Archive for February, 2010
Posted: Sunday, February 7th, 2010 | NFL.com Staff Tags: Super Bowl XLIV
Did you know that 3.2 million pizzas will be sold today? It’s the biggest day of the year for pizza sales, and it’s also a big day for gasoline sales, as those delivery guys will log four million miles (and probably speeding so they can get back to their own Super Bowl parties after the deliveries).
Posted: Sunday, February 7th, 2010 | NFL.com Staff Tags: Super Bowl XLIV
Now less than two hours to kickoff and there are still only a handful (maybe 10 percent) of fans inside the stadium. And no wonder. Having circulated outside, there is just a mind-boggling array of entertainment out there, and it all serves to underline my main point earlier this week: who needs a game?
Posted: Sunday, February 7th, 2010 | NFL.com Staff Tags: Adam Vinatieri, Matt Stover, Super Bowl inactives, Super Bowl XLIV
Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri will miss the Super Bowl, meaning Matt Stover will continue with the kicking duties.
Posted: Sunday, February 7th, 2010 | Pat Kirwan Tags: Dwight Freeney, Garrett Hartley, Gregg Williams, Indiana, Indianapolis Colts, Matt Stover, New Orleans Saints, Peyton Manning
NFL.com analyst Pat Kirwan is down on the sideline, passing along his observations as both teams begin to make their way onto the field for warmups.
Posted: Sunday, February 7th, 2010 | NFL.com Staff Tags: Super Bowl inactives
The Saints turned in their inactives list for Super Bowl XLIV.
Posted: Sunday, February 7th, 2010 | NFL.com Staff Tags: Dwight Freeney, Super Bowl inactives, Super Bowl XLIV
Colts DE Dwight Freeney is active, according to NFL Network’s Jason La Canfora. How much Freeney will play is still in question.
Posted: Sunday, February 7th, 2010 | Jason La Canfora Tags: Bill Polian, Dwight Freeney, Super Bowl XLIV
Colts president Bill Polian said hours before Sunday’s Super Bowl that DE Dwight Freeney likely will play.
Posted: Sunday, February 7th, 2010 | Frank Tadych Tags: Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints, Roger Goodell, Super Bowl XLIV
The New Orleans Saints arrived at Sun Life Stadium just after 3:30 p.m. ET Sunday, meaning both teams are in the house for Super Bowl XLIV.
Posted: Sunday, February 7th, 2010 | Frank Tadych Tags: Daughtry, NFL Tailgate Party, Steve Winwood, Super Bowl XLIV
The ultimate Super Bowl pregame party is going down just a few hundred feet from where the Super Bowl will take place in a few hours.
Posted: Sunday, February 7th, 2010 | NFL.com Staff Tags: Dwight Freeney, Indianapolis Colts, Super Bowl XLIV
Colts DE Dwight Freeney, who is nursing a sprained ankle, arrived at Sun Life Stadium well before the rest of his teammates Sunday. Freeney is still expected to play on Sunday, but the first true test will come during warmups.
Posted: Sunday, February 7th, 2010 | NFL.com Staff Tags: Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints, Pittsburgh Steelers, Super Bowl
No fans in the stadium as yet but there seem to be squadrons of planes pulling advertising banners overhead. From a distance, the stadium looks like a hornets’ nest with swarms of the darn things – everything from pizza commercials and ESPN promos to car-wreck insurance. I wonder if that’s an omen.
Posted: Sunday, February 7th, 2010 | Steve Wyche Tags: Cincinnati Bengals, Rey Maualuga
Bengals LB Rey Maualuga, who pleaded guilty to drunk driving earlier in the week, plans to enroll at a treatment center to address alcohol-related issues, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed.
Posted: Sunday, February 7th, 2010 | NFL.com Staff Tags: Anthony Hargrove, New Orleans Saints, Super Bowl XLIV
Saints DT Anthony Hargrove reflects on his journey to Super Bowl XLIV, which will take place just miles away from the drug treatment center in which he was admitted one year ago.
Posted: Sunday, February 7th, 2010 | NFL.com Staff Tags: Sun Life Stadium
The field is getting one last trim at Sun Life Stadium, and the mower is trying to avoid the fresh paint. Starting to feel like Super Sunday.
Posted: Sunday, February 7th, 2010 | NFL.com Staff Tags: Super Bowl XLIV, Vince Lombardi
Steve Sabol reflects on the history of the game’s greatest prize, named after one of it’s most legendary coaches, Vince Lombardi.