Super Bowl XLI

The novel Football Genius by Tim Green has many literary elements. This is shown when Green uses symbolism to show the change in attitude that a community has towards a character. Towards the novel’s conclusion, the protagonist, Troy, finally gets his chance to play on the “A” team in his football league. Green writes, “They heard the laces whistling and the slap of the ball when it smacked into Rusty’s outstretched hands” (244). The symbol in this statement is the pass that Rusty caught. This…

God Made a Farmer It may not have been as dramatic as the stadium blackout that stopped play for more than a half-hour, or as exciting as the game, but for many viewers of Super Bowl XLVII, one of the standout moments was a deceptively simple ad for the Dodge Ram called "God Made a Farmer." This ad has a total run time just above two minutes which showed beautiful pictures from ten well established photographers. The photography was tough to beat, but the ads true power is dedicated to the…

of the night, but the Jets did not record a sack and Palmer managed to stay cool when the Jets did pressure him. The Jets should have pressured Palmer all night since two members of the Cardinals starting offensive line did not play, including pro bowl lineman Mike…

Millions of football fans are playing fantasy football in the United States and Canada. One of the many attributes about fantasy football is that anyone can play it, as long as they understand the game of football. Fantasy football is on the verge of getting bigger that the actual game of football. When walking into the local sports bar on a Sunday, fans are wearing their team apparel and cheering for their favorite teams, but fans are also checking their cellular phones frequently for the…

Currently, only one sport dominates the entire globe, from Latin America, to Europe, to Asia and Africa, and North America. This sport is known here in America as soccer, and it’s been the world’s leading sport for a very long time now. If anyone asks me, I would say it’s really not that fun to watch the world compete via the same sport. Soccer is praised internationally, however, other sports, such as baseball, basketball, and American football, are not given as much attention worldwide. And…

Chargers’ relocation application was thought of as BS by the San Diego leaders. The lead negotiator for the county and city efforts to keep the Chargers in town tried unsuccessfully in obtaining a copy of the teams’ application to relocate to Los Angeles. The officials are concerned that the application might have inaccuracies in it. Attorney Chris Melvin tried requesting the document from the NFL and the Chargers and they have not provided it to him. Monday night the Chargers’ had a video…

After participating in multiple high school sports such as football, basketball, and track & field, I developed a passion to work in sports. The sequence throughout my high school career that really inspired me to participate in sports was my senior year in high school when I placed 4th at the state championships in the men’s high jump competition. That day at the state championships, I was not only inspired by myself, but also the many other star athletes that participated throughout the track…

Gatorade was born in the summer of 1965 at the University of Florida. It all started when the assistant coach asked the team physicians how the players could not be affected by heat or heat related illnesses. The researchers discovered that the Florida Gators players were not getting enough fluids and electrolytes, which were being lost through sweat, so they decided to make a beverage that would replace these key components. Once they made the concoction, the researchers called it…

Peyton Manning went to the Pro-Bowl 14 times, that is most by a quarterback (the pro bowl is a game when they pick players that do really good in the season who did not make it to the playoffs or did not go far in the playoffs to play one last game for the season). Eli Manning actually has been to Pro-Bowls too but he has been to only 4 times.“Peyton Manning, the league’s only five-time MVP...”(“About Peyton”).Even though he might have only been the Super Bowl MVP once he has been the league's…

contract and replaced him with former co-owner of the Steelers Bert Bell. In 1950, the NFL replaced the Eastern and Western divisions with the National Football Conference and the American Football Conference. Then one year later the NFL started the pro bowl after it had been inactive for around nine years. In 1955, the overtime sudden death rule was used for the first time. Four years later, Lamar Hunt started intentions of creating a new football league and again it was called the American…