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QUIZ: What Super Bowl Time Are You?

Kelly Conaboy · 01/23/15 01:05PM

Around this time of year one question always seems to be on everyone's lips: What time is the Super Bowl, when does the Superbowl start, what is the Superbowl kick-off time? Maybe you're also wondering: What Super Bowl time are you? Are you Super Bowl 2015 between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks at 6:30 p.m. on the east coast? Or are you Super Bowl Patriots Seahawks on NBC at 3:30 p.m. on the west coast? Or could you be central time zone Superbowl kickoff time 5:30 p.m.? Let's find out!

A Non Sports Fan's Guide to the Deflated-Ball Scandal Engulfing Football

Jordan Sargent · 01/21/15 04:51PM

Last weekend, this year’s Super Bowl matchup was decided when the Seattle Seahawks defeated the Green Bay Packers and the New England Patriots blew out the Indianapolis Colts. But instead of talking the Super Bowl, sports fans are obsessing over a hilarious controversy involving the Patriots deflating footballs.

Gabrielle Bluestone · 09/28/13 11:33AM

A grand jury indicted Shayanna Jenkins — girlfriend of accused murderer and former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez — yesterday on a perjury charge. Jenkins, who has a young child with Hernandez, faces up to two-and-a-half years.

Super Bowl Rivalry Comes Down to Chowder

Louis Peitzman · 02/05/12 12:23PM


I don't know why I didn't think of this — possibly because I wasn't sure which teams were playing in the Super Bowl until yesterday — but The New York Daily News has condensed the Giants vs. Patriots clash into a matter of clam chowder preference. As a person who prefers soup to sports, this is something I can get behind. And who hasn't debated the relative merits of New England clam chowder and Manhattan clam chowder?

A List of Things to Say to Sound as if You Understand the Super Bowl, Dummy

Emma Carmichael · 02/04/12 05:00PM

Not everyone knows football, and that's okay—even if you're an American. Everyone, though, is perfectly capable of sounding as if they might know a thing or two about football should the need arise. Here's what to yell at your TV and friends in order to sound like you maybe-kinda-sorta know what's going on this Sunday evening.

The Non Sports Fan’s Guide to Maybe Enjoying the Super Bowl

Emma Carmichael · 02/04/12 03:30PM

The 46th Super Bowl in the history of the National Football League takes place on Sunday night. If you're saying "duh," then please feel free to move on to another corner of the Internet. If you're saying, "Is that the thing with the dogs?" then please keep reading.

Just like everybody else, eBay loses to the Patriots

Nicholas Carlson · 10/19/07 10:23AM

The New England Patriots have no tolerance for cheaters. To prove it, the team sued eBay-owned ticket reseller StubHub, demanding the names of 13,000 season-ticket holders who sold their seats above face value on the site. The Patriots argued that StubHub encourages fans to violate state law and team policies. A judge ruled in the team's favor yesterday. On the bright side, if eBay decides to write off its StubHub purchase, as it did with Skype, there's only $310 million to lose. (Photo by AP)