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16 Most Infamous Super Bowl Scandals

January 27, 2015   ·     ·   Jump to comments

The Super Bowl is many things—the biggest game of America's most popular sport, a global television event, a pop culture spectacle, a billion dollar enterprise and the list can go on and on. One thing it is rarely ever is boring.

Even if the game itself is a blowout, the hype surrounding the Super Bowl makes the week leading up to kickoff nearly as entertaining as the action on the field or the commercials that interrupt it.

Such a supercharged atmosphere of anticipation and intrigue seems to always offer a few surprises, including a defining moment which becomes synonymous with that particular Super Bowl. Moments like Joe Namath's guarantee, John Elway's leap and Sean Payton's surprise onside kick.
But, the "moment" doesn't always come from the action on the field; every so often, the moment is as infamous as it is defining. The Super Bowl scandal isn't a common phenomenon, but when the NFL holds a global media event featuring athletes, pop stars and nearly ev...

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