February 9, 2021

Okay, so where am I?  Let’s just say that I wasn’t one of those 25,000 people who was watching Tom Brady become the greatest of all time. (The kids tell me to just say GOAT, but when I was a youngster, the goat was someone who failed in THE big moment). Let’s just say I’m […]

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February 3, 2020

Photo: Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images Okay, so where am I? Let’s just say that The Comeback Chiefs just scored three touchdowns in the final few minutes in Miami to earn their first Super Bowl win in 50 years. That ought to narrow it all down. On Sunday, huge brands like Tide and Pepsi once again spent […]

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February 4, 2019

Okay, so where am I? Let’s just say that Tom Brady and Bill Belichick chased down their record-breaking sixth Super Bowl crown. That should narrow it all down. On Sunday, huge brands like Budweiser and Pepsi once again spent millions of dollars from their advertising budgets in the hopes of catching your attention during what […]

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February 5, 2018

Okay, so where am I? I’m digesting the numbers from the Super Bowl and it looks like over 100 million people watched the big game again. I’m pretty happy because the taking the Philadelphia Eagles and plus six points was the steal of the year (uhhhhhm, hypothetically, because I would never gamble, of course). I […]

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February 2, 2018

Okay, so where am I? Before I get to the top Super Bowl commercials leaked before Sunday, I just want to say that I feel a huge measure of vindication. “Why?” you ask? Because of stories like this from Variety: Madison Avenue Hopes Super Bowl Ads Won’t Get Trumped by Politics Analysis: Big Game. Small […]

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February 6, 2017

Okay, so where am I? ** – More than a caption – see below I may or may not be at the Super Bowl witnessing the greatest comeback in the great Super Bowl ever played. Or I may have just attended the Oscars Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton. No, I’m not a nominee, but […]

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February 8, 2016

At first I was like, “Holy f#%king Super Bowl tickets Batman!” I mean tickets to the Golden Game? Super Bowl 50? In San Francisco? Club Level? Running elbows with the bourgeois of the world like Beyoncé, Pres. Obama, The Mannings, and Katy Perry? I mean who wouldn’t want that? But then “$3K PER TICKET” smacked me on […]

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February 4, 2016

Okay, so where am I? Super Bowl 50 officially kicked off with Media Day Super Bowl Opening Night and there’s a lot going on in Northern California. I mean this could be Peyton Manning’s last rodeo, players are wearing wrestling masks and the game will be on in Hungary! The SAP Center, which is usually home […]

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August 14, 2015

Okay, so where am I? I’m definitely NOT in Compton getting ready for the premiere of the N.W.A. bio pic Straight Outta Compton. (Although I did some of my early years living there with my dad in our Trek of Diversity that lasted until my mid-teens. But that is, of course, a story for another day.) […]

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