Super Bowl

Top Five Phoenix Food Stories of the Week: Super Bowl Edition

Every week, there's a cornucopia of Phoenix food news, features, and reviews to report here at Chow Bella. If you're like most people, you probably just don't have the time to get to all of it. It's kind of like those burgers at Old Town Whiskey; it just won't all fit in your mouth ... or in this ca ... More >>

Superbowl Eats: 16 Most Awesome/Disgusting Food Stadiums

No matter if you're a fan of the San Francisco 49ers, the Baltimore Ravens, or a neutral observer, if you're attending a Super Bowl party this year, the food is what (hopefully) will make everyone cheer. See also: 10 Best/Worst Pizza Tattoos and Top 10 Knitted Foods And for some parties, it's go b ... More >>

Sports Authority

The Phoenix Tale Behind LL Cool J and Z-Trip's "Super Baller" (Free Download)

A week ago, the Superbowl inspired Volkswagen to fork up millions to rework its Darth Vader commercial of Superbowls past. The New York Football Giants' victory over Sith Lord Bill Belichick and his Patriots moved Giants fans to celebrate. Most fans were moved to the kitchen to grab a final celebrat ... More >>

Super Bowl Prostitution Hoax: Indianapolis Mobilizes for an Epic Battle with an Urban Legend

Prediction: How Much Will the Super Bowl Halftime Show Suck on a Scale of One to LMFAO?

​Last year's Super Bowl performance was absolutely awful. After listening to 10 minutes of shouting by the Black Eyed Peas, I wished I could have unseen their show (or used the time wiser, maybe to make another bowl of nachos or something).I'm not looking forward to this year's halftime show very ... More >>

NFL Hype Songs: Four Tracks Inspired by Football's Final Four

nfl.com​This Sunday's NFL conference championships will determine which two teams will be headed to Super Bowl XVLI in Indianapolis on Sunday, February 5. Until then, the league's final four teams will be duking it out for a shot at football immortality when the San Francisco 49ers and New Y ... More >>

Phil Smithers' Green Bay Packers Man Cave

It isn't hard finding someone who's a fan of the Green Bay Packers these days, especially since the NFL powerhouse is in the midst of one of its best seasons in history (and is currently riding a 14-1 record into the upcoming playoffs).The real trick, however, is finding the true Packers fanatics wh ... More >>

Madonna Confirmed to Perform at Super Bowl XVLI Halftime Show

​As the football weekend wrapped up Monday night, fans had plenty to cheer about. Cheeseheads everywhere breathed a sigh of relief as the Green Bay Packers survived the New York Giants 38-35 to preserve their undefeated season, while the Cardinals shocked the Dallas Cowboys in overtime. Alth ... More >>

Mythical Underage Super Bowl Hookers: Phoenix P.D. Won't Worry About the Mythical Invastion Until 2014

www.quickmeme.com Contrary to the rhetoric of the religious right, they're not at the Super Bowl.​The 2015 Super Bowl is coming to Phoenix, and if you believe the rhetoric from the self-righteous religious-advocacy groups, so are swarms of underage hookers looking to cash in on the testoste ... More >>

Arizona Submits Bid for 2015 Super Bowl. Again, Bring on the Underage Hookers!

www.funnybabytshirts.com​National Football League officials will receive Arizona's official bid to host the 2015 Super Bowl today, which -- as we noted in April -- means one thing: thousands and thousands of underage hookers will invade the state to cash in on the testosterone of Super Bowl weeke ... More >>

Arizona One of Two Finalists for 2015 Super Bowl. Bring on the Underage Hookers!

www.funnybabytshirts.comIf the Super Bowl comes to Arizona in 2015, you won't have any trouble finding beer. Hookers might be a little tougher to come by.​The National Football League announced today that Arizona is one of two finalist cities to host the 2015 Super Bowl, which means one thing: tho ... More >>

Super Bowl Halftime Show 2011: 10 Minutes of Shouting

​I called it from the very beginning of the football game: The Super Bowl halftime show would be 10 minutes of the Black Eyed Peas shouting. And indeed it was.Between the bad pickup on the microphones and the complete lack of nip-slips, this year's Super Bowl halftime show downright sucked.Th ... More >>

Super Bowl Preview: the Steelers, the Pack, and Why the Vince Lombardi Trophy is Going Back to Green Bay

www.Packers.com​To date, only one sixth-seeded playoff team has won the Super Bowl: the 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers. This year's Green Bay Packers reminds New Times of that year's Steelers insofar as neither of those teams is an authentic sixth-seed. Rather, both teams are SINOs, Sixth-Seeds In Name ... More >>

Game On: Pittsburgh and Wisconsin Treats for Super Bowl Sunday

tastingpoland.com ​Why don't we just make Super Bowl Sunday an official holiday? After all, it's a time to gather with your family and friends, party like a rock star (albeit in front of the boob tube, unless you're a lucky ticket holder), and eat just as decadently as you do at Christm ... More >>

Lil Wayne Releases Green Bay Packers Anthem

Lil Wayne's not shy about rooting for green and yellow in the Super Bowl this year.​Lil Wayne will be rooting for the Green Bay Packers in this year's Super Bowl, according to SPIN.Weezy's all about reppin' the green and yellow, stating in his newly released Wiz Khalifa rip-off "Green and Y ... More >>

Kurt Warner Still Bitter Over Super Bowl Loss. Says Ben Roethlisberger Not Worthy of Hall of Fame Chatter

Seems somebody's got a case of sour grapes.​With two Super Bowl rings already adorning the fingers of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger -- and the chance for a third coming in Sunday's Super Bowl -- there's already talk about whether he's Hall of Fame material. Former A ... More >>

American Hero/Zero

Brett Favre sucks donkey parts. Or the future Hall of Famer is the most awesome being ever to throw a pigskin.

Super Sunday

Super Sunday

Super Sunday

NFL Playoffs: Somehow, We Were Perfect Last Week. Here's This Week's Picks

We make it a practice (once) every year of making the trek to Vegas and donating money to the "cause," that is, those poor casinos, by wagering on all manner of sporting events.   ​Unfortunately, we were not up there last week to put down our hard-earned shekels on the four Natio ... More >>

Ten Cardinals Selected for Pro Bowl; What a Difference a Super Bowl Makes

www.oblongball.com Cards Pro Bowler Larry Fitzgerald​The Pro Bowl Committee is finally showing the Arizona Cardinals a little love this year by selecting 10 of the Redbirds to play as either starters or  reserves in this year's game.This is double the Cards presence on last year's ... More >>

Home, Sweep Home

Redbirds look for a tide-turning W at UofP

Pack to the Future

Cheeseheads visit Glendale, sans Favre. That’s a good thing.

The God Squad

Unlikely power couple pump out new book about family and faith

The God Squad

Unlikely power couple pump out new book about family and faith

Red Heat

Super Bowl birds flock to draft-day bashes

Adolf Hitler an Arizona Cardinals Fan? Check it Out.

We've gotten our fair share of hate mail over the years, especially after our Super Bowl cover story about weak-kneed Cardinals fans and their coal-mining hillbilly counterparts (Steeler Nation) from Western Pennsylvania, but we've never received anything as hilarious/disturbing as this video. Yes ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Cheerleaders Seeking New Recruits

www.azcardinals.comIt's time to show 'em what you've got:The Arizona Cardinals are looking for a few good cheerleaders following the team's stellar season as Super Bowl contenders.If you've got the right moves, can squeeze your butt into one of those postage-stamp-size pair of shorts and you're hot ... More >>

Dream Teams

Indians, Dodgers spurn Grapefruit League for Arizona’s world-class party

Dream Team

Indians, Dodgers spurn Grapefruit League for Arizona’s world-class party

Morning After: Arizona Cardinals Come Oh-So-Close to Winning One of the Most Exciting Super Bowls Ever in Coach Ken Whisenhunt's Second Season

  The biggest game in Arizona Cardinals history -- the second-biggest in Arizona sports history -- is over, and what can we take away from it? Sure the Cardinals snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, but they certainly had the odds-makers in Vegas sweating. For the fourth g ... More >>

Hot Links: Defeated Cardinals to Be Welcomed Home by Rally at Sky Harbor; Porn Interrupts Super Bowl Broadcast in Tucson ; McCain Criticizes Spending in Stimulus Bill

They came, they saw -- they choked. Or maybe they were robbed of a Super Bowl victory by a bad call. But the Arizona Cardinals put up a helluva fight against the Steelers and they'll be coming home at 3:30 today to a cheering crowd at Sky Harbor. Daddy, what was that? Television hackers manage to a ... More >>

Sunday's Worst Super Bowl Ad

Is this what you think of the American public, Pepsi? There were some truly awful ads on during yesterday's insanely competitive Super Bowl. The economy is changing, America is changing, and the past two Super Bowls have been some of the best games in Super Bowl history. I remember watching some Sup ... More >>

Hey Cardinals, Don't Pull a '92-'93 Suns or a '96 Sun Devils. Just Win It Now!

The Phoenix Suns nearly pulled it off in 1993. The 1996 Arizona State Sun Devils football squad totally had it until the final seconds. And now the Arizona Cardinals are a game away from sports immortality. (And, arguably, the biggest comeback in modern-day athletics.) So some words of advice to ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Fans, You'd Better Get Ferocious or Steeler Nation Will Eat You Alive

Top 5 Ways to Get Through a Super Bowl Party if You Just Don't Give a Crap

Not as excited as this dude for Sunday? No worries, I'm not, either.If you're anything like me (and I recognize that most Arizonans--nay, most Americans--are not), you don't get football.The overall appeal, the rules, the weird players-slapping-each-other-on-the-ass thing--it's all a bit baffling. B ... More >>

The Missing Links

Party with kings or Cheetos-grubbing rednecks. It’s your choice.

Hot Links: Cardinals Headed for Super Bowl; Dutch Man Wants $400,000 in Javelina Attack; Tucson Citizen to be Shut Down if No Buyers

Super Bowl-bound: The Arizona Cardinals redeem themselves in a nerve-wracking championship game, sealing this year's season as the finest since the franchise moved to the state in '87. That's not our javelina: Tucson museum denies ownership of a javelina that attacked a Dutch dude -- he wants $40 ... More >>

Super Bowl XLIII Preview: Arizona Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (the Redbirds are Still Vegas Underdogs)

Bid Bidwill, Ken Whisenhunt, and Rod Graves in January 2007 The Arizona Cardinals are going to the Super Bowl, and the world didn't end. Despite their myriad critics, maybe that means they belong there. Dangerous corollary for a young team: Maybe they're beginning to think they belong there. Luck ... More >>

Lo and Behold! The Arizona Cardinals Are Going to the Super Bowl Against the Pittsburgh Steelers

It was fourth and inches late in the fourth quarter, and it wasn't the play we would've called with our team down 25-24 in the NFC  Championship. But two running plays up the middle had yielded next to nothing. Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner takes the snap and hands off to&nb ... More >>

Thy Bidwell Be Done

Sucking up to the king of futility

Somewhat social Super Bowl Sunday at Modified

Sweet Success

The Glen transforms itself into a delectable destination

Snoop and Diddy headline a cast of stars destined to steal the spotlight from Super Bowl XLII

Fantasy Football

Games that not-quite-good-enough people play

BOB's a Bust

Bank One Ballpark was touted as a powerful economic engine for downtown. Data show, however, that BOB has fueled sales mostly for BOB. The meager spillover doesn't bode well for the Arizona Cardinals' stadium aspirations.

Pic Hits for the week

Buffaloed Soldiers

NFL dumps Arizona group representing black military units as Super Bowl colorguard