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For the New England Patriots it was simple — win one more game and complete the greatest season in the history of the NFL. For the N.Y. Giants, the task was gargantuan — beat the undefeated Patriots and shock the world. In arguably one of the greatest Super Bowl upsets of all-time, game MVP Eli Manning and the N.Y. Giants did shock the world, coming from behind to beat the unbeatable New England Patriots 17-14 in Super Bowl XLII. In this SBXLII Review episode, BPR NFL analyst Lloyd Vance and I run …read more

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The N.Y. Giants did the Super Bowl victory parade thing today with 50 tons of confetti littering the streets of New York. It began at the tip of lower Manhattan in Battery Park and proceeded north on Broadway, going past the financial district and the site of the World Trade Center before the City Hall Park finale where a victory rally was held.
Ticker-tape parades in the “Canyon of Heroes” have celebrated everything from Charles Lindbergh’s Atlantic flight to sports championships. The last parade was in 2000, when the Yankees won the World …read more

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It wasn’t supposed to end this way. The New England Patriots had run off an incredible 18 straight wins against no defeats to find themselves in Super Bowl XLII with a chance to make history and become world champions in the process. Yet in one fell swoop, they lost their undefeated and championship season with a 17-14 loss to the N.Y. Giants.
I sat in stunned silence after this was over. It wasn’t as though I had any emotional investment in the game. I honestly didn’t care who won. On one hand, I …read more

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As a follow-up to my post on Under Armour’s Super Bowl XLII commercial, here’s the finished product. For all the details, check out the original post. NFL players in the commercial are Eric Ogbogu, Vernon Davis, Ray Lewis, Bob Sanders, Patrick Kerney, Eric Weddle and Brandon Jacobs. Plus NFL player-to-be Tom Zbikowski.

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According to Nielsen Media Research, the New York Giants’ upset win over the New England Patriots yesterday was the most-watched Super Bowl ever, with 97.5 million viewers. The game topped the previous Super Bowl record of 94.08 million when Dallas beat Pittsburgh in 1996. More people watched yesterday’s game than all but one American television broadcast ever, the M*A*S*H* finale in 1983, which was seen by an incredible 106 million viewers. Super Bowl XLII had almost all the ingredients Fox could have hoped for: a tight contest with an exciting finish involving a …read more

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Ok, let’s get this out of the way. Here are my Top Five Super Bowl XLII commercials from yesterday’s Giants/Patriots game:

Gatorade man’s best friend
Bud Light Jackie Moon TV commercial
Bridgestone “Scream”
Under Armour “The New Prototype”
Wanted movie

And there were honorable mentions from Tide to Go “Interview” – FedEx “Carrier Pigeons” and Wall-E movie. The CareerBuilder.com commercials were just wrong. But overall, I’d say a pretty good year for commercials. Check out YouTube’s Super Bowl AdBlitz to see them all. Alternatively, they’re on myspace.com/superbowlads.

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I’m stunned. I gave the N.Y. Giants a chance. I knew they would be in this ball game. But I didn’t think they would pull off one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history. No way. Somehow, though, the N.Y. Giants shocked the world tonight by beating the previously undefeated New England Patriots 17-14 in Super Bowl XLII. That’s right, no need to rub your eyes or blink hard. The N.Y. Giants held the highest-scoring team in NFL history to 14 points en route to the shocking upset Super Bowl win.
Giants …read more

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images
Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
The New England Patriots are one win away from a perfect 19-0 season and a Super Bowl Championship. It would be an historical accomplishment of gargantuan proportions. The only thing standing in their way? The N.Y. Giants who have a newfound confidence with three straight road playoff wins. In this special Super Bowl XLII edition, I am joined by BPR NFL analysts Lloyd Vance and John Huber to examine the game and make our predictions. Click here for the audio and shownotes.

Podcasting the National Football League, Podcasting the NFL
The New England Patriots are one win away from a perfect 19-0 season and a Super Bowl Championship. It would be an historical accomplishment of gargantuan proportions. The only thing standing in their way? The N.Y. Giants who have a newfound confidence with three straight road playoff wins. In this special Super Bowl XLII edition, I am joined by BPR NFL analysts Lloyd Vance and John Huber to examine the game and make our predictions.
Shownotes: David Kindervater (host), Lloyd Vance (BPR NFL analyst), John Huber (BPR NFL analyst)

0:39 – Patriots’ offense vs. Giants’ …read more

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The atmosphere was more family picnic than Super Bowl preparation for the New England Patriots on today as the team enjoyed a brief stop at the University of Phoenix Stadium. The Pats did not have a walk-through, as promised. Instead, they spent a fun hour with their families, interrupted only by a brief team photograph session — this according to my final Patriots SBXLII pool report from fellow PFWA member Dan Pompei. Head coach Bill Belichick said:
“This is what we usually do. The first year was a little different because of the short …read more