Sunday, the New York Giants and New England Patriots will play in Super Bowl XLVI, indoors at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Playing a Super Bowl indoors is not a big deal, as this will be the 14th Big Game played under a closed roof.
However, playing a game in a cold weather city, such as Indianapolis, is much more of a rarity. Of the 46 Super Bowls, this will be only the fourth game played above the Mason Dixon line.
The other three games include two stops in the Detroit area (Pontiac Silverdome in 1982 and Ford Field in 2006) and a visit to Minneapolis’ Metrodome in 1992.
It will be interesting to see what happens when the 2014 Super Bowl is played both in a cold weather city and outdoors, when the game takes place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Sunday night, the Western Conference defeated the Eastern Conference 152-149, in a pretty entertaining NBA All-Star Game from Orlando. Kevin Durant won the game’s MVP, scoring 35 points.
Tuesday night, the Miami Heat defeated the Sacramento Kings 120-108. With that victory, the Heat have now won seven games in a row, winning each contest by at least 12 points.
Friday, knuckleballer Tim Wakefield announced his retirement from the Boston Red Sox. Remarkably, Wakefield pitched until he was 45-years-old and just last season picked up his 200th and final career win.
Thursday night, the 14-10 Celtics host the 14-11 Lakers in a TNT nationally televised game. Boston versus LA is arguably the NBA's best all-time rivalry, as these teams have met 12 times in the NBA Finals, with the Celtics winning nine of those meetings.
In the wake of their 21-17 victory versus the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI, the New York Giants have now put themselves in very select company by winning a fourth Super Bowl. New York joins the Cowboys, Packers, Steelers and 49ers as the only NFL teams with at least four Big Game victories.
The Super Bowl XLVI battle between the New York Giants and New England Patriots is a rematch of the great Super Bowl XLII, played in Glendale, Arizona during 2008.
Sunday night, Tom Brady and Bill Belichick will be making a record fifth Super Bowl appearance as a quarterback/coach tandem. The Pats duo had been tied with Terry Bradshaw and Chuck Noll of the Steelers for the all-time record.