PACKERS VS. BRONCOS: NOTES, QUOTES AND COMMENTS : WILL THE PRESIDENT'S AFFAIRS INTERFERE WITH THE GAME?Byline: - Kevin Modesti, Eric Noland and Karen Crouse, plus wire services NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. says it would take a very serious development in the unraveling story about President Clinton's personal situation - at this point, what's the definition of ``very serious''? - to interrupt coverage of today's Super Bowl. ``If there's really important breaking news, NBC News NBC News (along with NBC News + HD) is the news division of American television network NBC, a part of NBC Universal, which is majority-owned by General Electric. Its current president is Steve Capus. It is the top-rated broadcast news division and has been for a decade. makes the call,'' said NBC Sports NBC Sports is a division of NBC, responsible for the televising of many sports events on the network. The NBC Sports broadcast lineup includes: The Olympic Games (through 2012), the NFL, the NHL, Notre Dame Football, the PGA Tour, the USGA Championships, Wimbledon, the French spokesman Ed Markey Edward John "Ed" Markey (born July 11 1946) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1976, representing the 7th District of Massachusetts. . Companies paying as much as $1.3 million for a 30-second spot could be left out if news breaks. ``The networks do not like to give back money,'' said Bill Croasdale, president of national broadcasting for Western International Media Corp., which buys commercial time for its clients on the networks. Ad executives were faced with the possibility during Super Bowl XXV Super Bowl XXV was the 25th championship game of the modern National Football League (NFL). The game was played on January 27, 1991, at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida following the 1990 regular season. , played during the Gulf War. ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. took time from its halftime show A halftime show is a performance given between the first and second halves or the 2nd and 3rd quarters of a sporting event. Halftime shows are not given for sports with an irregular or indeterminate number of divisions (such as baseball or boxing), or for sports that don't stop. for reports from the Middle East and worked in updates during breaks in the game. Plugged in A reporter asked Denver coach Mike Shanahan Michael Edward Shanahan (born August 24, 1952) is an American football coach of the Denver Broncos in the National Football League. He led the Broncos to back-to-back Super Bowl victories in 1998 and 1999. He is also a member of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. if, given his all-consuming job this week, he is aware of the news of the president and the Pope. He said he'd caught reports on TV. He added: ``I guess I'm supposed to say that I'm isolated and don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. any of that, but I do read a little bit.'' By the book Green Bay remained a solid 11-1/2-point favorite Saturday as gamblers in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. jammed betting windows in what oddsmakers predict will be the biggest betting weekend in history. By the time final second half bets are accepted today, most oddsmakers say betting on the Super Bowl will eclipse the $70.9 million in legal wagers made in 1996. Untold millions more will be bet illegally outside of Nevada. ``It's a madhouse out there,'' said Joe Brewster, a supervisor at Las Vegas Sports consultants, which sets odds on the game. Bettors continued to like the Denver Broncos in the game, bringing the line down to 11 points at times in some sports books. But most held steady with Green Bay a 11-1/2-point favorite, down a point from the opening line nearly two weeks ago. A Caesars Palace Caesars Palace is a luxury hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. Caesars Palace is owned and operated by Harrah's Entertainment. Caesars is located on the west side of the Strip, between the Bellagio and the Mirage. official said 20 windows were open for bettors Saturday at Caesars Palace, and said 30 would be open today as the final crush of bettors descends on the sports books. Sports books were also offering some 200 different proposition bets, from which player will score first to whether Michael Jordan This article is about the former basketball player. For other uses, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. will score more points today than the Packers. Small-town news Headline in the Green Bay paper: ``Former water boy remembers 1920s.'' Also, the paper instructed fans traveling to the Super Bowl on how to modify their speech to avoid being ``dubbed a typical cheesehead.'' It quoted a university English professor saying that ``Yah, hey,'' is a revealing dialectic quirk in area speech .... Many regions use `yeah'or even `yah,' but few speakers add `hey.'' Cool. Are they bored? Holmgren indicated that one reason the Packers coaches are adding ``little wrinkles'' to the game plan in practice this week is ``to keep (players) interest up.'' For all ages Broncos quarterback John Elway said the hardest thing about his fame is that when he goes somewhere with his kids, ``There are usually a lot of other kids around, and (I) become the toy.'' No duh Tight end Mark Chmura noted that distractions are fewer in San Diego than in New Orleans, site of the Packers' Super Bowl victory last year. ``New Orleans was on top of you. It was great early in the week, but by this time, we're happy to be in San Diego, where you can get away from it a little bit,'' Chmura said. The key to success The Green Bay Packers return to the Super Bowl to defend their championship in an era when some of the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga powerhouses of the early 1990s - Dallas, Buffalo and Washington - are overwhelmed by the challenge of maintaining excellence (or rebuilding it) in the era of the salary cap. The key to regenerating the roster on the run? A detached business outlook, for one thing. Many teams shower money on players who have made highlight-reel contributions. Green Bay prefers to turn its attention to what it calls its ``core'' players. ``You can still be sentimental,'' said general manager Ron Wolf, ``but you can't be too sentimental.'' For example, when the Oakland Raiders went after last year's Super Bowl Most Valuable Player, return man Desmond Howard, the Packers were pacifists in the bidding war. The team also parted company with another important contributor, wide receiver Andre Rison, because it was determined not to overload the payroll at that position. ``The feeling was, `We can replace them and we can handle it,' '' said president Bob Harlan. ``We've been able to decide, `Who are we going to focus on among our free agents and who are we not?' '' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Oh, Happy days Ralphie Hughes of San Diego reaches for his dog, Happy Time, in the parking lot of Qualcomm Stadium on Saturday. Happy Time is wearing his Green Bay Packers cap. Associated Press |
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