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The Super Bowl is almost upon us, and if you’re an American, there’s a one-in-three chance you’ll watch the final football game of the season. The odds are also good that you don’t have a real rooting interest in either team—or that you don’t care much about football at all. Fret not: here’s a guide tailored to non-sporting interests. Pick a category, and your team will reveal itself.
Politics: The major issue on which we have public statements from members of both teams is gay marriage. Baltimore linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo has been a consistent proponent of marriage equality. Meanwhile, earlier this week, San Francisco cornerback Chris Culliver responded to a question about how he would welcome a teammate’s emergence from...
NEW ORLEANS -- If Atlanta is the city too busy to hate, New Orleans must be the sparks-still-flying-off-the-head city too obsessed to forget. Seriously, if you were Roger Goodell this week, would you trust anything that comes... more »
There are few surer tacklers or harder hitters in the NFL than Baltimore safety Bernard Pollard. So when I consulted him on where the game is going, I wanted his take on what the league might look like in, say, 10 to 15... more »
NEW ORLEANS -- The most recognizable player at Super Bowl XLVII did not have his own podium at media day. Teammates Ray Lewis, Joe Flacco, Ed Reed and Dennis Pitta have been among the featured Baltimore Ravens this... more »
There’s about two minutes on the clock, 90 yards of grass between the line of scrimmage and the end zone. What goes through your head when you’re an All-Pro wide receiver about to take the field with your team trailing by... more »
NEW ORLEANS — The Super Bowl has returned to New Orleans this week and it is an event, for now at least, that is the last act of a magnificent comeback by a truly great American city. New Orleans officially shows the... more »
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