Cost of Super Bowl Rings
The NFL pays for up to 150 rings at $5,000 per ring (plus adjustments for increases in gold and diamonds).
You probably didn’t know this, because I didn’t either, but the NFL also pays for 150 pieces of jewelry for the losing team which may not cost more than one-half the price [...]
Past Super Bowl Referees
I
Norm Schachter
II
Jack Vest
III
Tommy Bell
IV
John McDonough
V
Norm Schachter (2nd time)
VI
Jim Tunney
VII
Tommy Bell (2nd time)
VIII
Ben Dreith
IX
Bernie Ulman
X
Norm Schachter (3rd time)
XI
Jim Tunney (2nd time)
XII
Jim Tunney (3rd time)
XIII
Pat Haggerty
XIV
Fred Silva
XV
Ben Dreith (2nd time)
XVI
Pat Haggerty (2nd time)
XVII
Jerry Markbreit
XVIII
Gene Barth
XIX
Pat [...]
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Our North of Boston Media Group crew includes two sportswriters (myself and Hector Longo), a news reporter (JJ Huggins) and a photographer (Paul Bilodeau). We will all be flying out tomorrow night (Sunday) at Logan Airport. I will have my laptop in tow, of course.
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Here are the post-season shares for all teams that made the playoffs:
Wild Card Game
(Div. Winner) $20,000 ($19,000 in 2007)
(Loser) $18,000 ($17,000 in 2007)
Divisional Playoff Game
$20,000 ($19,000 in 2007)
Conference Championship Game
$37,500 ($37,000 in 2007)
Super Bowl
(Winning Team) $78,000 ($73,000 in 2007)
(Losing Team) $40,000 ($38,000 in 2007)
Pro Bowl
(Winning Team) $40,000 (same in 2007)
(Losing [...]
Throughout the next week I will be tossing out facts about the Super Bowl.
The first is ticket allocation.
Here is the breakdown:
STADIUM CAPACITY: 65,000 SUPER BOWL
TICKET BREAKDOWN: League office 25.2% AFC Team 17.5% NFC Team 17.5% Other 29 clubs 34.8% (1.2% each) Host team 5%
The Patriots and Giants each get 11,375 seats to divided up any [...]
I saw the 1986 Super Bowl game on NFL Network last night, the Patriots against the Chicago Bears.
We all know the outcome, 46-10 … and it wasn’t even that close.
Two things struck me:
1. Bears defense was the best ever, or at least the pressure they put on the ball behind the line of scrimmage. It [...]
This is a great question.
On the surface, I would say yes. The Patriots are loaded with playmakers.
But you know a team like the Giants would feel like a gorilla was off their shoulders facing the Patriots without Brady.
Let me know what you think … and why?
What was Tom Brady’s biggest foe last Sunday.
Was it the San Diego Chargers defense? The flu? The injured ankle?
How about all of the above.
According to a source close to the team, the New England Patriots quarterback and reigning MVP had a temperature over 100 degrees as well as other flu-like symptoms for Sunday’s AFC Championship [...]
I spent a day with Ron Jaworski last week and it was an experience.
I was planning on going down to break down Tom Brady and Peyton Manning as they headed into the AFC Championship. But the Colts lost and Brady was going to have to do it alone.
But I spoke with Jaworski and decided to [...]
Eagle-Tribune Executive Sports Editor Bill Burt has been synonymous with the local and Boston sports scene for the past 24 years.
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