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The lighting problems at this year's Super Bowl almost became the second most laughable event in New Orleans. Joe Flacco, the Ravens quarterback and Super Bowl MVP, instructed his teammates to illegally run off the sidelines and tackle the 49ers punt returner, Ted Ginn Jr., at the end of the Super Bowl if it looked like he was going to score.

The Super Bowl is the biggest of all the Big Games and New Orleans is the best city* to host such a big game.

Why was there a power failure during Super Bowl XLVII? No one is certain yet, but Superdome authorities and a power provider have agreed to use an outside firm to investigate the cause of the power outage that stopped Sunday's game for 34 minutes...

AmFam Insurance made a bold choice for their 2013 Super Bowl commercial -- instead of making their ad about all the awful things that can and will happen to you if you don't have the right insurance, they chose a happier note.

If the guy swapping spit with Bar Refaeli in that GoDaddy Super Bowl commercial looked familiar, it's because you've seen him before. Dozens of times. His name is Jesse Heiman, and he plays a nerd in basically everything.

Kia's Super Bowl 2013 commercial features attractive robotic attendants who turn out to be not as pleasant as they look. That said, we should mention that we find their cutaway skin a little unsettling -- who thought exposed metal joints would be charming?

Some fans live and die for their teams. A crazy few are willing to kill for them, too.

The biggest sports news today: Super Bowl ratings were either great or not great, more on that (possibly) blown holding call, gamblers have been fixing soccer matches, and more.

ScreenCrush wraps up the latest in movies and TV you might have missed. Today, all the 2013 Super Bowl commercials are recapped online, another 'Hercules' movie is now in the making, new posters for 'Mud' and 'The Call' have debuted online. Plus, Disney released a new motion poster for 'Oz: The Great and Powerful.'

The Prudential life insurance company offered a somewhat chilling look at the inevitability of age and mortality in their Super Bowl 2013 commercial. But fret not! While becoming old and infirm is unavoidable, Prudential can help you soften the blow by ensuring that you're not old, infirm and destitute.

Skechers' 2013 Super Bowl commercial for the GoRun 2 running shoes features an adrenalin rush-inducing chase: a gazelle flees from a cheetah, who in turn is run down by a man wearing Skechers' magic footwear.

More than 108.4 million viewers watched Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday night, according to a CBS report on the Nielsen ratings. As a result, the CBS Super Bowl broadcast was the third most-watched program in television history, trailing only the 2011 and 2012 Super Bowls.