SUPERBOWL TODAY: FORTY YEARS ON AND STILL KICKING OFF

by: Dakota Caudilla

After the regular football season of the National Football League (NFL) comes the Super Bowl. The final playoffs happen on the last Sunday in January or the first Sunday in February giving the name to Super Bowl Sunday with festivities reaching bacchanalian levels. In 2006, Super Bowl Sunday will be on February 5 and America will be celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the game. Super Bowl XL will reach an all-time high. The Super Bowl is America's most-watched broadcast of the year, because it is pure entertainment. And it's not just America that tunes in, but people all over the world love to tune into the Super Bowl experience. And it's not just the power of football that attracts fans, but the halftime entertainment featuring America's greatest stars. Everyone from Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson and Diana Ross to New Kids on the Block, Aerosmith and U2 have wowed football fans and television viewers during the Super Bowl halftime. The Super Bowl winning football teams in the history of the game include: the Dallas Cowboys, the San Francisco 49ers, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Green Bay Packers, the Oakland Raiders, the Washington Redskins, the New England Patriots, the Miami Dolphins, the New York Giants, the Denver Broncos, the New York Jets, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Baltimore Colts, the Chicago Bears, the St. Louis Rams, the Baltimore Ravens and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. About the author: Dakota Caudilla, journalist, and website builder Dakota Caudilla lives in Texas. He is the owner and co-editor of http://www.your-sports-world.comon which you will find a longer, more detailed version of this article. Circulated by Bandoni Media