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NFL labor dispute has prosperous league on the brink of shutting down

NFL labor dispute has prosperous league on the brink of shutting down

A month ago this Sunday, the National Football League capped another season as master of the professional sports universe by hosting the most-watched television program in history: Super Bowl XLV, seen by an average of 111 million viewers. A $9 billion industry, the league has brought unprecedented wealth to its owners and players during 24 years of labor peace.

 

US Weekly publishes Sarah Palin/Christina Aguilera Spoof as Fact.

This is really bad. Us Weekly has published what it claims are comments made by Sarah Palin, in which the former vice presidential candidate blasts Christina Aguilera’s performance of the national anthem at Super Bowl XLV.

 

Snubbed Fans File Suit for Super Bowl Seat Fumble

Snubbed Fans File Suit for Super Bowl Seat Fumble

Football fans have filed a lawsuit accusing the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys and team owner Jerry Jones of deceiving hundreds of people who bought Super Bowl tickets and had no seats, or got seats they felt were inadequate.

 

Chrysler’s ad creates much-needed buzz

Sunday’s Super Bowl game saw a powerful ad air for U.S. automaker Chrysler — a company desperately in need of some serious buzz.

 

Overnight ratings up for Super Bowl

Overnight ratings up for Super Bowl

Green Bay's victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl has surpassed last year's record-setting game in the Nielsen Co.'s preliminary ratings measurement of big cities....

 

PFT: NFL offers free tickets to next Super Bowl to ousted fans

The 400 fans who were forced to watch Super Bowl XLV on TV because their tickets were for temporary seating in Cowboys Stadium that never got finished will get in to Super Bowl XLVI for free.

 

Groupon Offends With Tibet-Themed Super Bowl Ad

For a company on the brink of a $15 billion IPO, Groupon is still awfully young. A 30-second spot during the Super Bowl was likely the first exposure many viewers had to the company, which offers bulk discounts online.

 

Packers win fourth Super Bowl title

Packers win fourth Super Bowl title

Forget Lombardi on Broadway. Green Bay has the newest Super Bowl hit: Aaron Rodgers. Capping one of the greatest postseasons for any quarterback, Rodgers led the Packers to their first NFL championship in 14 years Sunday, 31-25 over the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Packers reclaimed the Vince Lombardi Trophy, named for their legendary coach who won the first two Super Bowls and is making his own star turn in New York these days in the play named after him.

 

The Black Eyed Peas underwhelm Super Bowl halftime

On second thought, maybe Usher should have been the headliner for the Super Bowl halftime show....

 

Super Bowl ads: Eminem, Roseanne, singing cowboys

In the Super Bowl of advertising, Eminem was everywhere, Roseanne Barr took a big hit from a log and Joan Rivers became a GoDaddy girl.

 

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