>Classic Super Bowl promises grand ending to NFL season
By Julian Linden
INDIANAPOLIS | Fri Feb 3, 2012 6:32pm EST
(Reuters) – One of the most tumultuous National Football League (NFL) seasons ever will climax on Sunday when the New York Giants and New England Patriots lock horns in the 46th Super Bowl.
A season that almost did not happen because of the bitter labor dispute between team owners and the players’ union has not only survived but produced a classic encounter between two of the NFL’s most popular franchises.
The United States has been whipped into a frenzy of excitement with more than 70,000 people expected to cram into Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis to watch the game live while an estimated record worldwide audience of more than 160 million are expected to watch the extravaganza unfold on television.
“It’s been an extraordinary year for the NFL on many different levels,” NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said on Friday.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/03/us-nfl-superbowl-preview-idUSTRE8121U020120203