Quote of the Day
"You can’t ask the NFL to hire older acts. Who they going to go to, B.B. King?"-- ESPN.com's J.A. Adande, on the Super Bowl halftime show after rapper M.I.A. gave the middle finger to a camera Sunday night. ("Around The Horn," ESPN, 2/6)
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The Top Of The Mountain
Giants-Patriots Super Bowl XLVI is most-watched program in U.S. television history
NBC earned a 47.0 fast-national Nielsen rating and 111.3 million viewers for the Giants-Patriots Super Bowl XLVI broadcast from 6:31-9:58pm ET, making the game the most-viewed program in U.S. television history. This marks the seventh straight year the Super Bowl has seen a growth in viewership and the third straight year the game has set a new U.S. viewership record. The game marks the sixth-highest rated Super Bowl ever, and best since Super Bowl XX in '86, and 12th highest-rated telecast in U.S. TV history. The series finale of “M.A.S.H.” in ’83 -- when the U.S. TV universe was around 83.3 million homes -- remains the highest-rated program ever with a 60.2 rating (106.0 million viewers). The ’12 Super Bowl wa ...
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Say It Loud, Say It Proud
Giants fans waste no time buying SB gear; league believes record sales could be in order.
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Lessons From Indy
Even Mother Nature stopped to watch Indy -- what can others do to emulate the success?
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Monsters Inc.
One columnist says NFL could become "Too Big to Fail."
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Big Proposal
Big Ten suggests implementing four-team college football playoff.
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Something To Remember
Valero agrees to extend its title sponsorship of PGA Tour's San Antonio stop through '18.
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Nip/Tuck
Cleveland agrees to give Browns nearly $6M in a lump sum for stadium renovations.
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Take It To The House
NBA TV sees biggest distribution gain among cable nets.
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American Beauty
The Salt Lake Games opened 10 years ago, but it will be at least that long before a return to the U.S.
