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Tom Brady and Bill Belichick can’t escape the shadow of Donald Trump
Super Bowl media day — which is now media night, thanks to the NFL and ESPN’s insatiable thirst for ratings — is usually the epitome of empty platitudes and frivolity. Media members sometimes dress in...
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Lady Gaga’s halftime show is only political if you want it to be
Any song about America can sound like a protest song in 2017. If there is any clear message in Lady Gaga’s halftime performance, an expertly-executed medley of her hits and a couple of American...
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Super Bowl charity campaign targets morally conflicted football fans
There are plenty of reasons not to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday evening between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eageles — the fact that we are watching men destroy their brains in real...
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Protesters shut down transit lines to Super Bowl
Protesters identifying with Black Lives Matter have blocked a number of transit lines in Minneapolis in the hours before Super Bowl 52. The protesters explained their rationale in a statement:...
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MLK Jr. quotes about capitalism that Dodge didn’t include in their truck ad
An advertisement during Super Bowl LII featured a sermon from Martin Luther King Jr. delivered on February 4, 1968, exactly fifty years ago. It is known as the “Drum Major Instinct” sermon. This was...
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Super Bowl champions say they won’t visit the White House
Several Philadelphia Eagles players have said they will skip the traditional team visit to the White House in the wake of their victory against the New England Patriots on Sunday night. Some have cited...
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Why CBS rejected a Super Bowl ad on medical marijuana
CBS has declined to air an ad about medical marijuana’s therapeutic properties during Super Bowl LIII next month. The network won’t miss the money, as someone else will surely pay the reported $5...
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Celebrities shun Super Bowl halftime show in support of Kaepernick
It’s a safe bet that if Colin Kaepernick were on an NFL roster, there would be far less controversy surrounding today’s Super Bowl halftime show, generally one of the year’s must-see musical events....
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Trump claims in Super Bowl interview that football is popular again because...
Hours before the NFL kicked off Super Bowl LIII, President Donald Trump in an interview broadcast Sunday took credit for what he said was an increase in popularity in professional football. Americans...
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21 Savage’s Super Bowl arrest sparks new concern about ICE’s role alongside...
On Sunday, just hours before kickoff at the Super Bowl, rapper 21 Savage was arrested by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Atlanta, just a few miles from the stadium. The case...
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