Super Bowl Notebook: Onside kick was in works all along
Super Bowl on pace for record viewership
The quick measurement of the nation’s 55 biggest media markets gave the New Orleans-Indianapolis game a 46.4 rating. Last year’s game had an overnight measurement of 42.1.
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Nevada Casinos Win Big on Super Bowl Betting
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Gambling regulators say Nevada casinos won almost $6.9 million on this year’s Super Bowl as bettors wagered $82.7 million on the NFL title game.
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New book illuminates Willie Mays’ life and career
Imagine Willie Mays and Hank Aaron in the same lineup. It might have been, had a Boston Braves scout not watched Mays go 1-for-8 in a 1950 Negro League doubleheader and decided the Birmingham Black Barons star would never hit in the major leagues, James Hirsch reveals in “Willie Mays…
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Super Bowl Notebook: Onside kick was in works all along
The scheme was in the works for the past two weeks, but New Orleans coach Sean Payton wasn’t sure when would be the right time to spring a surprise onside kick on the New Orleans Saints.
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