n2y news-2-you Volume XII, Edition 20 www.news-2-you.com WHAT SUPER BOWL The National Football League (NFL) has 32 teams. 32 Two of those 2 teams will play in the 2010 Super Bowl. 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 page 1
news page 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 page 2
news page 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 page 3
news page 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 2 in February s Super Bowl. page 4
news page 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. page 5
news page 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. page 6
news page TV viewers have many reasons to watch the Super Bowl. Some like The Who, the band performing at halftime. 0:0 Some like the game s funny commercials. But most viewers watch to see who wins the game. Who will you cheer for this year?? page 7
people in the news 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 page 8
places in the news 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. 3-5 The city picked must have an NFL team. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/super_bowl#venue page 9
places in the news Most Super Bowl cities are warm weather cities. Only three Super Bowls were played in cold weather cities. * 3 Miami, Florida (10 times), Three favorite Super Bowl cities 3 are: New Orleans, Louisiana (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) page 10
places in the news 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 page 11
page 12 Indianapolis Colts V. New York Jets New Orleans Saints V. Minnesota Vikings
recipe page Drink NEED Super Bowl Smoothie Serves 2 1 C fat - free vanilla frozen yogurt FROZEN YOGURT 3/4 C milk 1/4 C any flavor frozen juice concentrate blender 2 glasses FROZEN YOGURT 1. Put frozen yogurt, milk and concentrate in blender. 2. Blend until smooth. 3. Pour into glasses. 4. Drink. page 13
joke page Knock, Knock. Who s there? Winner. Winner who? Winner lose, I love my team. Win or or page 14
game page Circle the pictures about SUPER BOWL. champions city play Iowa halftime dribble Vince Lombardi Trophy game 0:0 band Super Bowl winner skiing bowling team warm weather playoff page 15
review page 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, Wisconsin Miami, Florida Plano, Texas 4. WHEN do the teams start playing? September March November 5. WHAT will the Super Bowl winners get? Heisman trophy go kart Super Bowl ring 6. WHO decides where the Super Bowl is played? referee team owners mayors page 16
puzzle page ACROSS DOWN 2 team 1 quarterback 4 Super Bowl 3 play 5 playoff 4 stadium 7 champion 6 ring 8 game page 17
think page 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??? page 18
sports page 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, Other strong teams are: Austria, Russia and Norway. * See News-2-You s Olympic edition (February 8, 2010) for additional coverage. http://www.vancouver2010.com page 19
sports page 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!! page 20
words page Super Bowl playoff play game page 21