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Super Bowl 46 Open Thread
Well, here it is in all its bloated glory. The Super Bowl. Enjoy chitchatting with all your e-friends down in the comments....

New York Giants Win Super Bowl XLVI On Weirdest Looking Touchdown Ever
Ahmad Bradshaw didn't so much score the game-winning touchdown as the Patriots allowed him to score it. With a little more than a minute and only one timeout left, the Patriots planned to let Ahmad Bradshaw stroll right into the end zone. Bradshaw, realizing the Patriots ploy just a tad too late, wo...

What The Hell Is Cee-Lo Wearing?
No, the Super Bowl isn't an occasion for formal dress. But Sean and I have debated whether these Adidas slip-ons are shower shoes or something more officially sandal-like. If NBC's going to try and make this an "event" with a red carpet and all...it's just an odd choice of footwear. Then again, giv...

Here's All The Sexism You'll See In Tonight's Super Bowl Commercials
We showed you violence, we showed you cute animals, and now here's that third pillar of advertising, sexism at work....

"He Blared Some Headbanging Rock In The Car" And Other Bill Belichick Stories Of Old
Mary Kay Cabot, of The Plain Dealer, has a great story about what it was like covering Bill Belichick football coach before he was Bill Belichick Living Legend. Spoiler alert: he was basically the same....

Here's All The Cute Animals You'll See In Tonight's Super Bowl Commercials
Animals (anthropomorphized or otherwise) are a mainstay trope of TV advertising, and you'll see plenty of them during tonight's Super Bowl. Here's all the cute ones (and a few not-so-cute) you'll be seeing tonight....

They're Already Running "Congratulations Super Bowl Champion Patriots" Ads In New England
Here's an ad for Dick's Sporting Goods informing viewers the availability of New England Patriots Super Bowl Champions gear. It ran one and a half times during today's local Comcast SportsNet broadcast of the Grizzlies-Celtics game (the second time through, it was cut off as somebody finally notic...

Super Bowl 46 Pre-Game Show Open Thread
The Super Bowl is so big, we're doing an open thread for the pre-game show. Deal with it. The fun starts now on NBC....

Here's All The Acts Of Violence You'll See In Tonight's Super Bowl Commercials
Big hits won't be exclusive to the on the field action tonight. Here's a look at all the violent hits you'll get to witness when the game isn't going on....

Here's What Darren Rovell Looks Like When He's Complaining About The Playboy Super Bowl Party On Twitter
Will Carroll, somewhat innocuously, tweeted the picture you see here during the Playboy party Saturday night, gently ribbing Rovell for tweeting anywhere. As you can see, the tweet was sent on February 4 at 12:05 a.m....

Lunatic Patriots Fans Put Eli Manning Effigy On A Spit And Roast It Over A Car
It would appear that a junkyard somewhere in the great state of New England put together this little slice of American pie that shows Eli Manning on a spit, being "roasted" by the "flames" of a "heaping wreck" of a Giants car after it had been destroyed by a Patriots Bronco. Give them credit, thou...

Curtis Painter Is So Jacked Up For The Super Bowl
Your morning roundup for Feb. 5, the day we learned you hated America. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors.....

The Drew Magary Super Bowl Chili Recipe
For ease of reference, we're reprinting Drew's chili recipe from the Jamboroo....

Darren Rovell Is Super Pissed About The State Of The Playboy Super Bowl Party; Playboy Bunny Strikes Back
The photo above is a picture tweeted by noted beefcake Darren Rovell as he lamented the talent assembled for Playboy's annual Super Bowl party. In his own words "Quality of Playboy Playmates last night was not what it used to be. Here's 6 of the 16 girls with @SHAQ." ...

Someone Is Probably Lying About The Super Bowl Tickets Cancer Break Up, But Who?
By now, it's become clear that our incredible story of bitchiness and greed could not be so tidily wrapped and bowed. Sokhon Sen, the woman Jason Elia referenced by twitter handle on the Houston radio show (that portion, by the way has since been bleeped out), has come out and denied the whole thin...

Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, And The Genius Of The Patriots' No-Huddle Offense
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....

An Interview With The Fan Who Got His Bald Head Tattooed To Look Like A Patriots Helmet (And Who Is Now In Jail)
Victor Thompson, a resident of Laconia, N.H., gained some notoriety a few years back when he decided to tattoo the Patriots logo on both sides of his head before Super Bowl XLII. Four years later, with the Patriots back in the Super Bowl to face the Giants again, I was curious as to what Thompson's ...

What Time Does The Super Bowl Start, He Wrote As A Headline To Game The Google Results
In perhaps the most legendary act of SEO trolling ever, last year the Huffington Post ran an article titled simply "What Time Does The Superbowl Start?" It listed the start time of the game, and little else....

Twitter Is Now The Most Important Part Of The NFL Viewing Experience
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Buy Drew's book, The Postmortal, through here. Find more of his stuff at his Twitter feed. Image by Jim Cooke....

Justin Tuck's Nerves Had Him Throwing Up During The Super Bowl
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: you don't get the McNabb media treatment when you win....