As the NFL playoffs heat up, the game between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys isn’t just a pivotal Wild Card matchup; it’s also a showcase of star-studded support in the stands. This season has seen a notable trend of celebrity partners backing their significant others, and this game is no exception.

Packers‘ fans were delighted to see gymnastics icon Simone Biles, a regular attendee throughout the season, supporting her husband, Jonathan Owens, who signed with Green Bay this offseason. Biles, a Spring, Texas native, was spotted on the field before kickoff, a gesture of unwavering support for her team despite her Texan roots. Her green-and-gold cowboy boots were a playful nod to her dual allegiances – her hometown and her husband’s team.

On the other side, the Dallas Cowboys saw spirited support from social media sensations, the Cavinder Twins, Haley and Hanna. Accompanied by their sisters, Natalie Cavinder and Brandi Perkins.

The playoff game held special significance for Haley Cavinder, who’s been romantically linked with Cowboys‘ tight end Jake Ferguson since September. Her presence, along with that of her sisters, underscored the high stakes and heightened emotions surrounding this matchup. The Cowboys, led by a high-powered offense, entered the game with lofty expectations and a clear goal: to silence critics with a decisive victory.

As the game unfolds, the presence of these influential figures added an extra layer of excitement and drama. For Biles, it was a moment of pride and conflict, cheering for the Packers while acknowledging her Texan heritage. For the Cavinder Twins, it was about supporting Haley and rallying behind the Cowboys.

Simone Biles continues to support husband Jonathan Owens after the NFL star faced backlash for claiming he was the “catch” in their relationship.

The Olympian took to her Instagram Story on Sunday to wish Owens luck ahead of the Green Bay Packers’ game against the Dallas Cowboys — which the Wisconsin-based team ultimately won.

“LETS GO 34 ,” she wrote over a clip of the safety. “I love you so much & Im so proud of you.”

The four-time Olympic gold medalist flew to Dallas to cheer on her partner in person, rocking a black leather jacket with her husband’s jersey number and “Mrs.Owens” bedazzled on the back in green and white crystals.

Biles, 26, paired the custom piece with a simple black shirt, black leggings and heeled booties in the team’s colors.

Prior to kickoff, the gymnast made her way down to the field to wish her man well in person.

The couple, who wed in April 2023, was captured sharing several sweet kisses before Owens, 28, joined his team for warmups.

Biles has stood by the football player’s side despite public outrage over his comments about their relationship.

During an interview on the “Pivot” podcast last month, Owens claimed that he “didn’t know who” Biles was in 2020 when they first matched on Raya, an exclusive dating app

He also pointed out at the time that Biles was the one who reached out to him first and drove 45 minutes to go see him.

Then when asked whether he believed he was the “catch” in his relationship with Biles — who is the most decorated gymnast of all time — he replied, “I always say that the men are the catch.”

His remarks quickly went viral on social media, with many fans — including some of “The View” co-hosts — calling the NFL player “embarrassing.”

However, Biles and Owens defended their love shortly after by posting photos from their lavish nuptials.

Simone Biles has impressed fans worldwide for years as one of the greatest American gymnasts ever. Her husband, defensive back Jonathan Owens, and the Green Bay Packers were equally impressive in Sunday’s wild-card round of the NFL playoffs. Green Bay upset the favored Dallas Cowboys on the road by a 48-32 score.

The multiple-time Olympic gold medalist celebrated the big win on her Instagram stories. One of her posts was that of a Cowboys fan congratulating her and Owens. Biles also uploaded a picture with Owens after the upset win at AT&T Stadium.

Biles also shared a photo of Jonathan Owens as well as her mood after the Green Bay Packers-Dallas Cowboys game. She was in attendance, sitting in one of the boxes at the stadium

Being at the Packers-Cowboys showdown over the weekend was not the first time Simone Biles attended an NFL game. She was at Lambeau Field last December when the Packers faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Olympic star showed up in primetime as Green Bay hosted the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday Night Football. Biles was not the only WAG in attendance, as Taylor Swift and Brittany Mahomes were there to support the Chiefs.

While she may not get the attention that Swift or Mahomes gets, Simone Biles is a massive supporter of her husband and the Packers.

The wild card game week of the NFL season has ended, and the Green Bay Packers have subjugated it with grace by trouncing the Dallas Cowboys. With this, things were not just intense in the NFL world but also created a fissure in the gymnastics community. The gymnastics queen Simone Biles and some of her closest members were seen standing against each other.

Simone Biles’ coach accepts Packers’ superiority

The wild card week game between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys was a very anticipated one. However, one comprehending challenge that made heads turn was Simone Biles and her coach Cecile Landi. Rallying in support for the Cowboys like a true Texan, Landi shared an open challenge for the gymnastics queen on Instagram, stating, “Let’s go Cowboys”, and then adding a pun she intended while writing, “Sorry @simonebiles”. However, it seems in this challenge Simone got the better of her coach as after the Packers’ win, Cecile’s post says it all.

She took to her Instagram stories and stated, “Congrats @packers- They remembered how to play good football today!” Displaying her disappointment with the win, she further stated, “That game hurt. Well deserved win @simonebiles @jowens”. Biles re-posted this story on her Instagram account as well. However, this is just one-half of the story.

How will Simone’s bestie react?

The gymnastics prodigies Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles have been each other’s confidants for a very long time now. Everyone is aware of the vital role that Biles played in the gymnastics journey of Chiles and Jordan never fails to recognize it as well. She was seen in a recent interview with Sports Seriously’s Mackenzie Salmon. Here she couldn’t stop thanking Simone Biles. Chiles gave a tribute to her best friend by saying, “She was my mentor then. She was my big sister and now she’s my ride and my best friend”. However, the NFL storm changed it all.

Read more: GOAT Simone Biles in Competition Against Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, and Own Team USA for Final Showdown of 2023

While Simone Biles is all out for the Packers, Jordan Chiles supported Dallas and sparked a challenge for Biles by stating, “Game on @simonebiles”. Chiles is yet to post an update after losing out the bet to her bestie. It will be interesting to watch how things turn out between the two!

Simone Biles, Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, recently shared with fans an adorable snap of her dogs cheering for her husband Jonathan Owens’ NFL team the Green Bay Packers.

Biles has two pet French Bulldogs, a female named Lilo and a male named Rambo. The gymnast often shares pictures of her dogs with fans, and someone even brought cardboard cutouts of her pets when she was competing at the Tokyo Olympics.

Lily and Rambo also have their own Instagram account, thebilesfrenchies, which has nearly 75k followers. In the most recent update that Simone Biles shared with her fans, the two can be seen cheering for the Green Bay Packers.

Both the French Bulldogs are dressed in Packers merchandise and are gazing into the camera looking adorable. Biles shared the photo to her Instagram story and captioned it.

The Green Bay Packers, for which Biles’ husband Jonathan Owens is a safety, will be playing the Dallas Cowboys in the upcoming days in the NFL wild-card weekend playoffs. The gymnast had been understandably excited for the match and has been active on social media rooting and cheering for her husband’s side.

Simone Biles’ ascent to success has been one of the most fascinating stories. With a childhood mostly marked by dealing with the foster care system and a gradual introduction to gymnastics, the star has crossed many hurdles to get to her goals. But how has the sudden rise to fame treated her?

In an interview with Vanity Fair, Biles opened up about various aspects of her childhood, going from rags to riches. While gymnastics occupied most of her life, her claim to fame was her stellar performance at the 2013 World Championships. It was all on autopilot after that. By the time the 2016 Olympics rolled in, Biles was already a hero, winning accolades at every level.

However, when asked about her tryst with fame and her opinions on it, Biles came clean with the reality. Having basked in the attention right from childhood, the star gymnast learned that things could get disoriented quickly. And while it’s exciting on one end, the pressure that followed was no joke.

At 16, her golden streak took the world by storm. Bagging gold medals one World Championship at a time, Biles caught the taste of fame sooner than expected. But you gain some and lose some.

For the icon, growing up doing what she loved involved a lot of apprehension and self-doubt. Despite the attention and immense following, Biles witnessed a shift in her perspective on the sport and her role.

With the Tokyo Olympics incident, where the star suffered from a dangerous case of ‘twisties’, the chaos that ensued over the internet was overwhelming. With fans coming to the gymnast’s rescue while many criticized her, Biles experienced the myriad faces of fame at that point.

So how did Simone Biles tackle the Tokyo Olympics chaos?

With the amount of pressure over her shoulders, Biles’ decision to withdraw was touted as the torchbearer to athlete mental health awareness. But it didn’t take away from the fact that the noise that the decision created was massive. Biles, nevertheless, paved her way through the chaos.

The gymnast resorted to staying in her lane, paying no heed to the comments, and focusing on her mental health while she healed from the incident. A lot of therapy sessions and a two-year hiatus later, she’s now all set to prepare for the next big goal – the Paris Olympics. While her participation is still on the fence, fans remain hopeful for redemption.

Seven-time Olympic gymnast Simone Biles is all set to be a part of the US women’s first national team camp of 2024. Including the legendary gymnast, a total of 26 participants have joined the squad this year. However, the new team will see the absence of some noteworthy names.

This year, the first national training camp of 2024 will have these gymnasts taking part:

Simone Biles, Skye Blakely, Ly Bui, Charleigh Bullock, Jordan Chiles, Lavi Crain, Ally Damelio, Kayla DiCello, Reese Esponda, Addison Fatta, Kieryn Finnell, Jayla Hang, Katelyn Jong, Kaliya Lincoln, Evey Lowe, Nola Matthews, Zoe Miller, Zoey Molomo, Marrisa Neal, Claire Pease, Joscelyn Roberson, Simone Rose, Trinity Thomas, Maliha Tressel, Tyle Turner, Lexis Zeiss.

However, the athletes not part of the team this time are:

Gabby Douglas, Shilese Jones, Suni Lee, Tiana Sumanasekera, Hezly Rivera, Madray Johnson, Jade Carey (NCAA), and Leanne Wong.

Fans can follow the team’s Olympic journey on Peep.

This year will witness Simone Biles competing in a couple of gymnastics championships besides the Olympics and national championships after her comeback in 2023.

The official roster for the U.S. gymnastics national team camp has seven-time Olympian Simone Biles, indicating that she may compete in the Summer Olympics. There is a discernible change in momentum, even if she stated in a recent interview that she wouldn’t be upset if she missed the opportunity to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where Biles can surpass Shannon Miller as the US gymnast with the most Olympics medals.

The Olympics mats haven’t always been a successful appearance for Biles who withdrew from the last Tokyo Olympics. After two-years hiatus, she returned with a rather clandestine US Classics performance showing off her honed skills one meet at a time.

Simone Biles expends her gymnastic prowess amid team unity

A recent Instagram update from USA Gymnastics and GK Elite, the American team’s longtime apparel sponsor, gave fans a glimpse inside the first U.S. women’s national team camp of the year. Few pictures were posted from the arena with the caption, “camp chronicles: first NTC of the year.” The first one featured 26 other gymnasts standing side by side, while Simone Biles and Joscelyn Roberson can be seen standing together.

Just yesterday, Biles shared her thoughts on the Paris Olympics in a recent interview with Vanity Fair. “If i don’t make it to Paris, it won’t absolutely crush me,” she opined. Was this Biles being honest about the toll that athletics has had on her mental health? Since, in the Tokyo Olympics 2020-21, the ‘twisties’ episode compounded to her last-minute withdrawal from all the events.

Simone experienced an online backlash that questioned her commitment and called her a “quitter” after she chose not to compete in many finals in Tokyo. Although, her mental health discussion gained much praise, prompting many athletes to speak up.

Despite all that, Biles overcame the labels and made a strong return last year to become one of the most decorated gymnasts in history.

2023 was Simone Biles’ year of resurrection

The 26-year-old gymnast first competed in the Chicagoland area before her formal return to US Classics for fair input from international judges. This helped her adjust to the new regulations that the International Gymnastics Federation had implemented in her absence. In her first national championship, Biles broke a record that had stood for ninety years by the late Alfred Jochim and won her seventh national title.

At Antwerp, she returned to her World’s debut venue a decade later, achieving a historic accomplishment by landing a Yurchenko double pike vault—now known as Biles II and her fifth named move. With 37 medals from Olympic and World Championship gymnastics, Biles is now the most successful gymnast of all time. Biles ended her year on a victorious note, with the excitement for 2024 Paris Olympics looming with each passing day!

The year 2024 has already begun. But, the staunch performances of top global athletes in 2023 are lucid in everyone’s memories. Awards, accolades, and recognition are making their way before another season of achievements starts in the Olympic year. As one turns to the gymnastics realm, who can shine brighter than the GOAT Simone Biles?

Time to wait for the people’s verdict

People’s Choice recently added a tweet to its official X account, naming several top athletes for its annual honor. The tweet carried the caption, “Which one of these nominees performed at the highest level this year?! Vote now for the Athlete of the Year! #PCAs. http://bit.ly/3RVntT6 @CocoGauff @giannis_an34 @kingjames Lionel Messi @sabrina_i20 @simone_biles @stephencurry30 @tkelce”

The name of Simone Biles was also included in the list alongside the best sportspersons who didn’t just dominate 2023, but are perennial superstars. Although Simone Biles is the greatest gymnast in the world right now, her comeback occurred quite late in the year.

Moreover, the off-season of gymnastics began soon after she stood on top of the world in Antwerp. But, although she couldn’t participate in a lot of contests, she did ace every contest she participated in. Right from the US Classic, Simone Biles never made it seem like she was making a comeback. In fact, anyone who watched her routines couldn’t believe she ever left. However, the other athletes on the list are not far behind.

How does Simone Biles fare against other athletes?

Simone Biles won four gold medals at the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics Championship to extend her already massive world championship count to 30. She also exalted her gold medal records in beam balance and floor exercises. Interestingly, the other gymnasts have barely won just half the number of world titles as her. The highlight moment of her comeback came when she got a move named after her in Belgium.

While her achievements are nothing short of epic, other athletes also earned their way on the list. Lionel Messi won the FIFA World Cup alongside his home team Argentina against the defending champs, France. American tennis star Coco Gauff won her first Grand Slam this year after continuously climbing up the ranks of WTA.

Several NBA players also made it to the list. LeBron ‘King’ James of the LA Lakers, Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks were the top stars on this list. Barring 2023 and 2019, these three men and their teams have been winning the NBA championship since 2015, with Curry in the lead with four title wins. Do you think Simone Biles will be able to win the 2023 People’s Choice award with such strong competition?

Coco Gauff has been nominated for the Athlete of the Year award at the People’s Choice Awards, an award that honors the year’s best athlete.

The 19-year-old had an excellent 2023, winning four titles, including her first Grand Slam at the US Open and also her first WTA 1000 at the Cincinnati Masters. She also clinched titles at the Washington Open and Aukland Open.

Gauff has been nominated alongside several exceptional sportspersons. This includes football legend Lionel Messi, gymnast Simone Biles, basketball stars Giannis Antetokounmpo, LeBron James, Sabrina Ionescu, and Stephen Curry, and NFL star Travis Kelce.

Gauff was delighted by the nomination and shared her gratitude via an Instagram Story.

The winner of the Athlete of the Year award will be decided by public votes. The ceremony will take place on February 18 and will be shown live on NBC and E!, and streamed on Peacock