The Super Bowl, America’s most viewed telecast. But why do people watch the Super Bowl? Who are these people watching the Super Bowl? And what makes the Super Bowl unique when compared to other events being telecast on national television? Is it the because we enjoy watching professional athletes collide with one another on a major stage for the entire world population to observe, or is it how a major company such as Nike is willing to spend millions of dollars for an entertaining, thirty-second
played for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL since 1996. Lewis has been selected to eleven Pro Bowls and been named an Associated Press All-Pro nine times. He won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2000 and 2003; he was the sixth player to win the award multiple times. He was also the second linebacker to win the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award and the first linebacker to win the award on the winning Super Bowl team. Ray Lewis is a great NFL defensive man and has broken records throughout the
lasted for the next six seasons. He caught 86 passes for a league-leading 1,570 yards and 15 touchdowns, achieving the breakthrough that he deserved (Jerry Rice Biography). He led the 49ers to three Super Bowl rings and an AFC Championship with the Oakland Raiders (Jerry Rice). He went to 13 Pro Bowls in his lifetime (Jerry Rice). "I don't think I’m such a natural, I think what I'm doing is very hard work,” (Jerry Rice). In 2006, to honor his valuable contribution to the San Francisco 49ers, he signed
biography was mostly about Jim McMahon's 1985 football season. McMahon was the quarterback for the Chicago Bears. He started eleven times out of the thirteen games he played in. McMahon emerged as one of the NFL's top quarterbacks while earning his first Pro Bowl appearance. He averaged 64% completion the first five weeks before injury had began at San Francisco on October 17, 1985. He threw a career high 15 touchdown passes. He threw 9 of them in the first four games. McMahon led the team with a 5.4 yard
Oher offensive tackle who started his professional career with the Baltimore Ravens. Walter Payton was born in Columbia Mississippi On July 25, 1954. Payton signed with the Chicago Bears in 1975 as a running back. In his career he made it to nine Pro Bowls and won MVP twice. Payton set the league rushing record and the single game rushing record. Payton attend college at Jackson State University. While in college he was picked for the all American team and was named the Black College Player of the
Freddie Steinmark was one of the toughest football players to ever play the sport. He was one of the smartest kids in his high school class. Freddie’s dad pushed him to be the best he can be. He had struggled with a mysterious pain in his left leg. Many people have battled the same disease as Freddie but not a single soul could deal with it the same way as Freddie. Freddie Steinmark was an average kid out of Boulder, Colorado who would become more than your average kid. Freddie Joe Steinmark was
Meet Payton Cox. He’s a vivacious and highly intelligent 16-year-old, junior student at Palo Verde High School, who was just recently crowned as the 2017 Mr. Blythe. Son of Brandy Cox, Principal of Palo Verde High School and Tim, Cox also has a sister Kennedy who he thanks the world of, and feels very fortunate being a part of his tightly knit family. Named after the famous running back, Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears, his father’s favorite football player, Payton laughs at the fact that so
In 1979 a man named Joe Montana was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers. In just two seasons he led the 49ers to their first ever super bowl, and on January 24, 1982, the legend of “Joe Cool” was born. For many years Joe was seen as the greatest QB of all time. He would go on to win three more championships and 3 Super Bowl MVPs while completing many late-game comebacks. He was looked up to many people including a tall, skinny, unathletic kid from San Mateo, California who would grow up to surpass
Similarly, Greg Hardy is an another football player that has been affected by the stigma of how playing football makes the person violent or aggressive. Hardy is a defensive end in the who played college football for the University of Mississippi, and was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He is currently a free agent by the Dallas Cowboys. In May of 2014 when Greg Hardy was under contract for the Panthers, he abused his ex-girlfriend and was arrested. Later
opinion, Tom Brady's perfect season was the 2007 year, nearly going undefeated. One of the reaso... ... middle of paper ... ...e most valuable player twice, and that Tom had undoubtedly earned it, yet if anyone were to watch the tapes in which he won there would be no question that he deserved it. Last but not least, Tom Brady has one of the best stats out of any quarterbacks Super bowl career, and as Ducksters explained that Tom has the most career Super bowl completions (127 as of 2012). Tom had
statistics have placed him among the greatest signal callers of all-time. From 1998 to 2010, he led the Colts to eight division championships, two AFC Championships, and one Super Bowl championship His five NFL MVPs are a league record, he was the most valuable player of Super Bowl XLI, has been named to thirteen Pro Bowls, has thirteen 4,000-yard passing seasons, and is the Indianapolis Colts' all-time leader in passing yards (54,828) and touchdown passes (399). In 2009, he was named the best player
national ranking. Also while playing for Tennessee Peyton set forty-two conference, school, and NCAA records. Although he was finished in three years and was expected to turn pro, he chose to stay with Tennessee one more year. In his last year with the Volunteers he led them to the National Championship in the Orange Bowl. The following year Peyton, the number one overall NFL draft pick, became the starting quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts. Peyton’s father was born in Sunflower County near
play for the Arizona Wildcats football team starting in 2007. Though he missed his junior season due to back surgery, he was later drafted by the New England Patriots in the 2010 NFL Draft. Gronkowski quickly proved himself to be one of the game’s elite tight ends, creating a formidable duo with star quarterback Tom Brady to lead the league in receiving touchdowns in the 2011 – 2012 season. He was a critical component of the team’s Super Bowl run during that season, though they ultimately fell just
Championship against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the game, Brady went down with an injury, but luckily Bledsoe finished the game out and won. The Patriots were heading into the Super Bowl as huge underdogs expecting to get crushed by the St. Louis Rams in the “Greatest Show on Turf.” Brady got the starting job for the Super Bowl and led the Pats to a seventeen to three lead at the half. The Rams came back in the 2nd half and tied it at seventeen to seventeen with less than two minutes remaining most people
improve every day for two years. As a result he got the starting job and started every game until the 1999 season. To conclude his college career he led a fourteen point comeback in overtime to beat Alabama in the Orange Bowl. To sum up his college career he won the Citrus and Orange Bowl as well as getting two All-Big Ten Honorable Mentions and leading Michigan to a Big Ten Conference
truly left his mark on the world with his impact in football and his support of many charities, such as “Best Buddies International” and “Boys and Girls Clubs of America”. Tom Brady made history as the first quarterback NFL history to get five Super Bowl rings. Tom Brady Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. also known as Tom Brady or Tom terrific is a worldwide phenomenon. He is one of the greatest quarterbacks of NFL history. He is currently playing for the New England Patriots and played for Michigan
in 1960 (Bennett). The first Super Bowl was in 1967 and the Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chief (Brooks and King). The Houston Oilers defeated the Los Angles Charges in the first AFL championship (Brooks and King). Considered one of the greatest coaches, Vince Lombardi, died from cancer on September 3, 1970 at the age of 57 (Brooks and King). Seven days after Lombardi’s death, the National Football League honored him with the name of the Super Bowl trophy (Brooks and King). Franco Harris
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
philanthropically, and emotionally both positively and negatively. Professional football started in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania when William Heffelfinger was offered to play for $500 for the Allegheny Athletic Association for one single game in 1892. At that time pro football , which was called The American Professional
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