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Three Ways of Looking at a Super Bowl
[15 February 2006]
Editor: Tobias Peterson
As the name implies, the Super Bowl is a big deal. It's annually one of the most watched television programs in the world and, this past week, over 90 million people tuned in to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers trump the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL. But was that all they saw? Luckily, three of those 90 million write for PopMatters and their readings of the big game describe a cultural event that reveals a lot more than simply which is the best football team. Ross McGowan looks at the (inept) way football is televised and predicts a grim future for the sport, Bill Gibron shows how the game's much hyped locale of Detroit was made an afterthought by promoters and publicists, and Pittsburgh native Dante Ciampaglia tells us just how much a Super Bowl win can mean to a community.
— Tobias Peterson
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The Revolution Will Be Televised
by Ross McGowan
The NFL has been riding an unbelievable wave of momentum for 15 years now, and one can't help but wonder when the whole thing is going to crest and come crashing back down to earth.
[Read Essay]
Detroit: Mock City
by Bill Gibron
There is talk of renewed interest in the area, of revival and revitalization, but you'd never know that from the ABC, NFL, or Super Bowl perspective.
[Read Essay]
Winners at Last
by Dante A. Ciampaglia
This wasn't your typical celebratory parade of controlled chaos. It was simply chaos. Pure, glorious chaos.
[Read Essay]
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Federer Redux: More Than a Household Name
By John Mitchell
[17.Mar.06] :.
Technical perfection blended with human emotional actualization.
Let Them Play: Cuba Libré!
By Geoffrey Schmidt
[13.Mar.06] :.
Freedom always wins. Unless, of course, you are talking about an American citizen's freedom to travel to Cuba, or a Cuban citizens' freedom to travel to America, the Cuban team's freedom to play in an international baseball tournament.
U.S.-U.C.K.: America's Olympic Snide
By Bill Gibron
[8.Mar.06] :.
For the US, the Olympiad is a chance for TV to turn purposefully patriotic, to remind us of the event's one-time regality, and how far it has fallen since the advent of judge bribing and blood doping.
Paying the Cost to Disobey the Boss
By Roy L. Pickering, Jr.
[22.Feb.06] :.
A look at the world according to David Stern, where his players must walk the tightrope between two very different sets of fans.
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Three Ways of Looking at a Super Bowl
Edited by Tobias Peterson
[15.Feb.06] :.
As the name implies, the Super Bowl is a big deal. It's annually one of the most watched television programs in the world and, this past week, over 90 million people tuned in to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers trump the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL. But was that all they saw?
Three Times a Lady
By David Swerdlick
[14.Feb.06] :.
Michelle Kwan is a minimalist ice goddess with only one crooked tooth to remind us that she is human.
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