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Point: Those Fans Without Seats Are Being Whiny Babies
About 1250 fans ticketed for temporary seating areas found out before the game that, oops, the seats declared unsafe by the fire marshal. The NFL took good care of them though, to the point where the other 102,000 fans at the game ought to be jealous....
Professional Sports Leagues Spark Twitter Feud Over What Season It Is
Last night, minutes after the Green Bay Packers had won the XLVth Super Bowl, the MLB employed tweeter released a simple tweet into the universe: "Baseball." The NBA employed tweeter did not agree with this sentiment....
Your Super Bowl XLV Morning After
There was a football game on yesterday; perhaps you watched it. Perhaps you didn't! We're not here to judge. But either way, there are some thing you're going to need to know for you to face the disapproving glares of your families and coworkers....
A-Rod Eats Popcorn In The Most A-Rod Way Possible
One of the first half highlight of Super Bowl XLV, besides Ben Roethlisberger throwing two picks, has been this random four-second cutaway to A-Rod and Cameron Diaz — just eatin' some popcorn in their luxury seats....
Your Super Bowl XLV Comment Party Is Happening Now
Oh, you're just gonna watch the game on the TEEVEE but enjoy socializing with random strangers on the internet instead of real, live humans? Then come on in, ladies and turds. The Second Annual Comment party begins now. Be nice to our guests from Jezebel, please....
Your Super Bowl XLV Pregame Show Open Thread
Four-and-a-half hours of pregame coverage is about to start on Fox. Water torture for the brain. So, here's a collection of Super Bowl XLV stories that have filtered in over the course of the past few days....
This Is What Happens When You Get Caught Stealing Someone's Shovel During A Blizzard (Video)
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. ...
The Chicago Snow Dong Seemingly Inspired A National Art Contest
It didn't take very long after the Chicago snow-dong-on-car was posted for several like-minded nature sculptors to send visual evidence of competing artwork. They came from the east. They came from the southwest. And they came from the midwest. ...
The Guy From The Visa Super Bowl Commercials Is A Worse Human Being Than Initially Thought
On this, the eve of Visa's Never Miss A Super Bowl Club member and moral cripple Larry Jacobson's big day, it'd be a travesty not to mention a new tidbit that arrived by way of American Profile magazine....
Man Arrested For Allegedly Inserting Porn Clip Into 2009 Super Bowl Broadcast
Citing Comcast's "significant economic losses" and the fact that many children were subjected to 37 naughty seconds of pornography during Super Bowl XLIII, federal and state officials announced the arrest of a 38-year-old Marana, Ariz. man last night....
We've Just Mailed Out Our First Super Bowl XLV Bounty Hunt Check For This Jimmy Johnson Photo
A pleasant reader named Noah emailed us in with an offer for a photo of Jimmy Johnson stocking up at a Dallas liquor store as part of our XLV Bounty Hunt stupidity. We gave him an offer. He accepted....
Let's Put Talk Of Dallas Weather...On Ice
Maybe you've heard that it is cold in Dallas, Tex. this week. Frigid, some say. Icy. Admittedly, dangerously icy. If not, here's a recap. It includes weather predictions for the 2014 Super Bowl, which, for all we know, could include Thundersnow....
Soaring Moments In <em>SI</em> Super Bowl-ese
Sports Illustrated put all their Super Bowl coverage ever in one place. This is good for you, if you are Ernie Accorsi, or something. Otherwise? You get 44 years' worth of melodrama, dated references and similes....
How Much Does NFL Seeding Really Matter?
This is Regressing, a new, numbers-minded column by our clever friends at the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective. Today: Why it's good to be king of the regular season....
Falling Ice At Cowboys Stadium Causes Serious Injuries
At least seven people were injured outside Cowboys Stadium after being struck by chunks of ice. Most stadium entrances have now been blocked off. [Dallas Morning News]...
Are You In Packer Or Steeler Country?
Well, a good rule of thumb is looking to see whether your hometown has a higher incidence of chronic respiratory problems or diabetes. If those data are inconclusive, consider this helpful interactive infographic. [Fast Co. Design]...
Leave Ben Roethlisberger Alone
This photo is of Big Ben at a restaurant, posing for a picture with a fan. Maybe he had a drink or two with dinner. If ESPN's previous mini-circus was any judge, expect them to go with wall-to-wall coverage on this one....
Why Getting A Super Bowl Commercial Banned Is Good For Business
You knew this already, but producing a commercial designed to get rejected is a much more cost-efficient way to get your ad out there than actually having it run on the Super Bowl. [Slate]...
Jim Gray Doesn't Like Being Asked About His Sources
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Some Pussy In Oregon Picked The Packers To Win The Super Bowl
But the fact remains this: the last round of cats to battle for the right to play prognosticator probably ended up in a bag at the bottom of the Green River thanks to the degenerate gambler who believed the Oregon over Auburn pick....