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San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh (right) and his brother, Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, with the Vince Lombardi trophy ahead of the NFL's Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans. 
San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh (right) and his brother, Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, with the Vince Lombardi trophy ahead of the NFL's Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans.
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If you're invited to a Super Bowl party and aren't quite up to speed about Sunday's big game, join the club. This blogger's a Buffalo Bills fan and tries to kind of tune out around this time of the season because, after all, it brings back some painful memories.
But it is the big story of the weekend, and The Two-Way knows it needs to be covered in some way. So here we go with three things you could drop into the conversation if you're invited to watch the game with friends or family and need to sound sort-of knowledgeable:
— "John's older by 15 months." Something even those who don't care about the game at all have probably heard about by now is that the two teams are coached by brothers, which hasn't happened before at the Super Bowl. Jim Harbaugh coaches the San Francisco 49ers. John Harbaugh coaches the Baltimore Ravens. Bonus nugget: their dad, Jack, coached at Western Michigan University.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. 
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
Joe Skipper /Reuters /Landov
— "Kaepernick might as well be a rookie." San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick wasn't given the starting job until the 10th game of the season. This is only his second year in the league and the Super Bowl will be only the 10th time he's started an NFL game. Bonus nugget: Kaepernick, who's 25, won't be the youngest starting QB in Super Bowl history. The Miami Dolphins' Dan Marino was 23 when he started Super Bowl XIX in 1985.
— "The Ravens overcame incredible odds to get here." NPR's Mike Pesca dug up some fascinating numbers for Morning Edition. "Take the most dire moments in the in the Ravens' post-season run," Mike said. Those include trailing the Denver Broncos by a touchdown with 30 seconds left, falling behind in New England (where the Patriots almost never lose if they're ahead at halftime) and a game against the Colts that wasn't decided until the last moment.
Baltimore's cumulative chances of winning all three games, according to the numbers crunchers at PredictionMachine.com: About 1 in 950. The data gurus at AdvancedNFLStats.com say the Ravens are, by a factor of about 2 to 1, the least likely team to have ever reached the Super Bowl after facing such difficult situations. Bonus nugget: The Bills' preseason odds of winning the Super Bowl were 60-1. But let's not think about the Bills just now.
For more coverage of the Super Bowl, you might consider checking our friends at:
WYPR in Baltimore.
KQED in San Francisco.
WBUR's Only The Game.
And there's also:
— "Are NFL Football Hits Getting Harder And More Dangerous?"
— "The Super Bowl No One Cared About."
— "A Quest For Real Beer, Without The Gluten."
— "Wacky Super Bowl Ads Are Already Getting Serious Play."

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SUPER BOWL 2013

Super Bowl 2013 – HD Wallpapers

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Super Bowl 2013 – HD Backgrounds

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UE/Ind. State game to be televised on Local 7 and WTWO-NBC 2

Live and tape-delayed telecasts to be available on several networks

Due to conflicts with professional sporting events being televised by Fox Sports Midwest, it has been announced that Saturday night’s men's basketball game between the University of Evansville Purple Aces and Indiana State will be televised locally on Local 7 WTVW in Evansville.

Other stations set to broadcast the game are WTWO-NBC 2 in Terre Haute, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, ESPN3, DirecTV (Channel 665) and Dish Network (Channel 429) in Indianapolis.
 
As is always the case, radio listeners can tune in to hear the game on WUEV-91.5 FM and online at wuev.org.

The game will be shown on a tape-delay basis at 10 p.m. CT on Fox Sports Midwest, Fox Sports Indiana and Fox Sports Kansas City (combined 5.9 million homes), Fox College Sports Central (56 million digital homes), DirecTV (Channel 671), Dish Network (Channel 418) and AT&T U-Verse (Channel 748).

The game is set to begin at 7:05 p.m. CT at the Hulman Center in Terre Haute.

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Games to Play While Lance Armstrong Lies, er Talks to Oprah: BingoSTRONG, Armstrong Bingo, A Doping Game and A Drinking Game.





Most every social bungle, depressing news item or fallen hero usually inspires some clever soul to create something humorous for the masses. To help stomach watching the Lance Armstrong Oprah two part interviews, there's a bunch of fun interactive games - and some products - circulating around the web.

Parody Silicone Bracelets:

above: you can buy the 'cheat to win' bracelet here at The Onion and/or the LiveWRONG bracelets here

BingoSTRONG and Armstrong Bingo, both play at home bingo games (you print out the hi-res boards I've included here), a doping game for those who keep steroids in their cupboards and of course, a drinking game. All mocking the once admired cycling legend Lance Armstrong while watching his interview with Oprah*.


click on the above image to download it at high-res

The game above now has rules, shown here:


Not the only Armstrong Bingo game out there. The Telegraph is offering this game board for you to play as well:



Join in the fun with the Lance Armstrong-Oprah Interview Doping Game:


And yes, of course, there's a drinking game, too.



*Oprah Winfrey's hotly anticipated, two-part interview with Lance Armstrong will air Thursday and Friday nights at 9 p.m. EST/PST on OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network. For those without a cable subscription, "Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive" will also be streamed live at Oprah.com.

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Like John Hamm? Like Puns? Look No Further, Here's the Punny Jon Hamm Coloring Book.





Created by Toronto based art and design collective, Team Art, are 14 pages of various and hilarious Jon Hamm expressions paired with the appropriate puns; Hamm and Eggs, Summer Hamm and Gianni Proscuitto to name a few.

sample pages:





Size: 4 x 5.5 inches (10 x 13.5 cm)
Handmade in Canada
Please allow subtle differences in each book as they are all individually made.


$11.48 USD, buy it here.

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The Weekender for Jan. 12-18

 
It's Friday, and you know what that means ― it's time to look at what happened in area TV and radio this week.

All of this week's headlines can be found below for your convenience.

Don't forget to check out JDTVB's Facebook page, and follow me on Twitter for all the latest information, as well as comments on a host of other topics, too.

Have a great weekend ― I'll see you back here on Monday, or sooner if news breaks!









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A Look At Starbuck's First Tazo Tea Store And The Cade Martin Photos To Promote It.





Starbucks opened up their first Tazo Tea store in Seattle on November 16th of 2012. The Seattle Times reports "Tazo’s 1,700-square-foot store in University Village is a shabby chic collection of grays and greens, with an off-white chandelier at its center and clear jars of teas on its shelves.



The floor is devoted more to selling tea for home brewing than to in-store tea drinking.




It includes 80 loose-leaf teas and a blending station for customers to create their own with ingredients ranging from rooibos to marigold petals."


store photos by Greg Gilbert for the The Seattle Times

Starbucks has not yet decided whether or not they will expand the store concept.



To promote the store, they hired award-winning photographer Cade Martin to shoot twelve images for the campaign. Shown below are nine of those images.










images courtesy of StarbucksMelody, Seattle Times, Cade Martin and Behance

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