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Quick Picks: February 7
Written by Pats Papers | UPDATED: Sunday, 7 February 2010 4:09 PM
Hometown Super Bowl Coverage
Expect a high-scoring Super Bowl, predicts columnist Bob Kravitz in the Indianapolis Star. Kravitz predicts the Colts will win 34-31. In the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Jeff Duncan is also predicting a high scoring game, betting that the Super Bowl record of seven touchdown passes could fall.
Super Bowl History: 7 Key Moments
The Miami Herald says the Super Bowl is the only sporting event that reaches the status of national holiday. But how is it that an event that’s only XLIV years old command such attention? Writer David Neal picks the seven events that transformed the Super Bowl. Among them: Apple Computer’s 1984 commercial, which kicked off the era of big budget commercials that, for some, is an even bigger attraction than the game itself.
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