Tag: National Football League
How Going to Commercial During the Super Bowl Works-OxBig News Network
Television commercial breaks are the bane of every N.F.L. fan. They interrupt a game already riddled with stoppages, bombard viewers with come-ons and force...
Hosting Its Next Super Bowl, New Orleans’s Superdome Is Turning 50-OxBig News Network
Branford Marsalis has traveled the world over, but one trip back to his hometown, New Orleans, still stands out. He was visiting from Los...
The Super Bowl Finally Embraced Rap. Is There Also Room for Country?-OxBig News Network
The Super Bowl halftime show was at a low point in 2019. Despite an unrivaled television audience, Rihanna, turned down the National Football League’s...
Dynamic Black Marching Bands Are Super Bowl Stalwarts-OxBig News Network
Long before Michael Jackson, the Rolling Stones and Rihanna, there was Freddie Colston.Colston was just a 20-year-old student from tiny Fairbanks, La., when he...
How the NFL Moved the Vikings-Rams Playoff Game Away From the L.A. Fires-OxBig News Network
Matthew Giachelli got the call he anticipated on Thursday morning: The N.F.L. was moving the Rams’ playoff game to Arizona because of the wildfires...