EA's Madden NFL franchise has correctly picked the Super Bowl winner seven out of the past nine times.
The Department of Justice and Homeland Security ICE division are at it again, and have this time seized more than 300 domains in advance of the Super Bowl. The overwhelming majority of the domains shut down today were selling counterfeit NFL merchandise, but 16 were linking to copyrighted content or video streams. The proprietor of several of those sites had been arrested in Michigan.
Football fans will have plenty of ways to tune into the Super Bowl and watch Tom Brady and Co. decimate the opponent (this editor might be a tad bit biased) in 2012. That's because for the first time ever, NBC and the NFL will stream the Super Bowl online at NBCSports.com and NFL.com through SNF Extra, giving viewers access to special features like DVR controls, various camera angles, in-game highlights, and other interactive bits, all in HD.Super Bowl XLV. As we go to press, the bets are flying fast and furious and there really doesn’t seem to be a consensus pick. On one side we have the arguably indecent yet seemingly rejuvenated Ben Roethlisberger, the talented and stupendously coifed Troy Polamalu, and a killer defense. Across the field we see He-Who-Toiled-Too-Long-As-Favre’s-understudy Aaron Rodgers, a ton of fast-moving targets, and a relatively under-rated defense.
