Feb 7th, 2010 · The Super Bowl Stock Market Predictor holds that if a team from the old NFL wins, the market will rise in that year; if a team from the old AFL wins, the market will fall. In 1990 two researchers found that the predictor was accurate 91 percent of the time. A member of Washington and Lee University's finance faculty, George Kester, has completed a new study that finds that the predictor's accuracy has fallen slightly to 77 percent. He speaks with host Liane Hansen.
Keywords: Washington · Liane Hansen · finances · 1990 · NFL · Faculty · AFL · Lee University · George Kester
Feb 7th, 2010 · One thing football fans hear over and over again is that a team must run in order to be successful. You can't win in the NFL, TV experts still say, without a ground game. But that doesn't seem to be the case in the Super Bowl, and it doesn't seem to be the case overall in the NFL. NPR's Mike Pesca discusses the decline of the run as a means to victory.
Keywords: victory · CA · Super Bowl · football · TV · NFL · Mike Pesca
Feb 4th, 2010 · During his nine years as the coach of the Baltimore Ravens, Brian Billick led the team to a Super Bowl win in 2001. Now a commentator for Fox Sports and the NFL Network, he joins Fresh Air to discuss the upcoming Super Bowl — and the future of the NFL.
Keywords: 2001 · Super Bowl · NFL · Brian · NFL Network · Baltimore Ravens · FOX Sports · emFresh · Billick · XLIV · Brian Billick
Jan 29th, 2010 · The 38-year-old quarterback announced his retirement from the game on Friday after a dozen years in a league that at first rejected him, then revered him. He led the St. Louis Rams to a Super Bowl victory and later returned to the big game with the Rams and the Arizona Cardinals.
Keywords: victory · Super Bowl · retired · Warner · NFL · quarterback · reverence · Kurt · Rams · Louis Rams · Arizona Cardinals
Jan 23rd, 2010 · There's a competition this weekend to decide who'll represent the U.S. in one of the Winter Olympics' most popular events. Sunday, two games will decide which teams move on to the Super Bowl. Guest host Audie Cornish talks with NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman about the NFL playoffs and about a new Minnesota Vikings fight song — by Prince.
Keywords: Competition · Winter Olympics · Prince · Super Bowl · songs · NFL · Playoff · Tom Goldman · olympic · Minnesota Vikings · Audie Cornish
Jan 16th, 2010 · Bengals' Marvin Lewis wins NFL AP coaching honors
Keywords: Lewis · NFL · Bengals · apes · Marvin · Bengals Marvin Lewis · NFL AP
Jan 16th, 2010 · NFL playoffs continue this week, and the most compelling characters could be a couple of graybeards trying to get another shot at the Super Bowl. Host Scott Simon chats with ESPN.com's Howard Bryant about the NFL playoffs and the gun charges against Gilbert Arenas.
Keywords: Scott Simon · Super Bowl · NFL · Playoff · legend · Howard Bryant · ESPN.com · Gilbert Arenas · graybeards
Jan 16th, 2010 · The NFL is toughening its protection of quarterbacks. More penalty calls and new rules help ensure that these valuable players are able to work on and off the field. But is the NFL going too far in protecting quarterbacks? After all, this is football.
Keywords: protections · penalty · football · players · NFL · quarterback · QB
