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Super Bowl History (from 1967 to 2013) By: Dan Peterson The Super Bowl is an annual football game that determines the champion of the NFL. The contest is held in an American city that is chosen three to four years beforehand, usually in warm-weather or domed sites. Since 1971, the winner of the American Football Conference (AFC) Championship Game has faced the winner of the National Football Conference (NFC) Championship Game in the culmination of the NFL playoffs.

Before the 1970 merger between the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL), the two leagues met in four such contests. The first two were known as the "AFL-NFL World Championship Game." Super Bowl III in 1969 was the first such game that carried the "Super Bowl" The NFC/NFL leads in Super Bowl wins with 25, while the AFC/AFL has won 22. Eighteen different franchises, including teams that relocated to another city, have won the Super Bowl.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have won the most Super Bowls with six championships (record 6–2), while both the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers have five wins each (Cowboys 5–3; 49ers 5–1). Dallas and Pittsburgh have the most Super Bowl appearances with eight, while the Buffalo Bills have the most consecutive appearances with four losses in a row from 1990 to 1993



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//LeBron James was born in Akron Ohio on December 30th 1984. LeBron James is 6’8 and 250 Lbs. He went to St. Vincent high school. In high school he was averaging 21 points and 6 rebounds a game. Then he went on to play on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. On the Fighting Irish he averaged about 25 points and 7 rebounds. Notre Dame finished the year with a 27-0 record, winning the division III state title.// //Then, after being called a future NBA superstar in high school he moved on the NBA. In the 2003 NBA draft the Cleveland Cavaliers took him in the first overall selection. He became the youngest player in the league history to score over 40 points at the age of 19. On July 10th LeBron James officially became a part of the Miami Heat. Then LeBron won back-to-back NBA championships with the Heat. In 2012 he recorded 40 points one of his best performances, and won the MVP. Then LeBron moved on to the 2012 London Olympics. That’s where he won his second Olympic gold medal.// //LeBron has been endorsed by Nike, Coca-Cola, Samsung, and McDonalds, which is a 40 million dollar income. He also gets paid 17.6 million just for playing a game. This puts him in the no.13 spot of the most paid player in the league. That is underpaid for being one of the best athletes in the world.//

//Brandon Kemp//

__Super bowl 48__ David Dubois

The Super Bowl is at New Jersey at MetLife stadium and starts on Sunday February 2, 2014 6:30 PM on FOX. What is the Super Bowl? The Super Bowl is the National Football League called the NFL championship game, played is played once a year between the champions of the National called the NFC and the American Football Conferences called the AFC. Why does the NFL have a Super Bowl? The reason why the NFL has a Super Bowl is because the game was between the NFL, the American football league AFC and the National football league NFC. It was agreed that the two leagues' champion teams would play in the NFC- AFC championship called the Super Bowl. After both leagues agreed, each league was called a conference, and the game was then played between the conference champions. The NFC champions for 2013-2014 seasons are the Seattle Seahawks and the AFC champions are the Denver Broncos. The Denver Broncos are the number one offense and the Seattle Seahawks are the number one defense. The NFC hold more wins in the Super Bowl than the AFC. 25 wins to 22 wins. This year’s Super Bowl halftime show performance is by Bruno Mars. So tune in and watch the Super Bowl and enjoy!

// David Dubois //

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