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"MORE NFL" — A Bad Lip Reading of The NFL
Another Super Bowl, another Bad Lip Reading. No more kung fu!
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Richard Sherman: The New, True All-American
Why has Sherman's infamous post-game interview stirred up so much discomfort? Easy: The nation sees itself in him.
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Super Bowl Monday? NFL says game could be moved back up to five days
When it comes to the NFL, the show must go on... unless of course, there's a major snowstorm. The NFL has said that it there is a possibility that Super Bowl XLVIII could be played on an alternative day to February 2nd should bad weather be scheduled to hit the area on game day. However, any decision to play the Super Bowl on a day other than Superbowl Sunday would have to be made 36 hours in advance.
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The NFL Pulls in $10 BILLION Each Year. Guess How Much it Pays in Taxes.
On Sunday, February 2, over 80,000 people will gather in the $1.6 billion MetLife Stadium and over 100 million people will gather around their televisions at home in order to watch the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos face off in Super Bowl XLVIII, the biggest annual charity event in the United States. How, you might ask, can a $70 million event — one that entices advertisers to drop $4 million for a 30 second spot — be a charity event?
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Majority of NFL players would play Super Bowl with concussion
Our team of NFL Nation reporters asked players across the league if they would play in the Super Bowl despite having a concussion. Cary Chow and Eric Allen break down the results.
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NFL Judge fears $765 million not enough - ESPN
PHILADELPHIA -- A federal judge denied preliminary approval of a $765 million settlement of NFL concussion...
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You'll Never See This Side of the Super Bowl on TV
There’s another side to the Super Bowl that most football fans will never see: America's most popular sporting event has also been called out as one of the largest venues for human trafficking in the world.
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NFL Cheerleading Is A Scam: A Former Ravens Cheerleader Tells All
As a glimpse into the dark side of NFL cheerleading, but it didn't quite capture the soup-to-nuts seediness of the enterprise. Thanks to a tipster—a former cheerleader—we've gotten our hands on a copy of the many rules and many regulations the 2009 Baltimore Ravens cheer squad was expected to follow. The rulebook, along with some extra information the tipster gave us, depicts cheerleading on this level as a scam exploiting the good looks and naiveté of young women—a Ponzi scheme in hot pants.
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Super Bowl Ad Chart: Who's Buying What in Super Bowl 2014
Scarlett Johansson is getting a Super Bowl ad on behalf of SodaStream home carbonation machines. Jaguar wants you very much to keep an eye out for Ben Kingsley and two more "British Villains." Stephen Colbert will make his Super Bowl debut for Wonderful Pistachios. And David Beckham will hawk H&M in the Super Bowl's first shoppable ad.
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$25,000 Beats by Dre: Superbowl Edition
Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine’s multi-million dollar audio company recently launched their music streaming service, Beats Music to anticipating listeners. The company is celebrating by teaming up with Graff Diamonds and giving both the Broncos and Seahawks a gift like no other, a set of special edition headphones for each of the players.
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Super Bowl Snipers
Along with excited and eager fans, SWAT teams and Snipers will be attending Super Bowl XLVIII. The reason for such high precautions is because the Super Bowl is a level one national security event. Former FBI agent Jonathan Gilliam explains how snipers work in coordination with SWAT teams to give the fans and players ultimate safety.
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Scalpers Report Worst Super Bowl in History
Want to befriend a scalper this week? Ask about Super Bowl tickets. With nearly 14,000 seats still on the market, and lows of 27 degrees predicted for Sunday’s 6:30 p.m. kickoff, the guys shilling outside Barclays Center on a frigid Monday night are ready to make a deal.
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The NFL’s Super Bowl Con: Hosting the Big Game Isn’t an Economic Score For Cities
Analysts say the first cold-weather Super Bowl will pour hundreds of millions into NY and NJ economies. But is America’s biggest sporting event really just more NFL hype?
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The Super Bowl of Sports Gambling
Vegas Runner strode into the sports book of the Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, a fat diamond stud glittering in his left earlobe. Moving through the cavernous room as though it belonged to him, he reached a bar table where his friend R. J. Bell was waiting and flashed a smile. “My man!” Vegas Runner bellowed.
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Boeing's new Seahawks-themed 747 takes first flight in 12 pattern to salute Seattle fans
Boeing’s new Seahawks-themed 747-8 Freighter took a short 13-minute flight from Paine Field, over downtown Seattle, and finally to Boeing Field before setting off on a three-hour, 20-minute “12th Man” trip around Washington. Photo courtesy of Boeing.
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Super Bowl sex trafficking: Real or just a 'rumour?'
Members of Congress in Washington heard Monday that the Super Bowl is considered “the single largest human trafficking incident in the United States,” and that it’s “a breeding ground” and “magnet” for sexual exploitation. But is it really? That’s a matter of some debate.
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8 NFL Facts That Will Piss You Off During The Super Bowl
This Sunday, 169 million people are expected to watch Super Bowl, which will be broadcast in more than 30 languages to 180 different countries. With numbers like these, it’s no surprise that football is America’s most popular sport and the NFL is the most profitable sports league in the world.
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Some Quants Think They Know The Result Of The Super Bowl
A Los Angeles-based quant hedge fund has developed a model to predict the winner of the Super Bowl that's worked nine out of ten times.
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Tech Time Warp of the Week: The Horrifying Apple Super Bowl Ad That Time Forgot, 1985
In 1985, Steve Jobs and company ran a TV ad called Lemmings, which you can watch above. The ad once again painted the IBM crowd as drone-like humans under a godawful spell, and it aimed to ramp up interest in Apple’s latest brainstorm: the Macintosh Office. The only trouble is the ad actually turned people off, not on — and the product it pitched wouldn’t be ready for years.
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National Freeloader League
Dear Congress,We need to talk. Have a heart-to-heart. Just us—the American people—and you, our elected representatives. No lobbyists in the room, no satellite uplinks, no “strategists,” either. Seriously, how many of those people do you need? Also, can you stop checking Twitter? And Googling your own name? Thanks. Appreciate...
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