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31 results for "super bowl"
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Sin City and the Super Bowl
Bill BarnwellSuper Bowl weekend was the one annual event I'd missed during my year in Las Vegas. I'd managed to take in every other special time in town: New Year's Eve. Independence Day. The World of Concrete convention. All of them, observed and processed. But ...
Blog | February 05, 2013 -
Bill Barnwell puts the Ravens win in perspective
Bill BarnwellThe confetti has fallen, the Ravens are champs, and now it's time to try to make sense of it all.
Story | Conversation | February 04, 2013 -
Bill Barnwell picks the Super Bowl winner
Bill BarnwellAfter all the bets and the hype, it's time to break down the game and decide who will raise the Lombardi Trophy.
Story | Conversation | February 01, 2013 -
Bill Barnwell on NFL awards
Bill BarnwellHere are our completely unsolicited picks for who should win all the NFL awards the league is handing out.
Story | Conversation | January 31, 2013 -
Bill Barnwell on Baltimore's consistent winning
Bill BarnwellThe intelligence and patience of Ozzie Newsome have made Baltimore into a team built for the long haul.
Story | Conversation | January 30, 2013 -
Bill Barnwell on prop bets
Bill BarnwellFrom the shrewd to the ridiculous, you can put your money down on just about any situation.
Story | Conversation | January 28, 2013 -
NFL Playoff Stock Watch
Bill BarnwellWith the rest of this off week between the Conference Championships and the Super Bowl, I'll be taking a look back at the playoffs (today) and the season at large (Thursday and Friday) before diving back into Super Bowl coverage next Monday. Today, I...
Blog | January 23, 2013 -
Bill Barnwell on the Falcons-49ers playoff matchup
Bill BarnwellIn a game where the home team has suddenly become the underdog, the Falcons and 49ers face off for a shot at the Super Bowl.
Story | Conversation | January 18, 2013 -
Bill Barnwell on the Patriots-Ravens playoff matchup
Bill BarnwellLook familiar? The Patriots and Ravens face off once again with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line.
Story | Conversation | January 17, 2013 -
Fourth-and-Short: Some Super Bowl Comparisons
Bill BarnwellIn football, it's usually true that everything you see has happened before and will happen again. Sure, you might only get an Immaculate Reception once every 200 years or so, but when it comes to team-building and paths to success, the league's 32 or...
Blog | January 15, 2013 -
Is This Real? Does Peaking Late Equal a Super Bowl Victory?
Bill BarnwellNow is right around the time when NFL teams are supposed to be getting hot for the postseason. If there's any narrative about the postseason taken more seriously than the power of having nobody believe in you, it's the power of peaking at the right t...
Blog | December 19, 2012 -
Fourth-and-Short: Hail to the Redskins Defense
Bill BarnwellLast year, Washington's clean sweep of the Giants was a curiosity lost amid New York's run to a second Super Bowl in five years. It was some sort of anomaly that Giants fans wrote off in their heads as irrelevant, a bad dream with Rex Grossman imposs...
Blog | December 04, 2012 -
Is This Real? The Packers' Faltering Offense
Bill BarnwellWhat's happened to the Green Bay Packers? After running off a 19-game winning streak that stretched over two seasons, a magical playoff run, and a Super Bowl win, Green Bay's gone 4-5 in their last nine games. (Talk about selective endpoints.) Aaron ...
Blog | October 10, 2012 -
We seem to keep redefining Jay Cutler every four quarters
Bill BarnwellWe'll keep relabeling the embattled Chicago quarterback until he has a Super Bowl on his résumé.
Story | Conversation | September 14, 2012 -
Peyton Manning won't be enough to make Denver a contender
Bill BarnwellEven with the addition of Peyton Manning, Denver's Super Bowl dream is dead.
Story | Conversation | August 10, 2012 -
San Francisco won't repeat last season's greatness
Bill BarnwellSan Francisco is coming off a 13-win season, but don't think that will happen again.
Story | Conversation | August 06, 2012