Super Bowl
The Super Bowl, thought to be named for an early team owner’s daughter’s “super ball,” is the premier single-day sporting event in the United States. Since its inception in 1967, it has developed into a major spectacle that has as much to do with commercial advertising, entertainment, and socializing as it does with the football game being contested on the field. Nineteen teams have won the Super Bowl. The game is usually played in warm locations, since Super Bowl Sunday takes place in the dead of winter, although in 2014 it will return north, to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ...
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