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Volume XII, Edition 20www.news-2-you.com January 25, 2010
WHAT SUPER BOWL
The National Football League (NFL) has 32 teams. 32
Two of those teams will play in the 2010 Super Bowl. 2 2010
The Super Bowl will be played on February 7. 7
When the game ends, the NFL will have a new champion.
www.nfl .com
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The NFL has played 43 Super Bowl games. 43
The 2010 game will be the 44th (XLIV) Super Bowl. 2010 44th
The game will be in Dolphin Stadium.
Dolphin Stadium is in Miami, Florida.
The game will be the 10th Super Bowl in Miami. 10th
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Every NFL team wants to win the Super Bowl.
The teams start playing in September.
The 12 * best teams play in January playoff games. 12
Two teams will win all their playoff games. 2
Those two teams will play in February’s Super Bowl. 2
* Six teams from the American Football Conference and six teams from the National Football Conference
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The last two playoff games were on January 24. 2 24
AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE TEAMS
The Indianapolis Colts played the New York Jets.
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE TEAMS
The New Orleans Saints played the Minnesota Vikings.
The two winners will play in February’s Super Bowl. 2
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Each playoff team has a star quarterback.
The Colts think Peyton Manning is the NFL’s best.
Young Mark Sanchez of the Jets played in college last year.
All New Orleans loves Drew Brees, the Saints’ quarterback.
Brett Favre of the Vikings has been a star for many years.
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What will the Super Bowl winners get ? ?
The team will get the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Each player will get a big paycheck.
Each player will get a special Super Bowl ring.
The team will be called NFL champions.
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TV viewers have many reasons to watch the Super Bowl.
Some like The Who, the band performing at halftime.
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Some like the game’s funny commercials.
But most viewers watch to see who wins the game.
Who will you cheer for this year ? ?
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WHO THE WHO (1964 -)
The Who is a famous rock band from England.
The band will perform at the Super Bowl.
The band has sold over 100 million records. 100,000,000
They entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. 1990
Bruce Springsteen’s band performed at the 2009 Super Bowl. 2009
http://www.thewho.com/index.php?module=news&news_item_id=363
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WHERE SUPER BOWL CITIES
Many cities want the Super Bowl.
Who decides where the Super Bowl is played ? ?
The NFL team owners pick the city.
They decide three to five years before the date. 35-
The city picked must have an NFL team.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl#Venue
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Most Super Bowl cities are warm weather cities.
Only three Super Bowls were played in cold weather cities. * 3
Miami, Florida (10 times),
New Orleans, Three favorite Super Bowl cities are: Louisiana 3 (9 times)
and Los Angeles, California (7 times).
The 2011 game will be in the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium. 2011
* Detroit (1982, 2006) and Minneapolis (1992)
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WHERE DOLPHIN STADIUM
The 76,500 seat stadium * was built in 1985. 76,500 1985
The stadium is the home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins.
The Florida Marlin baseball team plays there too.
This will be the stadium’s fifth Super Bowl.
The 1997 and 2003 World Series were played there. 1997 + 2003
* Formerly called Land Shark Stadium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LandShark_Stadium
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page © 1997-2010 n2y, Inc. © Symbolstix, LLC used with permission. © 1997-2010 n2y, V. V. New York Jets New York Indianapolis Colts Minnesota Vikings New Orleans Saints
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Super Bowl Smoothie Serves 2 NEED
1 C fat - free 1/4 C any flavor 3/4 C milk vanilla frozen yogurt frozen juice concentrate
FROZEN YOGURT
blender 2 glasses
FROZEN YOGURT
1. Put frozen yogurt, milk and concentrate in blender.
2. Blend until smooth.
3. Pour into glasses.
4. Drink.
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Knock, Knock.
Who’s there ?
Winner.
Winner who ?
Winner lose, I love my team.
Win or or
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Circle the pictures about SUPER BOWL.
champions city play Iowa
Vince Lombardi halftime dribble Trophy game
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band Super Bowl winner skiing
bowling team warm weather playoff
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1. WHAT is the paper about ? Vitality Project Super Bowl Apes in Iowa
2. WHERE will two NFL teams play ? World Series Rose Bowl Super Bowl
3. WHERE is Dolphin Stadium ? Milwaukee, Miami, Plano, Wisconsin Florida Texas
4. WHEN do the teams start September March November playing ?
Heisman Super Bowl go kart 5. WHAT will the Super Bowl trophy ring winners get ?
6. WHO decides where the Super referee team owners mayors Bowl is played ?
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ACROSS DOWN 2 team 1 quarterback
4 Super Bowl 3 play 5 playoff 4 stadium
7 champion 6 ring
8 game
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1. WHAT makes a good football player ? Why ? ? ?
2. WHY do you want to go to the Super Bowl ? Why not ? ??
3. WHAT sport do you like to watch ? Why ? ? ?
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OLYMPIC TEAMS ARE READY
The 2010 Winter Olympics are coming to Vancouver, Canada. * 2010
The Olympics begin on February 12. 12
Canada and America have picked their Olympic teams. +
Germany,
Austria, Other strong teams are:
Russia
and Norway.
* See News-2-You’s Olympic edition (February 8, 2010) for additional coverage. http://www.vancouver2010.com
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The best athletes will win a gold, silver or bronze medal. or
ice sports,
Olympic sports include: alpine skiing
and Nordic skiing.
The 2010 Winter Games will end on February 28. 2010 28
Good luck to all the winter athletes ! !
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Super Bowl playoff
play game
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