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Best Super Bowl commercials of 2011

February 7, 2011 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

Our picks for the best commercials airing during Super Bowl XLV: 5. Doritos Pug Attack. Pugs are awesome. 4. NFL Best. Fans. Ever. Your old favorite TV show characters get NFL gear put onto them. 3. Motorola XZOOM Empower the People. Nice play by Motorola to turn Apple’s famous “1984” Super Bowl commercial against them in this spot. 2. Chrysler: Imported From Detroit. Who says Detroit can’t be luxurious? The Motor City gets some love in a beautifully crafted spot from Chrysler. 1. Volkswagen: The Force. Clever, funny, cute and Star Wars. This spot from VW was the best of […]

Celebrity Super Bowl picks: Pitt or the Pack?

February 4, 2011 Tom Comi Comments Off

Many people get the impression that celebrities are so much different than us regular folk, but the reality is that most of them are very similar to us in terms of what they like to watch on TV — especially when it pertains to the Super Bowl. With that in mind, we decided to scour the Internet, and some of our celebrity interviews, to get a sampling of which team some actors, comedians, athletes, ad execs, magicians and supermodels are pulling for in Sunday’s game between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers. Jillian Michaels, fitness trainer, The Biggest Loser: […]

Super Bowl XLV schedule on FOX

February 3, 2011 Ryan Berenz 3

By Ryan Berenz The AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers meet the NFC champion Green Bay Packers for all the marbles in Super Bowl XLV at Cowboys Stadium in North Texas on Sunday, Feb. 6. FOX’s top broadcast team of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman call the game, the Black Eyed Peas perform at halftime, and, of course, there will be plenty of entertaining commercials trying to upstage the action on the field. Here’s the detailed Super Bowl program schedule from FOX, including Bill O’Reilly’s interview with President Obama, the Declaration of Independence and National Anthem pregame ceremonies, and the postgame show […]

NFL Network’s weeklong coverage of Super Bowl XLV

January 31, 2011 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

By Ryan Berenz Not to be outdone by ESPN’s weeklong Super Bowl coverage, NFL Network offers more than 100 hours of Super Bowl pregame hype and analysis. Here’s the complete release from NFL Network, as well as the detailed schedule through Feb. 6: NFL NETWORK GOES BIG FROM NORTH TEXAS WITH MORE THAN 100 HOURS OF HD COVERAGE OF SUPER BOWL XLV Exclusive Programming Including Super Bowl XLV Media Day, Associated Press NFL Awards & First-Ever Primetime Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2011 Announcement Highlight Schedule Record 30 On-Air Personalities Holding 16 Super Bowl Rings Headline LIVE Coverage […]

ESPN networks’ weeklong coverage of Super Bowl XLV

January 31, 2011 Ryan Berenz 1

By Ryan Berenz Though Super Bowl XLV airs Feb. 6 on FOX, it wouldn’t have the hype it does without the machine that is ESPN covering the game from about every angle beginning Jan. 31. After ESPN is done with this thing, viewers will be praying for an NFL lockout next season. Here’s ESPN’s release on all of its Super Bowl Week coverage plans. Be sure to read all the way to the end. We don’t want you to miss ESPN’s Friday Night Fights Presents Super Brawl 2011. ESPN at Super Bowl XLV in North Texas ESPN kicks off its […]

“Road to the Super Bowl” airs Super Bowl Sunday on FOX

January 31, 2011 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

By Ryan Berenz Release from FOX on the airing of NFL Films’ Road to the Super Bowl documentary special airing at 12pm ET on Sunday, Feb. 6, as part of the network’s pregame programming: NFL FILMS’ “ROAD TO THE SUPER BOWL” DEBUTS ON FOX AT 12:00 NOON ET ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY 41ST Year of TV’s Longest-Running, Most-Honored Annual Sports Special One-Hour Special Culled From 1.7 Million Feet of Game Film & 400 Hours of Game Audio from 133 Coaches & Players How did the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers advance to Super Bowl XLV in North Texas? Re-live […]

NFL fumbles decision on annual Pro Bowl game

January 28, 2011 Tom Comi Comments Off

When will the National Football League admit that its annual All-Star game has become a joke to the point where the name of the contest should appropriately be called the Good-But-Not-Great Bowl? Desperate to fill the void for diehard football fans looking for something to watch between the championship games and the Super Bowl, the NFL in its infinite wisdom decided to showcase its best players during the bye week (prior to last year, it ran the week following the big game). But what that did was eliminate all of the top players from what we presume are the best […]

2011 U.S. Figure Skating Championships schedule on NBC and NBC Universal

January 28, 2011 Ryan Berenz 12

Quick! Name the top U.S. women’s figure skater … No, I can’t either. It’s not like it used to be when Kristi Yamaguchi, Michelle Kwan and Sasha Cohen were household names. I’m told that’s Rachel Flatt we’ve got pictured here, but I couldn’t pick her out of a two-person lineup. Anyway, the only way for the new batch of unknown skaters to get some real recognition is by skating in major events in front of a national TV audience. NBC and Universal Sports have coverage of the U.S. Figure Skating Championships from Greensboro, N.C., Jan. 29-30. With there being no […]

2011 NFL Pro Bowl Jan. 30 on FOX

January 28, 2011 Ryan Berenz 1

By Ryan Berenz After last year’s experiment of playing the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium the week before Super Bowl XLIV, the NFL has decided to move the all-star spectacle back to Aloha Stadium in Honolulu. But while the site has changed, the date hasn’t. It will still be played the week before Super Bowl XLV, so don’t expect to see any players from the Green Bay Packers or Pittsburgh Steelers in Honolulu. Top starters for the AFC are Philip Rivers, Arian Foster, Reggie Wayne, Ray Lewis and Darelle Revis. The NFC has Michael Vick, Michael Turner, […]

NFL Network Super Bowl highlights marathon schedule

January 27, 2011 Ryan Berenz 1

By Ryan Berenz The weekend before Super Bowl XLV is a great time to kick back and relive the great games in Super Bowl history. NFL Network is showing every Super Bowl highlight show in a marathon beginning Saturday, Jan. 29 at 10am. Here’s the complete schedule from NFL Network: Saturday, January 29 10:00 AM – Super Bowl I: Green Bay Packers vs. Kansas City Chiefs 10:30 AM – Super Bowl II: Green Bay Packers vs. Oakland Raiders 11:00 AM – Super Bowl III: New York Jets vs. Baltimore Colts 11:30 AM – Super Bowl IV: Kansas City vs. Minnesota […]