INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Odell Beckham Jr. is finally a champion.
As the eight-year NFL veteran celebrated on SoFi Stadium’s field following the Los Angeles Rams’ 23-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl 56, OBJ’s mother, Heather Van Norman, said to him as they hugged, “All of your dreams and aspirations – think about that, how you manifested that. Be proud, be proud.”
A spent Beckham then bent down and kissed the belly of his girlfriend, model Lauren Wood, who expects to give birth to their first child at any time.
Yet success rarely seems to come easy for OBJ.
He was forced to celebrate in street clothes, appearing to suffer a potentially serious left knee injury – an NFL Network report Monday said Beckham is believed to have suffered a torn ACL – with fewer than four minutes remaining in the second quarter, putting a damper on his productive first half and the Rams offense.
“It’s an emotional moment for him,” said linebacker Von Miller, a close friend of Beckham’s and…
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