Super hyped out: Let the bowl begin
In all the swirl of the Super Bowl along with all the festivities and hype that surround the NFL’s title game, consider these the words to the wise … “The Super Bowl, the game itself, is for the players,” former Broncos tight end Shannon Sharpe said.
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Miss America Left Wanting For Super Bowl Tickets
Fresh from becoming Miss America, Katie Stam would like to see another winner crowned this weekend. Only one problem: She doesn’t have a ticket to the Super Bowl. Stam was the first Miss Indiana to win the pageant. This Hoosier said her favorite sport is football, not hoops.
Philadelphia’s Super Bowl Warm Up: The Wing Bowl
Well, they came, they saw, they ate ‘em all – wings that is. Philadelphia’s bizarre tradition, the annual WIP Wing Bowl competition, was held during the early morning hours Friday before a sold out crowd at the Wachovia Center.
Super Bowl Battle Of Ads Ready For Gameday
For some, Sunday brings the ultimate climax of the 2008-2009 NFL season on the football field. For others, that game is just something filling time between the real show: the commercials.
Cardinals Preparing For Hard-Hitting Steelers
Ryan Clark levels Willis McGahee and Wes Welker. Hines Ward breaks Keith Rivers’ jaw. James Farrior stacks up Derrick Ward. The
Pittsburgh Steelers don’t deliberately try to injure opposing players.
It’s just that it happens sometimes when a team is taught to hit only
two ways: hard and harder.
Slumping Economy Takes Toll On Super Bowl
In years past, the Super Bowl was so much more than a game. It was
an outright orgy of football, glitz and gluttony, a celebration of
excess where too much was never enough. American’s no. 1 sporting event is still a big deal, but in these tough economic times, it’s easy to see: The Super Bowl is taking a hit, too.
Fitzgerald Willing To Pitch In To Keep Boldin
Larry Fitzgerald would look at restructuring his contract if it would
help keep fellow Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin on the
team. Fitzgerald and Boldin form arguably the best receiving tandem in the NFL.
Terry McAulay To Referee 2nd Super Bowl
Terry McAulay will referee his second Super Bowl on Sunday when the Arizona Cardinals play the Pittsburgh Steelers. McAulay earned the assignment through the league’s evaluation
system in which the highest-rated officials at each position with the
required experience are chosen to work the game.
PETA Super Bowl Ad Rejected, ‘Too Sexual’
Television network NBC reportedly pulled the plug on a Super Bowl ad
sponsored by PETA (the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) over
it’s supposed “hypersexualized nature.”
Broncos’ Cutler wants to go to Super Bowl, just not this one
Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler has no plans to watch Sunday’s Super Bowl because his team isn’t in it. And having just completed his third NFL season and still waiting to make his first playoff start, Cutler certainly wants to be a part of the playoff party, but on the field, not in the stands.
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