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Super Bowl Starts With Safety
Everybody was expecting that, right? ...

Joe Namath's Coin Toss Intercepted By Referee
Same old Jets....

Watch Renée Fleming Blow Away Every Previous National Anthem Rendition
I know, shocking that a professional singer—and we mean singer—would perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" better than anybody else. But still, we appreciated Renée Fleming's performance for what it was; Joe Buck even acknowledged its superiority....

Some Media Members Are Too Warm At The First Cold-Weather Super Bowl
Remember when Super Bowl Tuesday was floated as an emergency response to any potential Sabbath-day snowstorms of death? The snow panic turned out to be for naught. It's actually quite nice out—apparently a little too warm for some of the media present....

Scenes From The Super Bowl Transit Nightmare
The waves of people taking the train to the Super Bowl and the security trying to screen them has created a disaster. Here's what it looks like in Secaucus....

Taking The Train To The Super Bowl Is A Disaster
This is what happens when you don't let people drive to a football game. Thousands are trying to get to MetLife Stadium for the Super Bowl and since the NFL made less than half the total parking spaces available for the game, won't let you walk to the game and will turn around most cabs, the only pr...

CBS Broadcasts Wi-Fi Password For Secret Super Bowl Security Center
Super Bowl Security: Inside secret, first-of-its-kind command center. ...

Chicago Columnist Picks Bears To Win Super Bowl
Chicago Tribune columnist Steve Rosenbloom doesn't even think it's going to be a close game either. He thinks the Bears are going clobber the ...well, it's unclear who, but whatever; he thinks they're going to win 75-0. ...

Prepare To Get Ripped Off At The Super Bowl
Actually, the Super Bowl may be the one event where these kinds of prices are palatable; it's not like many John Q. Fans are going to this game. Still, even for the aristocrats and hangers on, a $20 souvenir cup of soup is tough to stomach. (You could've at least least called it a Souper Bowl, guys....

Here's Roger Goodell Spinning A Yarn About Player Health
Roger Goodell appeared on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace and covered a wide range of topics. They discussed the weather, The Big Game, international expansion and, finally, player health. Notably, the Commish never uttered the words "concussion" or "head injuries."...

You're Eating It Wrong: Chicken Wings
Yesterday we taught you how to make wings for your Super Bowl party, but now the big day is here, and, holy shit, how do I eat these things? The answer: Not how you've been doing it, weirdo!...

Awkward Super Bowl Interviews Have More Insight Than Most Of Media Day
Saturday Night Live's Kyle Mooney went to Super Bowl Boulevard to mumble and talk nonsense with people on the street, and it was delightful....

San Diego TV Station Airs Unsettling Photo In Super Bowl Weather Forecast
San Diego station KUSI's evening news tonight followed in the footsteps of most local broadcasts in previewing the weather for Sunday's Super Bowl. Where KUSI differed from those other stations is in their choice of graphics: a bizarre image of Green Bay Packers center Scott Wells holding a baby wit...

Dead Boxer's Body Propped Up In Fake Boxing Ring For Wake
Puerto Rican boxer Christopher Rivera was shot and killed last week and pursuant to his last wishes, his family had his body embalmed and placed in a corner of a fake boxing ring. ...

Drunk Dude Sings Lil Jon's "Get Low" On D.C. Metro
This is fantastic. This hammered dude belts out a few lines from Lil Jon's "Get Low" while rocking back and forth in his Metro seat, setting off little impromptu sing-along in the car. After the initial flurry, he goes silent for a good two minutes. And then:...

How To Make Wings, Instead Of Letting The Pizza Dude Do It For You
So the Super Bowl is tomorrow, and just as Super Bowl viewership is essentially non-optional for Americans who do not wish to be regarded with open suspicion by their acquaintances and coworkers, the provision of chicken wings is essentially non-optional for Super Bowl party hosts who do not wish to...


Sports TV Theme Songs, Ranked
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These Very Happy, Very Gay Young People Changed The Super Bowl Forever
No matter what Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers do on Sunday, they will owe a giant, choreographed debt to Up With People....