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SNL Mocks Seahawks in Pre-Super Bowl Show

NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” took a jab at the Seattle Seahawks one week after making fun of the New England Patriots for “Deflategate.” In the sketch, Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman and running back Marshawn Lynch host a Super Bowl preview

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Super Bowl Cities See Spike in Deaths of Elderly Flu Patients

The 2014-15 flu season has been a particularly dangerous one across the country, especially for vulnerable elderly patients. Researchers have also found that cities that have either hosted or sent teams to the Super Bowl have experienced an 18 percent higher death rate of elderly flu patients than other cities.

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Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll an Icon to 9/11 Truthers

As the Seattle Seahawks ready to compete in another Super Bowl to the delight of team’s loud and loyal fans, head coach Pete Carroll has become an icon with a group who backs him not because of his accomplishments on the gridiron. The 9/11 Truther movement has adopted Carroll as a celebrity icon.

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GoDaddy Pulls Super Bowl Ad After PETA Outrage

Web hosting company GoDaddy is notorious for airing risqué Super Bowl ads, however the content in this year’s spot is causing the company to cancel a planned advertisement and apologize, after drawing the ire of animal rights activists.

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Mayor of Glendale: We’ll Lose Money on the Super Bowl

It is the conventional wisdom that any city awarded the opportunity to host the Super Bowl will reap a major financial benefit. But the bloom may be off that rose as the mayor of the city of Glendale, Arizona, now says that they may actually lose money with this year’s game.