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Deflate-gate Doesn’t Explain The Patriots’ Romping All Over The Colts
Seven seasons after Spygate, when the New England Patriots got caught in a bit of rule-bending, the team finds itself embroiled in yet another controversy: Deflate-gate. According to ESPN’s sources, 11...
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Want To Avoid The Squeeze On Super Bowl Tickets? Wait And Hope
Balls aren’t the only things being squeezed ahead of this year’s Super Bowl. Ticket prices are, too. Over the past 10 days, ticket prices for Super Bowl XLIX have skyrocketed, from an average of $2,799...
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Jimmy Vaccaro Isn’t Excited About The Super Bowl
Jimmy Vaccaro, the dean of Las Vegas bookmakers, leaned back in his chair and kicked his black loafers up onto his desk, revealing the tube socks stretching between his shoes and his dad jeans. The NFC...
View ArticleWhat Steven Hauschka Thinks About Being A ‘Clutch’ Kicker
After wrapping up my “Kickers Are Forever” article on Tuesday, I wandered to Media Day in Phoenix, site of a sporting event this Sunday, and found Seattle Seahawks kicker Steven Hauschka, who — unlike...
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The Patriots And Seahawks Are The Best. This Could Be The Worst Super Bowl Ever.
So what if the pregame story lines have been asinine and absurd? On Sunday, the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks will be among the most talented teams to take the field in the Super Bowl....
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How Much Money You’re Going To Win Playing Super Bowl Squares
Superbowl XLIX takes place Sunday afternoon, and with it, our nation’s annual exercise in modular arithmetic: Super Bowl squares. In a squares pool, participants are assigned a pair of single digit...
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The Super Bowl Point Spread Has A Strange, Strange History
I have almost no recollection of Super Bowl XXIX — and not just because the Super Bowl was terrible. It was January 1995, I was a junior in high school, and my debate team was busy preparing for the...
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Super Bowl XLIX Was Not The Most Exciting Super Bowl Ever
Well, that was quite a game. Despite a 10-point fourth quarter comeback, the New England Patriots looked like they were headed for another gut-wrenching defeat at the hands of a circus catch (this time...
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A Head Coach Botched The End Of The Super Bowl, And It Wasn’t Pete Carroll
Everyone knew it was coming. Second-and-1 on the 1-yard line. Marshawn Lynch was waiting in the backfield, poised to do what he was put on this Earth to do: Get a touchdown — this touchdown. The...
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Counterpoint: Super Bowl XLIX Was Among The Most Exciting Super Bowls Ever
In the immediate aftermath of the New England Patriots’ 28-24 Super Bowl victory over the Seattle Seahawks Sunday night, we gave a preliminary measurement of how exciting the game was using what Brian...
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