The Super Bowl and the World Series
The World Series and the Super Bowl are the games that happen at the end of the year between the best teams in their leagues. The Super Bowl comes from football and the World Series comes from baseball.
“The first Super Bowl was played on January 15, 1967. “ (superbowl) The winner of the Super Bowl receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The reason it was called the Lombardi Trophy was because of his great success as a NFL coach. Lombardi won the first ever Super Bowl as a coach for the Green Bay Packers.
One of the best Super Bowl games that I have ever seen was Super Bowl forty-nine in 2014, also known as Super Bowl XLIX. The two teams that played in this game were the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. The game was an intensely fought battle all the way to the end by two juggernauts. The Patriots clinched the game with an
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You either need to win your division or get in threw the wild card. In order to win your division you must have a better record than the remaining teams in your division. In order to win the wild card you must have a better record than the other teams that aren’t winning their divisions either. The division that each team is in has its own title based on where there team is located. The teams are also named after the conference they are in. For example, NFC North, NFC South, NFC East, NFC West, AFC North, AFC, South, AFC East, and AFC West. The difference between the NFC and the AFC is that the NFC is the National Football Conference and the AFC is the American Football Conference.
Now let’s talk about the World Series. “The first World Series was played in October of 1903. The two teams the went that battled each other were the Boston Americans of the American League and the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League in a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing five games to three, winning the last four.” (1903 World
On July 27 1959, A new York attorney named William shea had an idea of putting a new baseball team in new York since the dodgers and giants had left for california.So on march 1st 1961 His wish was granted.The new York metropolitan baseball club or “the new York mets” were introduced into the national league.The name of the team was chosen by owner Joan Payson.The other names that were put into thought were the rebels, skyliners, nybs and avengers just to name a few.On April 11,1962 the mets played their first game in franchise history and lost 11-4 to the St Louis cardinals.The first season was a miserable one.Manager Casey Stengel led the mets to a 62-100 record,The worst record in major league history.After a couple of more losing seasons, The mets finally made a move and signed pitcher Tom “the franchise”Seaver,one of the best pitchers who ever played the game. They also picked up power hitting outfielders Donn Clendenon and Tommie Agee. Finally the mets looked like a baseball team.Entering the 1969 season, my father said the mets wewr 160-1 to win the World Series, but the mets shocked everyone winning the national league championship. Now, this is how the mets won their first world series, The batter was cleon Jones, after striking out manager Gil Hodges notices a black mark on the ball. The black mark was shoe polish. Putting shoe polish on the ball makes it spin more and makes it much easier to strike out a batter.
In the Conference Championship against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the game, Brady went down with an injury, but luckily Bledsoe finished the game out and won. The Patriots were heading into the Super Bowl as huge underdogs expecting to get crushed by the St. Louis Rams in the “Greatest Show on Turf.” Brady got the starting job for the Super Bowl and led the Pats to a seventeen to three lead at the half. The Rams came back in the 2nd half and tied it at seventeen to seventeen with less than two minutes remaining most people thought that the Pats should run the clock out and go to overtime, but instead “Tom Terrific,” and the Patriots drove down the field in spectacular fashion to get into field goal range. Bam! Tom Brady the 199th pick who became the seventh string quarterback was now the youngest QB to win a Super
World Series Overview | MLB.com: History. (n.d.). Major League Baseball. Retrieved January 21, 2014, from http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws.jsp?feature=club_champs
The World Series of 1919 resulted in the most famous scandal in baseball history. The teams that played were the White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds. Eight players on the team were accused of losing the World Series on purpose. Those players were Claude Williams, Joe Jackson,
The 1919 World series resulted in the most famous Scandal in Baseball history. Eight players from the Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing the series against the Reds and were banned from Major League Baseball. (“History files-Chicago Black Sox”) All eight players were expelled in an attempt to save the purity of the game. The White Sox lost the opening game of the series nine to one, and then ended up losing the series five games to three. (“Black Sox Scandal”) They had won the American league pennant and were highly favored to beat the Reds in the World Series. (“Bankston, Carl. L”)
In 1951 the first baseball games were televised in color, a double-header between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves, by WCBS-TV. Red Barber and Connie Desmond were the announcers. In June there were 13,000,000 television sets in the USA. In September of 1951 the first live sporting event seen coast-to-coast w...
“The Braves started in 1876 in Boston, known then as the ‘Red Stockings’. And in 1883 they became then ‘Beaneaters’ and then the now infamous ‘Braves’ in 1912. Then in 1914 the Boston Braves won they’re first national title, by sweeping Philadelphia.” (Atlanta.braves.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/atl/history/atl_history_timeline.jsp)
The National Football League was formed decades ago by the merger of two national leagues. The Super Bowl is the traditional season-end activity that crowns the national champion. Each team represented starts with one of the original leagues.The number of teams active in the NFL does not remain the same for longr.o. the game of professional football is big business and can be highly profitable. When the NFL announces that it has approved new expansion teams, there is intense competition among team less cities to attract one of the franchises. The game is profitable for team owners and for players, but it also is profitable for the cities in which teams are centered. It contributes to the local economy and enhances the stature of the city in where a team is located.
Now don’t be confused on the word football, since I am not talking about “soccer” at all. Football which is otherwise known as the NFL or the National Football League, is an American based sport that involves thirty-two teams from cities all over the country that compete against each other through strategy and strength in order to reach one goal; to win the Super Bowl.
One of the main reasons why the 49ers could be considered the best team in the National Football League is because they are tied for second place with the most superbowl victories. SanFrancisco won the superbowl in 1981, 1984, 1988, 1989, and 1994. A superbowl is won each year by the best team in football and every year a team strives to get to the playoffs. The 49ers are one of the only eight teams in the NFL to win back to back superbowls in 1988, and 1989. In 1989 SanFrancisco defeated the Denver Broncos in superbowl XXIV 55-10 which to this day is still the largest superbowl victory margin ever .
...Saints who beat the Indianapolis Colts. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers to capture Super Bowl XLV. The New York Giants went on to win Super Bowl XLVI over the New England Patriots. Last years Super Bowl was between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers. The Ravens won in a nail biter, which included a blackout during the third quarter.
N/A. “1908 Chicago Cubs.” The 1908 Chicago Cubs-Cubs Win the 1908 World Series. 2013. 30
Of all the games this week, I couldn’t think of a better game than what we have here. These two teams have a combined record of 22-6. The two quarterbacks involved in this game, Carson Palmer and Aaron Rodgers, are two of the best in the business. In my opinion, the winner of this game will be the NFC’s number two seed come January.
Everyone has a different opinion on what is the greatest comeback ever is; however, none can compare to the 2004 Red Sox American League Championship Series comeback. It is the greatest comeback of all-time. They are the only team to ever win a best of seven series after being in a deficit of three games to none. The only team ever to do this. They made history, and it most likely still haunts Yankees fans.. The ‘04 Sox comeback is the best of all time because it stunned the baseball world, led to a World Series victory, and has happened only once in history.
Following one’s hometown team or childhood NFL team through the regular season, playoffs, and hopefully, the Super Bowl has become a staple of today’s culture. Whether or not their favorite team makes it to the big Super Bowl game, they still find themselves cheering on one of the teams competing. This is even the case for non-football fans.... ... middle of paper ... ...