Updated 11:15 Tampa, Florida USA (GenevaLunch) – Pittsburgh Steelers 27, Arizona Cardinals 23 was the final score, but the numbers hide the “thrilling end to the first half and a spectacular end to the game” (article: SI/CNN; blog: Sports Illustrated/CNN).
Santonio Holmes caught the touchdown that won the game, the sixth Super Bowl win for the Steelers. Pittsburgh dominated most of the game, but in the fourth quarter Arizona made what looked like it would be “the greatest comeback in the 43-year history of the Super Bowl” until Holmes’s superb catch put an end to the Cardinals’ plans. (Reuters) Holmes was named Most Valuable Player of the game. Teammate and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is a special star in Switzerland since he was invited by SwissRoots in 2006 to visit the town his great-grandfather left (apparently with a clean record, meaning he had no debts). Lauperswil, Emmental.
One of the bonuses for many Super Bowl fans is the TV ads, where sponsors outdo themselves in an annual advertising extravaganza. Ad Age carries them on its web site. Sample: if you like chase scenes, here is one from Audi.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 2 February 2009.
Filed under: Sports
Tags: Arizona Cardinals, Pittsburgh Steelers, Roethlisberger, Super Bowl, Swiss roots, Switzerland, Tampa, US football
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