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THE SUPER BOWL (continued): • In 2016, the Super Bowl will celebrate its 50th anniversary. However, instead of naming it Super Bowl L with Roman numerals like in previous Super Bowls, this game will be marketed with the Arabic numeral "50". It will revert back to Roman numerals in 2017, when it will use LI for the 51st game, which will be held in Houston. • The name Super Bowl is attributed to the Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, who came up with the idea after watching his young daughter playing with a Whamo Super Ball, a toy introduced in 1965 that could bounce six times higher than an ordinary rubber ball. That very ball can be seen exhibited at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. • The Pittsburgh Steelers have won more Super Bowls than any other team. They have played in eight games and emerged the victor in six of those appearances. The Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers are close behind with five victories each. Out of seven appearances at the Super Bowl, the Denver Broncos have lost five, the record for the most losses. The team with the most consecutive appearances is the Buffalo Bills from 1990 to 1993. Unfortunately for the Bills, all four of those were losses. Four NFL teams have never made it to the Super Bowl – the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lyons, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Houston Texans. • Only one team has won Super Bowls in four different decades, the New York Giants, and only one team has lost in four different decades, the New England Patriots. The Minnesota Vikings have played in four Super Bowls, but have never led at any point during any of those games.

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THE SUPER BOWL (continued): • The NFL has a policy that the game must be held in a stadium that has a climate of at least 50 degrees F, unless it is enclosed. The first indoor game was in 1978. Perhaps this was the result of the record coldest Super Bowl temperature of 39 degrees F in New Orleans for the 1972 game. • A ticket to the first Super Bowl in 1967 cost between $6 and $12. In 2014, the cheapest ticket was around $1,800, while the most expensive seat was close to $450,000. The average price for last year’s game was $3,715, the highest average since the game’s inauguration. • It’s quite an honor to be chosen to sing “The StarSpangled Banner” before the big game. In the inaugural game, it was performed by the University of Arizona and University of Michigan marching bands along with the UCLA choir. Over the years, the privilege has shifted to pop stars, including Barry Manilow, Neil Diamond, Whitney Houston, Cher, and Beyonce Knowles. Two singers have been invited twice – Billy Joel and Aaron Neville. The ranks of “American Idol” have been represented several times with singers Jordin Sparks, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson, and Kelly Clarkson, and judges Harry Connick, Jr. and Mariah Carey. The last time the game was opened with an instrumental performance of the national anthem was at Super Bowl XXII in 1988 when trumpeter Herb Alpert presented the “Banner.” On one occasion, the national anthem was not sung. That was back in 1977 when Vicky Carr sang “America the Beautiful” instead. • 1992 marked the first year the national anthem was performed in sign language, and since then, a signer has performed along with the vocalist every year. Christina Aguilera made history in 2011 when she forgot the words to the anthem, completely skipping the line about the flag’s broad stripes and bright stars.

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THE SUPER BOWL (continued): • The half-time show has turned into quite an extravaganza over the years. For the first 10 years, the program featured marching bands. In 1976, the group Up With People broke that pattern. Gradually half-time has progressed to top entertainers, with Michael Jackson performing in 1993. Other notable half-timers include Gloria Estefan, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Aerosmith, Britney Spears, Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and U2. In 2014, Bruno Mars sang to a record-breaking television audience of 115.3 million, and earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program. • Lots of Super Bowl viewers watch the game just for the clever commercials. Back in 1967, a 30-second commercial for the first game could be had for around $42,000. Twenty years later the price was $58,000, ten years after that in 1997, it was $1.2 million for the same length of time. In 2007, it cost $2.6 million. In 2014, 43 advertisers paid a record $4.5 million for a commercial. That’s about double the price for the same time during the Oscars telecast. The average commercial costs about $1 million to produce. TRIVIA NEWSFRONT ANSWERS • A Super Bowl ring is valued at about $5,000, depending on the price of gold and diamonds 1. Eurythmics at the time they are created by Josten, the pri2. Jessica Lange mary supplier of high school and college graduation3. rings. The NFL springs forGhost the price of Casper, the Friendly 70 rings to the winning team, who can distrib4. William Shakespeare ute them to whomever they please, even non5. Freddy Krueger players. • Look for more Super Bowl facts in this issue.

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• The Vince Lombardi Trophy awarded to the winner of the Super Bowl takes four months to create. It’s manufactured in Parsippany, New Jersey, by Tiffany, who has made every single trophy since the first game in 1967. The trophy wasn’t called the Lombardi Trophy back then, when the legendary coach led his Green Bay Packers to the first two victories. The game was called the AFL-NFL World Championship and up until 1971, the trophy was inscribed with the words “World Professional Football Championship.” After Lombardi died of colon cancer in 1970, the trophy was renamed and the Baltimore Colts became the first team to receive it as the Vince Lombardi Trophy at Super Bowl V. The trophy is made entirely of sterling silver and stands 22 inches tall, weighing 7 lbs. The silver itself is valued around $3,500, but the completed trophy’s worth is given as $25,000.

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