Tag: Super Bowl

Sport

Number Four Shall Throw No More.

MayorBob.

Posted to Sport on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 01:41:42 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

It's the type of news that makes you go "say what?"  But, apparently it's true - Brett Favre is hanging up his cleats after a 17 year career in the National Football League.

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Sport

Music At The Super Bowl

novy.

Posted to Sport on Sun Feb 03, 2008 at 11:21:56 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Tom Petty was half-time performer at this year's Super Bowl. He played "American Girl", "Free Fallin'", "I Won't Back Down", and "Runnin' Down A Dream", and reviewers seemed to agree that he was his usual professional self.

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Sport

In a surprise victory, Giants take the Super Bowl!

pO157.

Posted to Sport on Sun Feb 03, 2008 at 09:39:27 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Ladies and gentlemen, I have been to the Great Wall of China, I have seen the Pyramids of Egypt, I've even witnessed a grown man satisfy a camel. But never in all my years as a sportscaster have I witnessed something as improbable, as impossible, as what we've witnessed here today!

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Media

What's Your Idea Of Super?

MayorBob.

Posted to Media on Sat Feb 02, 2008 at 03:24:36 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

We're about to experience the US media's version of the "Perfect Storm."

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Sport

The Road To The Super Bowl - Will It Be Perfect?

MayorBob.

Posted to Sport on Wed Jan 02, 2008 at 06:31:34 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

The 2007 regular season in the National Football League is over and the playoffs leading up to Super Bowl XLII are about to commence.  The question being will it end in Arizona with history being made (some thought it already had been and some thought not)?  Will either of a couple of studs get their second ring?  Will it put a smile on Jessica Simpson's face?  Or, will it end in something entirely different?

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Media

What Comes After Afterthekiss.com?

port1080.

Posted to Media on Wed Feb 21, 2007 at 02:51:34 AM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.

It was a simple and seemingly clever idea from the marketing folks at Masterfoods USA, maker of the Snicker's candy bar. Premier a new commercial during the Super Bowl showing two manly men working on a car, have them accidentally "kiss" while eating a Snicker's bar, and then direct viewers to a website (the astutely named afterthekiss.com) to see alternate endings of what happened "after the kiss."

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Sport

Colts Beat Bears, 29-17

3fingerspointback.

Posted to Sport on Mon Feb 05, 2007 at 09:53:01 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Most of you probably watched Super Bowl XLI. If not for the game, then for the ads, or to watch Prince do the halftime show, or just to have an excuse for a party.

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