INGLEWOOD, Calif. — As music blared from SoFi Stadium’s speakers and a blizzard of blue and yellow confetti rained from the rafters, Odell Beckham Jr. appeared as jubilant as any other member of the Super Bowl-winning Los Angeles Rams.
A bright smile lit up his face and tears streamed down his cheeks as he put on a hat and T-shirt commemorating his team’s accomplishment. He embraced his mom, wrapped his arms around his pregnant girlfriend and even bent down to kiss her baby bump.
Beckham’s joyous celebration made it easy to forget the ill-timed stroke of misfortune that derailed his crowning night and clouded his previously brightening future.