🗓 This Past Weekend in Sports & Entertainment

☝️ Front-page news… A single page from a 1984 Spider-Man comic sold for $3.36 million at auction. It marks the first-ever appearance of Spider-Man’s black symbiote suit, which would later develop into the anti-hero Venom.

🏈 The road to the Super Bowl… The NFL’s first Super Wildcard Weekend was a mixed bag. Some games came down to the wire (Bengals over Raiders, 49ers over Cowboys), while others were pretty much blowouts from start to finish (Bills over Patriots, Bucs over Eagles, Chiefs over Steelers, Rams over Cardinals). View the updated playoff bracket.

🍿 I Scream, you Scream… The slasher franchise’s return to theaters snagged the top box office spot from Spider-Man: No Way Home, earning ~$35 million over the four-day weekend.

• Fun fact: The film cost $25 million to produce.

🎾 Game, Set, Match… The Australian government canceled Novak Djokovic’s visa again on Friday, with its immigration minister citing health and “good order” considerations.

• The world’s no. 1 tennis player is now banned from Australia for up to three years and could also have trouble attending the upcoming French and US Opens due to similar vaccination policies.
• The Australian Open began yesterday (click here for the latest updates).