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How Much Will We Spend on Super Bowl Snacks?
How Much Will We Spend
on Super Bowl Snacks?
hint: it's a lot
Jan 28, 2012 2:17 PM CST

How Much Will We Spend on Super Bowl Snacks?

$1.02B, according to TurboTax

(Newser) - It's not nearly as much as we spent on Halloween candy , but it's significant: Americans will spend $1.02 billion on Super Bowl snacks this year, according to a TurboTax infographic obtained by AdWeek . That includes $184.4 million on potato chips, $40 million on pretzels, and $36....

Ferris Bueller Is Back
 Ferris Bueller Is Back 
Jan 26, 2012 6:05 PM CST

Ferris Bueller Is Back

Looks like Matthew Broderick will be gracing the Super Bowl

(Newser) - If you were a teen in 1986, prepare to freak out ... because Ferris Bueller is set to make an appearance during this year's Super Bowl. Chuckachucka2012 has posted a 10-second teaser of a commercial that will apparently air during the game, and though Matthew Broderick may look a little...

New England Patriots Beat Baltimore Ravens in AFC Championship Game, Go to Super Bowl
 Patriots Edge Out 
 Ravens, Go to 
 Super Bowl 
nfl playoffs
Jan 22, 2012 5:29 PM CST

Patriots Edge Out Ravens, Go to Super Bowl

Ravens miss last-minute, 32-yard field goal

(Newser) - Tom Brady has the New England Patriots back in the Super Bowl. The Patriots beat the stunned Ravens 23-20 in the AFC championship game today after Baltimore's Billy Cundiff missed a 32-yard field goal attempt with 11 seconds remaining that would have tied the score. Brady scored the winning...

Giants, 49ers, Ravens Head to Championship Games

Next Sunday's games will determine who advances to Super Bowl

(Newser) - For Eli Manning and the New York Giants, Lambeau Field has become a familiar launching pad. After beating the Green Bay Packers at home for the second time in four years, they only hope this trip ends the same way—at the Super Bowl. Manning threw three touchdown passes and...

Super Bowl Ads Sell Out, and 30 Seconds Cost...

...about $3.5M, up from last year's $3M

(Newser) - Big money, big money, no whammies? When it comes to Super Bowl XLVI, the big money sure has poured in: The commercial slots are officially sold out, at a cost of about $3.5 million for 30 seconds. The no whammies part remains to be seen... The Wall Street Journal ...

And the Next Super Bowl Performer Is...

Material Girl will take halftime stage

(Newser) - Madonna is set to headline next year’s Super Bowl halftime show in Indianapolis, insiders tell SBNation.com . But don’t hold your breath: It’s not the first time the Material Girl has been the rumored star. She was supposedly near a deal to play the show in 1998,...

A Record 111M Tuned in Last Night
 A Record 111M 
 Tuned in Last Night 
SUPER BOWL XLV
Feb 7, 2011 4:57 PM CST

A Record 111M Tuned in Last Night

111 million tuned in for big game: Nielsen

(Newser) - For the second year in a row, the Super Bowl has set a new record for American television viewing. The Nielsen Co. said today that an estimated 111 million people watched the Green Bay Packers outlast the Pittsburgh Steelers in football's ultimate game. That tops the 106.5 million who...

Groupon's Tibet Ad Enrages; Other Hits, Misses
 Groupon's Tibet Ad 
 Enrages; Other Hits, Misses 
Super Bowl Ads
Feb 7, 2011 7:51 AM CST

Groupon's Tibet Ad Enrages; Other Hits, Misses

'Can anyone be more stupid than Groupon?' wonders one blogger

(Newser) - Man, isn’t the plight of the Tibetan people hilarious? Groupon hit a real nerve last night with a Super Bowl commercial that seemed to exploit said plight for yucks. “The people of Tibet are in trouble. Their culture is in jeopardy,” says narrator Timothy Hutton. “But...

Christina Aguilera Explains Anthem Flub

A girl can be forgiven for getting caught up in the moment, right?

(Newser) - The national anthem, the Super Bowl … it’s a lot for a girl to deal with, and Christina Aguilera says she just got caught up in the moment last night and lost her place in the song. “I can only hope that everyone could feel my love for...

The Pack Is Back: Fans Take to Streets
 The Pack Is Back: 
 Fans Take to Streets 
super bowl xlv
Feb 7, 2011 4:30 AM CST

The Pack Is Back: Fans Take to Streets

Thousands celebrate 31-25 win over Pittsburgh

(Newser) - Thousands of Packers fans braved sub-zero temperatures and took to the streets last night in the NFL's smallest city, honking car horns, hugging strangers, and screaming in celebration of Green Bay's first championship in 13 years . Team banners hung everywhere, billboards touted the Packers, and people spray painted the snow...

Packers Up 21-10 Over Steelers
 Packers Win Super Bowl 31-25 
superbowl xlv
Feb 6, 2011 9:07 PM CST

Packers Win Super Bowl 31-25

Green Bay beats Pittsburgh Steelers to win team's fourth Super Bowl

(Newser) - Aaron Rodgers has turned the Green Bay Packers into Super Bowl champions once again. Rodgers threw three touchdown passes and Nick Collins returned an interception for another score, leading the Packers to a 31-25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. This was Green Bay's fourth Super Bowl title. The Packers won...

Christina Aguilera Bungles National Anthem
 Christina Aguilera 
 Bungles National Anthem 
super bowl xlv
Feb 6, 2011 6:46 PM CST

Christina Aguilera Bungles National Anthem

'At the twilight's last reaming' ... ?

(Newser) - There are three things you have to do when singing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl: Look good, hit the right notes, and sing the correct lyrics. Christina Aguilera is two for three. Aguilera, who isn't exactly an anthem novice (she sang the song at Game 7 of last...

400 Super Bowl Fans With Tickets Turned Away

Seats deemed unsafe; they'll get $2,700 per ticket

(Newser) - About 400 Super Bowl fans who spent a whopping $900 a ticket (plus airfare, plus the cost of face paint and Cheesehead hats) were sent packing today after their seats were deemed unsafe; another 850 were given somewhere else to sit. Those turned away will get a $2,700-per-ticket refund,...

O'Reilly's Obama Interview Surprisingly Pleasant

And it's not over: More will air tomorrow

(Newser) - So what did Bill O’Reilly and President Obama talk about during their much-anticipated sit-down today? Egypt, health care reform, Obama’s presidential experience, and, of course, football (Obama wouldn't predict a Super Bowl winner, but said the teams are pretty evenly matched). Mediaite has the full interview, and notes...

'Never Missed a Super Bowl' Guy Missing the Super Bowl

Robert Cook, 79, missing the game for the first time since 1967

(Newser) - Robert Cook has been to the Super Bowl so many times that he’s in a club: the “Never Missed a Super Bowl” club, famously featured in Visa ads. But the 79-year-old Wisconsin man was hospitalized Thursday and will have to miss the big game for the first time...

Pre-Game Interview Could Help Obama and O'Reilly

O'Reilly gets huge audience, Obama gets to look good

(Newser) - Despite the often bitter rivalry between the White House and Fox News, Bill O’Reilly’s pre-Super Bowl interview today with President Obama could be a win for both. It will be Obama’s first sit-down with O’Reilly—Fox News’ highest-rated host—as president. But the two have met...

Five Super Bowl Myths
 Five Super Bowl Myths 
Feb 6, 2011 10:00 AM CST

Five Super Bowl Myths

It's America's biggest game, but don't expect world to care

(Newser) - The Super Bowl is like America, writes Michael MacCambridge in the Washington Post —"big, convivial, gaudy, passionate and, surely, self-important." But as popular as the Super Bowl is, there are five big myths about the big game:
  • It's the world's most-watched sports event. Nope, just America's. Last
...

A Super Bowl First: No Cheerleaders
 A Super Bowl First: 
 No Cheerleaders 
in case you missed it
Feb 5, 2011 7:00 PM CST

A Super Bowl First: No Cheerleaders

Six teams have no squads, and two of those teams play Sunday

(Newser) - Not in the Super Bowl this year: the Chicago Bears , the New York Jets … and the cheerleaders. For the first time in the game’s 45-year history, there will be no sideline supporters in attendance, because the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers just so happen to be...

Don't Miss These Super Bowl Ads

Firms roll out the big guns for the big game

(Newser) - Whether you’re invested in football or not, the Super Bowl will, as always, provide plenty of entertainment between plays. Here are the commercials to watch out for—some of which, the New York Times notes, have already been released:
  • A kid dressed as Darth Vader will attempt to use
...

Fox Rejects Super Bowl Ad With Bible Verse

John 3:16 doesn't fly

(Newser) - A commercial deemed OK to run during Sunday's Super Bowl: a steamy Kim Kardashian hawking Sketchers sneakers. And one that wasn't: a 30-second spot that includes a Bible verse. Fox Sports has nixed an ad that appears sort of harmless—a bunch of friends who are drinking beer and watching...

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