A very unusual thing happened in a football game, and it’s going to help the families of some ill and physically challenged kids.
The Buffalo Bills football team hasn’t been in the playoffs for a long time. In fact, the last time was in 2000–more than 17 years ago. They were the last team in any of the four major sports in North America (football, baseball, basketball, hockey) to make the playoffs in the 21st Century. Now that’s a drought!*
But that all changed this year and the Buffalo Bills got to go to the playoffs.
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New England Patriots Win Super Bowl Thriller
It’s fun to think about why we so many of us love sports as much as we do. Is it the action? The drama? The competition? The incredible athletes?
Most likely, everyone’s answer is a little different. However, no matter what brought the millions of viewers worldwide to their TVs, this year’s NFL championship game, The Super Bowl had it all.
Denver Broncos Win The Super Bowl
The Denver Broncos won football’s ultimate prize on Sunday: the Superbowl. It was the 50th anniversary of the big game that is held every year at this time.
Redskins Trademark Taken Away
The trademark for the name “Redskins” used by the Washington Redskins football team, has been cancelled.
Super Bowl More Like Super Blowout
The Seattle Seahawks won Super Bowl XLVIII in grand style. Seattle crushed Denver 43-8.
Seattle’s number-one ranked defence was commanding. In fact, the defense of Seattle kept Denver scoreless for the first half of the game.
Denver’s number-one ranked offence was pathetic.
It was the first time since 1990 that both the number one-offence and the number-one defence played against each other in the Super Bowl.
Peyton Manning, Denver’s quarterback did try his best, though. He set a record with 33 completions (the number of times a ball is successfully passed to a teammate). Nevertheless, he had a night to forget.
The National Football League… Expect the Unexpected
The NFL (National Football League) is in full swing and many exciting stories have already begun to unfold.
Although the league opened just three weeks ago, teams have already surprised their fans, for better and for worse.
Seven of the 32 teams in the league are now 3-0 (3 wins – no losses).
But it may not be the teams you would expect.
Favourites such as The Seattle Seahawks, The Denver Broncos and The New England Patriots are 3-0, but so are The Kansas City Chiefs, The Miami Dolphins, The Chicago Bears, and The New Orleans Saints—four teams that didn’t even make the playoffs last year.
The Baltimore Ravens Win The Super Bowl
The Baltimore Ravens won the Super Bowl on Sunday, edging out the San Francisco 49ers.
The Super Bowl is professional football’s biggest and most important game.
Baltimore won 34 to 31.
Going into the Super Bowl, neither team was heavily favoured to win.
However, by half-time the score was 21 to 6 for the Ravens.
At the beginning of the second half there was an interesting play.
Jacoby Jones returned the opening kick-off for a 108-yard touchdown. It is tied for the longest kick-off return ever made.
Part II Of TKN’s 2012 News Quiz. How Many Of These Stories Do You Remember?
Yesterday we posted a quiz featuring questions from events in the news in the first half of 2012. Let’s see how much you remember from the past six months as you tackle these 2012 news questions.
17) What huge sporting event took place in Summer 2012? Bonus point if you know what city it took place in.
18) The man who famously said, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” passed away in August 2012. What was his name, and why was he famous?
19) Name the mayor of Toronto. Name one thing he did that was newsworthy in 2012.
20) “Replacement refs” filled in during an NFL labour dispute. What did they do that irritated many fans?
21) What did the Pope’s butler do in 2012 that made headlines?
22) Who won the World Series in 2012?
23) Why is nine-year-old Caine Monroy famous?
Broncos Come Back To Shock Chargers
Football quarterback Peyton Manning’s comeback season continues to develop.
Manning missed all of last year with a serious neck injury.
He is back in the National Football League (NFL) and playing quarterback for the Denver Broncos.
Manning has accomplished much in his career.
He has been a four-time NFL Most Valuable Player and a Super Bowl winner.
Last Monday he had a night to remember, adding to his historic NFL career.
Bad Calls By Replacement Refs Irritating NFL Players, Fans
In any sport, referees sometimes make mistakes.
After all, no one’s perfect.
But major league football teams have been irritated by the unusually high number of bad mistakes made by the referees these days, including a bizarre call on Monday night.
The National Football League (NFL) is using stand-in refs.
The league’s usual referees are in a contract dispute and are unable to reach a new collective bargaining agreement.
So the NFL has brought in replacement refs that aren’t as well trained or as experienced.
And they’re making some bad calls.
On Monday night, there was an especially poor call made by a ref that directly affected the outcome of a game.
