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Take the Poll – What's Your Favorite Super Bowl Snack? [poll]

Johnny Kincaid — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:56:55 +0000

Super Bowl Sunday is one of the biggest snacking days of the year. A new poll from Harris Interactive found that dips and spreads are the most popular Super Bowl snacks, followed by chicken wings and salty snacks. So how about you? What are your go to snacks?

Who Are the Winningest Super Bowl Quarterbacks?

Johnny Kincaid — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:49:29 +0000

A total of eleven quarterbacks have worn more than one Super Bowl ring. Eli Manning has two rings and no Super Bowl loses. That’s one more than his brother Peyton who has played in two championships but lost one. Ben Roethlisberger has been to the big game 3 times with the Steelers but has 2 [...]

Posey County Guy Wins Bud Light Super Bowl Vacation

Julie Michaels — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:24:23 +0000

Marc Dike hasn’t had a vacation in 20 years, so he’s a bit overdue for one. He’s about to change that record by vacationing in New Orleans and attending the Super Bowl for free! Marc won the Bud Light’s Super Bowl Experience at Bud Light Hotel New Orleans Sweepstakes on Facebook, a $20,000 Super [...]

San Francisco 49ers Beat Atlanta Falcons for NFC Championship

Johnny Kincaid — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:26:47 +0000

Talk about a comeback! The 49ers were down 17-0. Then the 49ers come back and win the NFC Championship game 28-24. San Francisco managed to keep the Flacons from scoring at all during the second half. This sends the 49ers to the Super Bowl for the first time since 1995. Having lived for several years [...]

David Beckham Shows Off For the Ladies in H&M Super Bowl 2012 Commercial [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:42:50 +0000

About 70 percent of America’s women plan on watching the Super Bowl, and clothing retailer H & M seems to be reaching out to that demographic with a Super Bowl ad featuring David Beckham. In the black and white spot, the camera pans all over the soccer superstar’s heavily- tattooed and mostly naked body. As this [...]

21 Random Facts About Super Bowl Sunday

Kathy Landin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:36:56 +0000

It is so 2011 to be the person at the Super Bowl party who knows all the little statistical factoids about the teams and the game. So how about this year you’re not that guy? How about, this year, you’re the genius who knows all the useless trivia about everything but football on Super Bowl Sunday?

Teddy the Talking Porcupine Predicts a 2012 Super Bowl Winner [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:46:03 +0000

Teddy the talking porcupine seems to be upping his game. Rather than refusing to share his food like he’s done in past videos, Teddy takes it upon himself to predict a winner for Super Bowl XLVI. Watch your back, Punxsutawny Phil!

11 Things You Don't Want to Hear at a Super Bowl Party

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:01:53 +0000

Whether it be the commercials, the halftime show or, you know, the game itself, the Super Bowl gets everyone fired up — so much so that the Super Bowl party has become an American institution.

Not much can dampen the enthusiasm we have for the biggest game in the sports world. But here are a few things you don’t want to hear at any Super Bowl bash.

Cold Cut Stadium Is What the Super Bowl is All About [IMAGE]

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:53:46 +0000

What’s the Super Bowl about, really? Unless you’re a supporter of one of the two teams participating (or have a very large wager on the game) even serious sports fans can get caught up in all the chili-baking, party-attending, big-screen-TV-buying hoopla surrounding this unofficial national holiday.

So that’s why this photo of a skillfully assembled cold cut football stadium probably says more about the Super Bowl and what it has become than any monosyllabic answer the media is going to finally coax out of Patriot coach Bill Belichick this week.

The Most Controversial Super Bowl Ads of All Time [VIDEOS]

Danny Gallagher — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:42:36 +0000

YouTube Super Bowl ads tend to have more longevity than traditional commercials thanks to their large budgets, creative freedom and overall goal to keep you glued to the TV between quarters. Some, however, aren't remembered for the joy they brought but rather for the public outcry they produced. Super Bowl commercials have an unspoken license [...]

The Most Memorable Plays in Super Bowl History [VIDEO]

Joe Student — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:55:13 +0000

Jonathan Daniel/Andy Lyons/Rick Stewart, Getty Images

The Super Bowl is the largest spectacle in American sports. Football players who succeed on its grand stage are forever remembered. Here are the 20 most memorable plays in the history of the Super Bowl:

Joe Montana to John Taylor: Super Bowl XXIII

Trailing the Cincinnati Bengals 16-13 in the fourth quarter, Joe Montana led the San Francisco 49ers on an 11-play, 92-yard drive that culminated with a 10-yard touchdown pass to John Taylor with 34 seconds to play. The score gave the 49ers

Weird and Unusual Super Bowl XLVI Prop Bets

Ashley Sollars — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:28:08 +0000

Betting has never really been my thing. I’m lucky that I wasn’t born and raised in a third-world country and am not web toed but that’s where my luck runs out. Lottery tickets, slot machines, roulette… I’m on the losing end of it all. I’m so unlucky I can shatter the winning streak of a [...]

The Greatest Super Bowl Ads of All Time [VIDEOS]

Danny Gallagher — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:05:39 +0000

Apple/McDonalds/Volkswagen/Coke The Super Bowl might bring the promise of glory to one group of lucky fans and humiliating and bitter defeat to another, but for the rest of the universe, it's a chance to enjoy some primo, top-of-the-line adver-tainment. Every year, the million dollar ads that run in between the long drives and plays of [...]

The 10 Most Cringeworthy Team Songs in Sports History [VIDEOS]

Danny Gallagher — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:22:39 +0000

Athletes carry an aura of invincibility that seems to make their fans think that just because they can jump high, run like lightning or throw a ball the length of a small subdivision, that means they can do just about anything. This leads to the music industry automatically assuming that they can also sing. If [...]

10 Fun Etsy Crafts for Your Super Bowl Party [PHOTOS]

Rose Maura Lorre — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:27:59 +0000

Any ol' Super Bowl party can have chips and dip, or a deluxe ultra Barcalounger with built-in footstool, surround-sound system and Kegerator. If you want to throw a truly one-of-a-kind gridiron gala, leave it to the crafty ones over at Etsy.com, who have designed the following 10 truly unique party favors. 1 Football cufflinks Buy [...]

5 Hit TV Shows That Premiered After the Super Bowl

Shauna Wright — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:27:13 +0000

The Super Bowl is usually the highest-rated single television broadcast of the year — so the program that airs right afterwards typically follows suit and rides the game’s coattails to big ratings. With an audience that substantial, premiering the pilot of a new series would seem like a no-brainer, but as the networks have learned [...]

10 Tips for Throwing the Best Super Bowl Party of All Time

Kathy Landin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:53:05 +0000

So you want to throw the Super Bowl of Super Bowl parties. We’ve all been there. Nothing makes you the toast of the town quite like a supremely awesome Super Bowl party does. It can be done, but how? Have a Giant TV First and foremost, it is very important that everyone at your Super [...]