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Here's The Will Ferrell Old Milwaukee Super Bowl Ad That Only Aired In North Platte, Nebraska
Will Ferrell's previously done Old Milwaukee ads local to the Davenport and Terre Haute markets, and tonight he apparently extended that to North Platte, Nebraska. (We believe that's the only market in which this spot aired; we know it didn't air during the local spot break in Omaha, and we don't...

Lucky Psychopath Wins $50,000 On Tom Brady's Safety
Benjamin Lyons is either crazy, rich or both. According to his Twitter bio, he is a law student—so let's go with crazy. According to Business Insider he threw down $1000 on a prop bet, at 50/1 odds, wagering that the Giants would score the first points of the Super Bowl on a safety. I don't know wh...

For The Most Important Play Of The Super Bowl, Bill Belichick Had The Best View In The World
However Bill Belichick deals with losses—and by all accounts, he does so with steely demeanor and determination—it will be difficult for him to wipe this image from his retinas for awhile. After all, nobody on the planet saw it better than he did. [NBC]...

Yes, That's Biff Henderson From <em>Late Show with David Letterman</em> Touching The Lombardi Trophy
(He later kissed it, but you can't really see that part.) [NBC]...

Yes, M.I.A. Just Flipped Off The World
Eat your heart out, Janet. [NBC]...

NBC's Graphics For The Giants Offensive Linemen Make Them Look Like Sex Offenders
Those are some unfortunate poses....

Here's Rush Limbaugh Picking His Nose At The Super Bowl
Ignore the undead apparition that is Steven Tyler for a moment and check out the dude in the corner of Robert Kraft's box. Pick a winner!...

Tom Brady Drew First Super Bowl Blood—Against His Own Team
Can't say anyone's seen this before, but it's apparently the right call, and the Giants lead 2-0. BTW, if you bet the first score of the game would be a safety, you won a 60-1 wager. [NBC]...

No, Kelly Clarkson Did Not Write A National Anthem Cheat Sheet On Her Wrist
She had SOMETHING on her wrist, but not that. (Click expand for a closer look yourself.)...

Gatorade Puts NFL Hopefuls Through The Gauntlet
"[LaMichael James] goes on to take a blood test, then hits a treadmill while wearing a freaky gas mask-looking thing, and continues apace for 90 minutes."...

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....