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| Rodgers, Packers beat Steelers in Super Bowl |
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02/07/2011 |
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| e Packers bent, but never broke. An MVP performance by Aaron Rodgers and a swarming Green Bay defense made sure of that. Rodgers guided the Packers to their fourth Super Bowl title, throwing for 304 yards and three touchdowns in a 31-25 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. Momentum changed hands several times between two of the NFL's most storied franchises, but the less-experienced Packers were able to hold on despite nearly blowing an 18-point first half lead. In the end, the quarterback with no Super Bow |
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| Packers win sends NFL into uncertain offseason |
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02/07/2011 |
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| p>ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - The Pack is back. NFL football? Well, nobody's quite sure when that's going to return. Led by quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the Green Bay Packers returned to the top of the football world Sunday with a 31-25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl. It was yet another thrilling capper to the NFL's season, but this time, when they turned out the lights on the championship game, there was no guarantee they'd be back next fall. A labor war that pits rich athletes against ric |
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| Rodgers finally gets his due, with an assist |
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02/07/2011 |
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| roven talent amidst a firestorm of backlash and controversy some 2 1/2 years ago. The scars left by the sordid saga of Brett Favre's acrimonious divorce from Titletown are now completely healed following the Packers' thrilling 31-25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in an epic battle of old-guard titans held in the new-age surroundings of Jerry Jones' ode to immodesty and indulgence, the incomparably elaborate Cowboys Stadium. And while Rodgers was finally able to vanquish the ever-present ghost of the man who |
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| McCarthy's motivational surprise: Ring fitting |
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02/07/2011 |
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy isn't exactly known for his public displays of bluster, and didn't provide anything even close to bulletin board material for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the buildup to the Super Bowl. Behind closed doors, though, McCarthy pulled something pretty brazen the night before the game: He had his players fitted for rings. Then they went out and beat the Steelers 31-25 on Sunday. McCarthy's motivational ploy came as a shock to Packers players, and cent |
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| Fans take to the streets in Green Bay |
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02/07/2011 |
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| r arms to the night sky Sunday and howled in victory as their beloved team won the Super Bowl. Thousands took to the streets of the NFL's smallest city moments after quarterback Aaron Rodgers took a knee to seal the Packers' 31-25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, screaming, honking their horns and high-fiving and hugging complete strangers. Eighteen-year-old Stephanie Griep raced through the crowd with a Packer flag. She wore tights, gloves, shoes, a Packer cap, a Packer bra and nothing else in the sub-fr |
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| Jennings scores 2 TDs in Packers' Super Bowl win |
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02/07/2011 |
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| to handle the football he really wanted from Aaron Rodgers in the locker room long after the Super Bowl ended: that silver one that tops the Lombardi Trophy. Jennings caught two touchdown passes from Rodgers in the Packers' 31-25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night. Yet, the receiver never got to kiss or even touch the championship trophy until long after the game. When the Super Bowl MVP quarterback walked in carrying the trophy, Jennings excitedly said, ``I need to see that'' before scootin |
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| Super Bowl ads: Eminem, Darth Vader, catering dogs |
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02/06/2011 |
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| ute ad for Chrysler starring Eminem and a Volkswagen ad featuring a mini-Darth Vader that went viral before it even aired were two of the most talked-about spots during advertising's big night, Super Bowl XLV, in which Green Bay Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25. Chrysler was one of nine automakers that took advantage of advertising's biggest and most expensive showcase, at $3 million for 30 seconds, to try to show they're back after two tough years for the industry. The cinematic third-quarter Ch |
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| Fans rejoice as Packers capture Super Bowl |
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02/06/2011 |
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| P) - After 13 years of frustration, Packers fans raised their arms to the night sky and howled victory as Green Bay won the Super Bowl. Fans at Titletown Brewery in Green Bay shook the building as the game ended Sunday with the Packers beating the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25. Fans threw a roll of paper towels and one ripped the sleeves off 37-year-old Carey Sucko's shirt, revealing her biceps. It was all right; she had said they could if the Packers won. Sucko's sister, 34-year-old Toby Sucko, says watching the |
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| Steelers' Polamalu, Harrison silent in Super Bowl |
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02/06/2011 |
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Troy Polamalu whiffed on a tackle. James Harrison was nearly invisible. Not the way the Pittsburgh Steelers drew this up. Pittsburgh's big-play, hard-hitting defensive leaders were nowhere to be found when the Steelers needed them most as Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay's offense led the Packers to a 31-25 victory Sunday night. Polamalu was the NFL Defensive Player of the Year, but was anything but the impact player who helped get the Steelers to this point. He had a chance to make a b |
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| MVP Rodgers leads Packers past Steelers 31-25 |
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02/06/2011 |
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| onor his Packers predecessor Brett Favre never earned. With precise passes and cool under pressure, Rodgers completed 24 of 39 passes for 304 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions Sunday night to lead the Packers to a 31-25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers for Green Bay's first NFL title since Favre's in the 1997 Super Bowl. Rodgers is 27 years old, just as Favre was then. And after biding his time as a backup until the Packers split with Favre, Rodgers has quickly taken over. This was his third ful |
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