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The Super Bowl generates large amounts of advertising revenue each year for the NFL and its broadcasting partners. The cost of a 30-second ad has increased significantly since the first Super Bowl, but ad segments continue to be sold out each year for the Super Bowl telecast. more »
The 1989 Super Bowl was played on January 22. The game between the Cincinnati Bengals and San Francisco 49ers began the tradition of keeping track of which commercials aired during the contest. more »
In the NFL, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers win the award for the team that has come the furthest. One of the last expansion teams in the league, the Bucs, as they are affectionately known, did not get their first win until almost the final week of their second season in the league and were the league's whipping boys for years after. On... more »
The Super Bowl Party you have at your home may be the biggest bash you throw all year. Excitement fills the air as the two teams rumble to see who will become the next Super Bowl Champion. Eyes will be glued to the television set as spectacular plays are made by the teams. If you don't have a lot of money to throw a big party, here's... more »
While you can be sure the NFL Super Bowl game won't be blacked out on television, getting tickets to see it in person can be a tough play. Where others fumble, though, you can triumph when you run down every lead and score seats to the biggest game of the year. Get to know box-office strategies and ticket sources. Grab seats at this... more »
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On average, 1,000 people each year show up at the Super Bowl with counterfeit tickets. Advanced preparation is the key to securing Super Bowl... more »
The Super Bowl has gone beyong mere sport to become an inconic pop culture event and entertainment extravaganza. Millions of people flock to the... more »
Each year, the National Football League crowns a champion, the winner of the Super Bowl. The players, coaches and staff who are on the team that... more »
Most decisions that you make will not have to be approved by your wife before you make them. However, in any good relationship, it’s wise to... more »
The Super Bowl, which draws an audience well over 15 million people each year, is the culmination of the NFL season. This championship game... more »
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League, the premier association of professional American football. In most years, the Super Bowl is the most-watched American television broadcast. Many popular singers and musicians have performed during the event’s pre-game and halftime ceremonies. The day on which the Super Bowl is played is now considered to be a de facto American national holiday,http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/01/29/super_bowl_underscores_cultural_divide/http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id09000d5d810f2987&templatewithout-video-with-comments&confirmtruehttp://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/16865062 called Super Bowl Sunday. Super Bowl Sunday is the second-largest U.S. food consumption day, after Thanksgiving Day."USDA">
Exclusive television broadcast rights for the Super Bowl rotate each year among the major American television networks. Because of its high viewership, commercial airtime for the Super Bowl broadcast is the most expensive of the year. Due to the high cost of investing in advertising on the Super Bowl, companies regularly develop their most expensive (and ostensibly, best) advertisements for this broadcast. As a result, watching and discussing the broadcast’s commercials has become a significant aspect of the event as well.
The Super Bowl was first played on January 15, 1967, as part of a merger agreement between the NFL and a rival league, the American Football League (AFL). It was agreed that the two leagues’ champion teams would play in an AFL–NFL World Championship Game, until the merger was consummated. After the merger of the two leagues in the 1970s, each league became a "conference", and the game was played between conference champions. Lamar Hunt, former owner of the Kansas City Chiefs and founding member of the American Football League, coined the name Super Bowl after watching his children playing with a Super Ball. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather tha read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super+Bowl
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