Super Bowl a media and mythic spectacle across decades
Don Weiss helped craft lavish pre game and halftime shows turning football into entertainment and advertising. Madison Avenue seized the moment with million dollar ad minutes as seat prices and ticket scalping soared. The Super Bowl grew from a modest start to a televised corporate showcase led by Namath’s landmark Jets upset.
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Salute planned for Challenger tragedy anniversary
Air Force Capt. Rich Scobee will lead a formation of F-16s over Sun Devil Stadium Tempe Arizona just before Super Bowl kickoff marking the tenth anniversary of the Challenger disaster He honors his father Francis Dick Scobee space shuttle commander and fighter pilot who died in the 1986 explosion Christa McAuliffe and six others were killed in the accident Rich Scobee recalls the hard time and the personal impact of that day.
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Dick” Scobee
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