Football
Negotiations toward a new NFL labor contract resumed Wednesday in the nation’s capital in what had to be a good sign for players fearful of losing their fat paychecks.
A tight Super Bowl went to Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. And after further review, Nevada’s sports books also won a close decision.
DALLAS — The NFL knew last week there were problems with the installation of temporary Super Bowl seating sections and hoped until hours before kickoff that they could be fixed.
On second thought, maybe Usher should have been the headliner for the Super Bowl halftime show.
The superstar had only a brief cameo in the showcase, but his tightly choreographed moves and acrobatics marked the brief exhilarating moment of a surprisingly stale medley from the normally frenetic headliners, the Black Eyed Peas.
In the Super Bowl of advertising, Justin Bieber replaced Ozzy Osbourne and Joan Rivers became a GoDaddy girl. But a pair of commercials by automakers took the early trophy for online buzz.
A two-minute ad for Chrysler starring Eminem and a Volkswagen ad featuring a mini-Darth Vader that went viral before it even aired were two of the most talked-about spots during advertising’s big night, Super Bowl XLV, in which Green Bay Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25.
Aaron Rodgers led the Green Bay Packers to a Super Bowl victory Sunday, and a majority of the betting public followed the favorite to a big payday.
It’d be fun to introduce Kim Keefer and Carla Wilson to Roxanne Wolf and Tina Ellison today, and maybe even buy them a drink or two while they got to know one another.
The Green Bay Packers are 2½-point favorites over the Pittsburgh Steelers in today’s game, and the total is 45. A survey of Super Bowl opinions from Las Vegas Review-Journal staff members, other media and Las Vegas handicappers.
It’s a great day and a sad time all rolled into one. We’re anticipating the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers will put on a spectacular show befitting the Super Bowl hype, but we also know that by 7 p.m. we’ll be bemoaning the fact that the next meaningful football game is seven months away.