. They're
   the real champions," Buccaneers owner Joel Glazer said after the game.

   The events leading up to the game itself were mostly virtual, and
   access to locker rooms was more limited this year. And while Tampa Bay
   got the rare chance to play a Super Bowl in its home stadium, the
   Kansas City team delayed its travel until the day before the game
   instead of being at the Super Bowl site for about a week.

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