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Richard Sherman Answers Question About Strippers The Best Way Possible
Super Bowl Media Day is a circus, and the mass of "journalists" allowed to ask questions inevitably results in events like this, when Richard Sherman is asked a question about how to prevent girls from becoming strippers....

The Ultimate Super Bowl Dip Playoffs
The Super Bowl is about three things, in no particular order because that's not the riot we're here to start today: 1. The Football 2. The Commercials 3. The Food. Maybe The Halftime Show too, but that mostly depends on whether or not we get to see some nipple action....

British People Offer A Perfect Explanation Of The Super Bowl
Everything they have to say is pretty much exactly right. ...

Your Super Bowl Weather Report: CLOSE EVERYTHING
All week long, we'll be keeping track of the weather conditions for Super Bowl XLVIII. Here is your Tuesday update....

Denver Airport Has Flights To Peyton Manning's "Omaha!"
Denver International Airport has gone Omaha crazy just like the Manning boys. To celebrate and support the Broncos as they make their bid for the Super Bowl this weekend, flights from Denver aren't just going to Omaha, they're taking a cue from Peyton and going to "Omaha!"...

Statistically, When Is The Best Time To Buy Super Bowl Tickets?
Just a few days ago, you'd have had a better chance of finding a reasonably priced one-bedroom in Manhattan than you would've of scoring Super Bowl tickets for less than a mortgage payment or ten. For those who were able to hold off a few days, though, the savings are likely in the thousands....


Your Super Bowl Weather Report: ICY DEATH AWAITS YOU ALL
All week long, we'll be keeping track of the weather conditions for Super Bowl XLVIII. Here is your Monday update....

Colorado Viewers Miss Six Minutes Of AFC Title Game, Learn About Santa
Somehow this flew under the radar all week, but it turns out Broncos fans in Colorado Springs missed much of the first quarter during Sunday's AFC Championship game due to technical difficulties on KKTV—during which Tom Brady was frozen on their screens for nearly six minutes. Even stranger, the CBS...

We'll Pass, Thanks
This Colorado catering company's bad luck wasn't the unfortunate typo. It was having it spotted by a professional copy editor....

A Treasury Of Your Terrifying Poop Stories For Super Bowl Bye Week
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here....

Brandon Jacobs Nonchalantly Calls Jim Harbaugh A "Bitch"
Via Bob's Blitz, former 49ers and Giants RB Brandon Jacobs called into Boomer & Carton this morning, and Jacobs has no love lost for his old coach in San Francisco. I love how he just slips it in toward the end of his hit. "I got two rings, and Harbaugh, he's a bitch, so it doesn't matter."...

What You Need To Know To Bet On The Super Bowl (Early Edition)
Here is your early betting info for the Super Bowl, including the line movement, bet trend, money line, and over/under, as well as the performance of the Seahawks and Broncos against the spread and O/U this season. There's been a lot of early movement—rare for Super Bowls—and we'll be updating next ...

Mike Francesa Opening A Super Bowl Goodie Bag Is Performance Art
Fans attending the Super Bowl will receive a swag bag full of things to keep them comfortable and warm, like a seat cushion, hat, handwarmers, and so forth. Mike Francesa devoted an entire 10 minutes of his show today to going through the bag and talking about what he pulled out. It was amazing....

Mike Francesa Gets Owned By Earmuffs
Mike Francesa had a special treat for his WFAN listeners this morning: a sneak peek at this year's Super Bowl goody bag. There was, I assume, some good stuff in there, but these earmuffs did not agree with poor Mike....

What It's Like To Skydive Into The AFC Championship
Here's unedited helmet-cam video from one of the Denver Broncos Thunderstorm parachute team from their jump into Mile High before Sunday's game. The best parts are freefall, starting at 1:15, and the (incredibly rapid) descent into the stadium itself, beginning at 3:15. ...

How Grantland Screwed Up The Story Of Essay Anne Vanderbilt, Inventor
This weekend, Gerri Jordan, proprietor of Yar Golf, agreed to speak with me about the chain of events that led to the October suicide of her partner, Essay Anne Vanderbilt. Today, she declined to carry through. "I have spoken with an attorney," she wrote in an email, "and we are gathering informatio...

Jim Harbaugh Drops Ernest Hemingway Line In Postgame Interview
The man had just lost a football game. He did not know what to say, how to make it clear. Now he would never use the plays that he had saved to use until he knew enough to use them well. At least his khakis fit. They always fit, and they always made sense. Eight dollars is what they cost....

Bill Belichick: Wes Welker Intentionally Took Out Aqib Talib
New England’s top cornerback was removed from the equation early in the second quarter, when, sticking to Demaryius Thomas on a crossing route, he was hit low by Broncos WR Wes Welker and left with a knee injury. Belichick was his usual circumspect self after the game: “That was a key play in the ga...