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<title><![CDATA[NFL may expand 'Rooney Rule' to GM hires ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[NFL teams looking to hire general managers may soon be required to interview at least one minority candidate. Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday the league's owners discussed expanding the Rooney Rule - which already applies to coaching openings - during the final session of their two-day meetings in South Florida.

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<title><![CDATA[Bowl finale: Minority businesses scored more contracts ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Local Super Bowl organizers are celebrating a different kind of victory two months after the historic matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:58:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Super Bowl Week Lands Forum On Top Of World Rankings ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The St. Pete Times Forum was No. 1 in the world for gross ticket sales during a recent 31-day period, according to an industry trade publication.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:47:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fewer Corporate Flights, But TIA Busy After Super Bowl]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[As predicted, the nation's economic malaise took its toll on corporate aircraft travel to Super Bowl XLIII on Feb. 1, when 220 corporate planes used Tampa International Airport compared with about 420 for Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa in 2001.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:40:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Super Bowl Boosts Tampa's Image 6%, Thanks To Al Michaels]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Competitive Edge Research and Communication, a polling company in San Diego, found 6 percent more people viewed Tampa favorably after Super Bowl XLIII. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:47:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NBC's Super Bowl Coverage Sets Viewing Records]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[NBC has won the most recent weekly Nielsen Media ratings race with the most-watched Super Bowl and the most-watched prime time network telecast ever, according to the network.

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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:46:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fans Gather In Pittsburgh To Celebrate Champs]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Thousands of Pittsburgh Steelers fans lined downtown streets Tuesday cheering and twirling Terrible Towels in preparation for a noon parade to celebrate the team's victory over the Arizona Cardinals in Sunday's Super Bowl, the sixth for the storied franchise.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:57:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Super Bowl Merchandise Still In Demand At West Shore Outlet]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[In the face of a lagging economy, the business of the Super Bowl isn't bogged down. The NFL Super Bowl outlet, opened in November next to WestShore Plaza, stood nearly empty Tuesday morning, two days after Pittsburgh beat Arizona, and people still streamed in. Where once there were two wide rooms full of merchandise, now there is only one, with a depleted selection of T-shirts, jackets, sweatshirts and pennants.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:54:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Man Charged With Selling Unauthorized NFL Merchandise]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Police arrested a South Carolina man on Monday, accusing him of selling unauthorized NFL merchandise at Raymond James Stadium. Travis Collins, 27, was released from a Hillsborough County jail this morning on $2,000 bail. He is charged with felony vending of counterfeit goods, records show.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:41:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Big Ben To Letterman: 'I Thought I Blew It']]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[When he threw the pass that won the Super Bowl, Ben Roethlisberger thought he'd just blown the game for the Steelers.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cable Provider Apologizes For Super Bowl Porn]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A cable television provider apologized Monday to Tucson-area customers over a 30-second porn interruption during the Super Bowl.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:26:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Daring, Innovative - The Super Bowl Coaches? No, The Crooks]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Compared to a regular ol' football game at Raymond James Stadium, Super Bowl XVIII was a fairly well-behaved affair.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:08:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Steelers Fans Take Super Bowl Party To Pittsburgh Streets ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Gold and black-clad fans with Steelers' iconic Terrible Towels waving in the air or tucked into their back pockets partied into the early morning hours Monday in an impromptu block party across Pittsburgh to celebrate the team's historic sixth Super Bowl win.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:55:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Super Bowl Produces Super Ratings For WFLA, NBC]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Preliminary overnight ratings indicate Super Bowl XLIII pulled in some super ratings for NBC and WFLA, Channel 8, topping at a 50 rating and 77 percent share of Tampa-St. Petersburg TV audience during the final quarter of the game.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:50:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tampa Airport Stays Super Busy On Day After Game]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[More than 32,000 people are expected to fly out of Tampa International Airport on 220 commercial flights today, making it one of the busiest travel days of the year. On the morning after Super Bowl XLIII, some fans headed straight from the game to the airport. They were easy to spot at 6 a.m. They were the ones asleep in chairs or on the floor.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:44:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NBC's 'Today' Show Finishes Trip To Tampa]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Having dined at Bern's, toured Ybor City and soaked in all the excitement of Super Bowl XLIII, the "Today" show staffers wrapped up a five-day visit with a final telecast from the fourth floor patio of The News Center this morning.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:18:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: NBC Scores With Daylong Super Bowl Coverage]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Nothing succeeds like excess for the network covering the Super Bowl.

NBC succeeded by sticking to the formula, starting a full 5 1/2 hours before kickoff with its John Williams-penned "Sunday Night Football" theme music - the tune that sounds like it was borrowed from a sword-and-sandal flick. The day ended with a rousing game.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:55:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fervent Fans Bleed Team Colors]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Don Kelly couldn't wait for Valentine's Day to give his sweetie her gift: two tickets to the Super Bowl at $1,500 a pop.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hungry, Thirsty Crowd Keeps Vendors Busy]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Just inside Gate A next to the escalator, vendor George Varnai was standing in front of a rolling cooler filled with ice, beer bottle caps and no beers. Forty minutes before the game, he was out of brewskis.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Rivalry And Revelry Begin Fans Get Their Footing Around Stadium]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[They came from Pittsburgh wearing Steelers bandannas, yellow and black camouflage pants and miners' helmets with beer cans attached to the top. They had face paint, wide smiles and gulped $10 beer.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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