Super Bowl II

The History of the NFL The NFL has become the most popular sport in the United States. It is watched my millions every weekend. The NFL is only growing in popularity. With new fans joining the fun every day. The NFL has faced its share of problems too. With concussions scaring away many future players, the NFL is hoping to lower the possibility of concussions in the future. Each NFL team plays a total of 16 games over a span of 17 weeks. There are two conferences in the NFL, the AFC and the NFC

The impact of the Super bowl has been a phenomenon. In fact, since January 1967 “it has become part of the American culture, which illustrates that it has become the single-most important event in the sporting world currently” (Johnson, Savidge, pp. 83). The Super bowl had quite humble origins, which is why it is shocking to understand as to why this game became vastly popular and remains that way. In fact, one would notice that it is a county fair, a weeklong convention along with an unofficial

Packers are 4x Super Bowl Champions. They have more Championships than any other team in the NFL. They own 13 Championships. They won the first 2 Super Bowls. They also were the only team to defeat the American Football League (AFL) before the AFL-NFL merger (Packers, 2016). Vince Lombardi, was and still is one of the most famous and idolized head coaches of all time. He coached the Packers from 1959-1967. Lombardi led the team to three NFL championships and to win Super Bowls I and II (Lombardi, 2016)

the postseason ten times and won three NFL Championship games, in 1958, 1959, and 1968. The Colts had two Super Bowl appearances while in Baltimore, losing to the New York Jets in Super Bowl III, while defeating the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V. The Colts moved to Indianapolis in 1984 and have since appeared in the playoffs sixteen times, won two conference championships, and won one Super Bowl, defeating the Chicago

year after. Lombardi showed so much dedication to the team that the team’s guard Fuzzy Thurston joked, “Thank the Lord, Vince didn’t lead the Italian Army in World War II. If he had, we’d have probably lost” (Lincoln Library 85). Lombardi coached his team to five championship titles and the win of the first two Super Bowls. The Super Bowl trophy is called the Lombardi trophy in his honor of being a great

Vince Lombardi Vince Lombardi was a great man, many say. He exemplified that American ideal that greatness can only be achieved by hard work and discipline. However, Lombardi’s life was far from perfect. He did not begin his career as the head coach of the great Green Bay Packers of the 1960’s; hardly, as he began as a lowly assistant at a run down Catholic high school, just scraping by. Soon, however, it became apparent that Lombardi

New football stadium coming to Las Vegas Excitement has engulfed Nevada following the news that a new stadium could soon grace the world famous Las Vegas Strip. On August 26, The Las Vegas Review Journal reported that a 62 acre piece of land belonging to a consortium of banks from New York and Dallas was favored as the venue to host the $1.9 billion, 62,000 sitter Raiders football arena. The banking consortium operating under the Nevada Land Group LLC includes Credit Suisse Management, Barclays

and baseball but only had the desire to play basketball after graduation and received a scholarship from North Dakota to play there. Although his college career was short, he helped his team win third- and fourth-place finishes in the NCAA Division II championships. In the 1967 NBA Draft, he was selected by the New York Knicks in the second round. Even though he wasn’t an elite superstar, the Knicks were able to win two NBA Championships in 1970 and 1973 against the Los Angeles Lakers while Jackson

Women in society feel they are being objectified, and feel as if they are not getting the same respect as men. Through many examples it is shown that not just women, but men are also being objectified. After the realization of men being objectified as well, there is a combination of objectification towards women, and men throughout all forms of media, for the reason of publicity. Firstly, to explain the objectifications of women, within today’s society. Kilbourne’s article, “Two ways a

Richard R. McDowell ENGL 101 February 16, 2015 Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies Do Super Bowl beer commercials influence youth drinking? APA ABSTRACT There are studies that show that our youth are influenced by what they watch on television. Companies spend millions of dollars creating ads that will entice a person to buy their product. Unfortunately, this form of adverstising does not stop with reaching adults. These ads are seen by millions of teenagers, and the influence