Super Bowl

This weekend brings the Super Bowl, that annual festival of traditions including overpriced commercials, seven-layer dip and a curious one for we business writers: statistics on how much productivity is "lost" due to the game. I've seen different numbers bandied about: Employers lose $820 or $850 ...

In the lead up to this year's Super Bowl XVLI, fans of the New York Giants and New England Patriots likely devoted some of their work time discussing or analyzing what is arguably America's premier sporting event. Yet employers are likely to see the greatest impact on productivity today -- the day after the ...

By Debra Auerbach This weekend, the New England Patriots will take on the New York Giants in what is sure to be an exciting game. As the game edges closer, there's been tons of coverage analyzing the two teams, their strengths and weaknesses and the odds for and against each team winning. ...

Oh those clever folks at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution! Knowing that a lot of their readers would be groggy and discombobulated at work the day after the Super Bowl, one enterprising columnist by the name of Alexis Stevens asked her Twitter followers to help compile a list of excuses to give their boss this ...

The Packer's defeat of the Steelers in the Super Bowl continued the trend that links the Super Bowl victor to lowest unemployment rates. As of yesterday, for the 17th time in the past 20 years, the Super Bowl winning team hails from the metropolitan area with the lower unemployment rate (of the two teams). We ...

Vendors selling snacks, popcorn and souvenirs are the staple of every sporting event, and the Super Bowl is certainly no exception. However, the Super Bowl attracts many high-powered corporations and businesses in addition to regular fans. Many of these fans attend the huge tailgate party that surrounds the ...

The Super Bowl is the year's most popular televised sporting event. Millions across the country will be watching today's game on TV sets in homes, as well as at Super Bowl parties and sports bars. Among the people responsible for bringing every riveting moment of the big game into the nation's living rooms ...

Watching the Super Bowl is a rite of passage in America. It makes people feel American, like apple pie and Fourth of July parades. But for one Californian family working behind the scenes at the Super Bowl, it's more than an American pastime, and more than just a job -- it's a family affair. ...

In just a couple of days Super Bowl XLV will finally be upon us! From the pre-game show to the final nail-biting seconds, Americans will be glued to their television sets. All this excitement and euphoria is the result of the work of thousands of people, starting months before kickoff. This labor comes in ...

Even the most naive sports neophyte who doesn't know a touchdown from a tailgate will probably have some contact with the Super Bowl. No one can resist a good Super Bowl party -- inside where it's warm and cozy, with lots of great food and beverage, excited people and wildly creative commercials. With all ...

Between all the bone-crushing hits, tackles and nail-biting plays that are always part of the testosterone-filled Super Bowl each year, there's also been, on many occasions, a bit of feminine support coming from the sidelines in the form of morale-boosting, beautiful cheerleaders for one or both of the ...

I have to admit I'm not a huge football fan, but I actually look forward to the Super Bowl every year for two reasons: the half-time show and the commercials. Many of the top ads air on Super Bowl Sunday, and I enjoy the humor and creativity showcased in many of the commercials. ...

Prior to this year's Super Bowl, most people thought of the residents of Green Bay, Wisc., and Pittsburgh, Pa., as hard-working, middle American sports fans, and gave little thought to what life might be like there. This weekend, all eyes will be upon those cities and their teams, and we might wonder how life ...

A city's unemployment status is a pretty good indicator of a team's chances of winning the Super Bowl, according to a new study based on public data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the analysis by RiseSmart, the team whose metropolitan area boasts the lower jobless rate has won 16 of the past ...