A Commonplace Book

Category: Super Bowl, major sports events...

  • the Super Bowl was originally called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game becoming Super Bowl in 1969
  • a 12-foot grinder for the big Super Bowl party
  • The Roman numerals are used for the Super Bowls because the game is played in a different year from the season it culminates
  • the scrutiny of the Super Bowl commercials
  • from the first Super Bowl until now, the percentage of the population with a high school diploma has risen from 51% (1967) to 85%
  • the Super Bowl is the most-watched single-day sporting event in the world, with a potential global audience estimated at more than 1 billion, according to the NFL
  • unlike other professional sports leagues that decide their champion in a series, the NFL decides its champion with one game
  • original Super Bowl were $6 to $12
  • Only Thanksgiving surpasses Super Bowl Sunday for one-day food consumption in America, according to the American Institute of Food Distribution.

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