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NFL Films is a Mount Laurel , New Jersey - based company devoted to producing commercials , ___MASK44___ programs , feature films , and documentaries on the National Football League , as well as other unrelated ___MASK19___ events and awards shows . Founded as Blair Motion Pictures by Ed Sabol in 1962 , and run by his son Steve Sabol until his death , it is currently owned by the NFL and produces most of its videotaped content except its live game coverage , which is handled separately by the individual networks . A quarterback ( commonly abbreviated to QB ) is a position in American and ___MASK49___ . Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line . In modern American football , the quarterback is usually considered the ___MASK70___ of the offensive team , and is often responsible for calling the play in the huddle . The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football franchise based in the Miami metropolitan area . The Dolphins compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a ___MASK61___ club of the American Football Conference ( AFC ) East division . The Dolphins play their home games at Hard Rock Stadium in the northern suburb of Miami Gardens , Florida , and are headquartered in Davie , Florida . The Dolphins and the Atlanta Falcons ( who also began play in 1966 ) are the oldest NFL franchises in the Deep South , and Miami is the oldest AFC team in that region . However , of the four AFC East teams , they are the only team in the division that was not a charter ___MASK61___ of the American Football League ( AFL ). Boomer and Carton is a morning drive sports ___MASK42___ program on WFAN - AM and WFAN - FM in New York City . It is hosted by Boomer Esiason ( former National Football League quarterback ) and Craig Carton ( formerly of The Jersey Guys ). The show debuted on September 4 , 2007 . The show was simulcast on MSG Network from September 14 , 2010 through September 13 , 2013 , and began airing on CBS Sports Network on January 6 , 2014 . Los Angeles ( Spanish for " The Angels "), officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L . A ., is the second - most populous city in the United States ( after New York City ), the most populous city in California and the county seat of Los Angeles County . Situated in Southern California , Los Angeles is known for its mediterranean climate , ethnic ___MASK86___ , sprawling metropolis , and as a major center of the American ___MASK51___ industry . Los Angeles lies in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains reaching up to and over . Super Bowl XXXV was an American football ___MASK63___ between the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Baltimore Ravens and the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion New York Giants to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 2000 season . The Ravens defeated the Giants by the score of 34  7 , tied for the seventh largest Super Bowl margin of victory with Super Bowl XXXVII . The ___MASK63___ was played on January 28 , 2001 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa , Florida . ___MASK68___ is an audio or visual form of marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored , nonpersonal message to promote or sell a product , service or idea . Sponsors of ___MASK68___ are often businesses who wish to promote their products or services . ___MASK68___ is differentiated from ___MASK94___ in that an advertiser usually pays for and has control over the message . It is differentiated from personal selling in that the message is nonpersonal , i . e ., not directed to a particular individual . ___MASK68___ is communicated through various mass media , including old media such as newspapers , magazines , ___MASK44___ , ___MASK42___ , outdoor ___MASK68___ or direct mail ; or new media such as search results , blogs , websites or text messages . The actual presentation of the message in a medium is referred to as an advertisement or " ad ". NeWS ( Network extensible Window System ) is a discontinued windowing system developed by Sun Microsystems in the mid - 1980s . Originally known as " SunDew ", its primary authors were James Gosling and David S . H . Rosenthal . The NeWS ___MASK14___ was based on PostScript ( as was the later Display PostScript , although the two projects were otherwise unrelated ) extending it to allow interaction and multiple " contexts " to support windows . Like PostScript , NeWS could be used as a complete ___MASK54___ language , but unlike PostScript , NeWS could be used to make complete interactive programs with mouse support and a GUI . A ___MASK44___ network is a telecommunications network for distribution of ___MASK44___ program content , whereby a central operation provides ___MASK54___ to many ___MASK44___ stations or pay ___MASK44___ providers . Until the mid - 1980s , ___MASK44___ ___MASK54___ in most countries of the world was dominated by a small number of broadcast networks . Many early ___MASK44___ networks ( such as the BBC , NBC or CBC ) evolved from earlier radio networks . CBS Studio Center is a ___MASK44___ and film studio located in the Studio City district of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley . It is located at 4024 Radford Avenue and takes up a triangular piece of land , with the Los Angeles River bisecting the site . The lot , which is not open to the public for tours , has 18 sound stages from 7 , 000 to , of office space , and 223 dressing rooms . ___MASK44___ or TV is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome ( black - and - white ), or in color , and in two or three dimensions and sound . It can refer to a ___MASK44___ set , a ___MASK44___ program (" TV show "), or the medium of ___MASK44___ transmission . ___MASK44___ is a mass medium , for ___MASK51___ , education , news , and advertising . The Los Angeles Times , commonly referred to as the Times or LA Times , is a paid daily newspaper published in Los Angeles , California , since 1881 . It was the largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country . In 2000 , the Tribune Company , parent company of both the " Chicago Tribune " and local ___MASK44___ station KTLA , purchased the " Los Angeles Times " by acquiring its parent company , the Times Mirror Company . The " Times " is currently owned by tronc ( formerly known as Tribune Publishing ). Super Bowl XXX was an American football ___MASK63___ between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Dallas Cowboys and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Pittsburgh Steelers to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 1995 season . The Cowboys defeated the Steelers by the score of 27  17 . The ___MASK63___ was played on January 28 , 1996 , at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe , Arizona , the first time the Super Bowl was played in the Phoenix metropolitan area . Inside the NFL is a weekly cable ___MASK44___ sports show that focuses on the National Football League . It originally aired on HBO from 1977 through 2008 . Following Super Bowl XLII , HBO announced that it would be dropping the program , and it was subsequently picked up by the Showtime network . CBS Sports is the sports division of the American ___MASK44___ network CBS . Its headquarters are in the CBS Building on West 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan , New York City , with programs produced out of Studio 43 at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street . Norman Julius " Boomer " Esiason ( born April 17 , 1961 ) is a retired American football quarterback and current network ___MASK60___ . During a 14 - year career in the National Football League ( NFL ), Esiason played for the Cincinnati Bengals , New York Jets , and Arizona Cardinals . Since retiring , he has worked as a football analyst , first for ABC and HBO , and currently for CBS Sports on " The NFL Today ", Westwood One for " Monday Night Football " and the Super Bowl , and Showtime ' s " Inside the NFL ". Esiason is also co - host of the morning sports ___MASK42___ program " Boomer and Carton " on WFAN in New York . The 2002 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League ( NFL ) teams selected amateur college football players . The draft is known officially as the " NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting " and has been conducted annually since 1936 . The draft took place April 20  21 , 2002 at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City , New York . The draft was broadcast on ESPN both days and eventually moved to ESPN2 . The draft began with the Houston Texans selecting David Carr , and it ended with the Texans selecting Mr . Irrelevant , Ahmad ___MASK20___ . There were thirty - two compensatory selections distributed among eighteen teams , with the Buffalo Bills receiving the most selections with four . The University of Miami was the college most represented in the draft , having five of its players selected in the first round . Although the Carolina Panthers finished with a 1  15 record which would normally have given them the first pick in each round , the Houston Texans were given the first pick because they were an expansion team . The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season . Monochrome describes paintings , drawings , design , or photographs in one color or values of one color . A monochromatic object or image reflects colors in shades of limited colors or hues . Images using only shades of grey ( with or without black or white ) are called grayscale or black - and - white . However , scientifically speaking , monochromatic light refers to visible light of a narrow ___MASK34___ of wavelengths ( see spectral color ). Tampa is a ___MASK19___ city in , and the county seat of , Hillsborough County , Florida . It is located on the west coast of Florida on Tampa Bay , near the Gulf of Mexico , and is part of the Tampa Bay Metropolitan Area . The city had a population of 346 , 037 in 2011 . American football , referred to as football in the United States and ___MASK69___ , and also known as ___MASK3___ , is a sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end . The offense , the team with control of the oval - shaped football , attempts to advance down the field by running with or passing the ball , while the team without control of the ball , the defense , aims to stop their advance and take control of the ball for themselves . The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs , or plays , or else they turn over the football to the opposing team ; if they succeed , they are given a new set of four downs . Points are primarily scored by advancing the ball into the opposing team ' s end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent ' s goalposts for a field goal . The team with the most points at the end of a game wins . The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football franchise based in the Phoenix metropolitan area . The Cardinals compete in the National Football League as a ___MASK61___ of the league ' s National Football Conference ( NFC ) West division . The Cardinals were founded as the Morgan Athletic Club in 1898 , and are the oldest continuously run professional football team in the United States . The Cardinals play their home games at the University of Phoenix Stadium , which is located in the northwestern suburb of Glendale , Arizona . The George Foster Peabody Awards ( or simply Peabody Awards ) program , named for American businessman and ___MASK24___ George Peabody , recognizes distinguished and meritorious ___MASK38___ by American radio and television stations , networks , online media , producing organizations , and individuals . Denver , officially the City and County of Denver , is the capital and most populous municipality of the U . S . state of Colorado . Denver is located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains . The Denver downtown district is located immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek with the South Platte River , approximately east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains . Denver is nicknamed the " Mile - High City " because its ___MASK83___ elevation is exactly one mile above sea level , making it one of the highest ___MASK19___ cities in the United States . The 105th meridian west of Greenwich , the longitudinal reference for the ___MASK92___ Time Zone , passes directly through Denver Union Station . Denver is ranked as a Beta - world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network . With a 2015 estimated population of 682 , 545 , Denver ranks as the 19th - most populous U . S . city , and with a 2 . 8 % increase in 2015 , the city is also the fastest growing ___MASK19___ city in the United States . The 10 - county Denver - Aurora - Lakewood , CO Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated 2015 population of 2 , 814 , 330 and ranked as the 19th most populous U . S . metropolitan statistical area . The 12 - city Denver - Aurora , CO Combined Statistical Area had an estimated 2015 population of 3 , 418 , 876 , which ranks as the 16th most populous U . S . metropolitan area . Denver is the most populous city of the 18 - county Front Range Urban Corridor , an oblong urban region stretching across two states with an estimated 2015 population of 4 , 757 , 713 . Denver is the most populous city within a radius and the second - most populous city in the ___MASK92___ West after Phoenix , Arizona . In 2016 , Denver was named the best place to live in the USA by U . S . News & World Report . A wide receiver ( also referred to as wideouts or simply receivers ) is an offensive position in American and ___MASK49___ , and is the key player in most of the passing plays . They get their name because they are split out " wide " ( near the sidelines ), furthest away from the rest of the team . Wide receivers are among the fastest players on the field . The wide receiver functions as the pass - catching specialist . Super Bowl XXXVII was an American football ___MASK63___ between the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Oakland Raiders and the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 2002 season . The Buccaneers defeated the Raiders by the score of 48  21 , tied with Super Bowl XXXV for the seventh largest Super Bowl margin of victory , and winning their first ever Super Bowl . The ___MASK63___ , played on January 26 , 2003 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego , California , was the sixth Super Bowl to be held a week after the conference championship games ( XVII , XXV , XXVIII , XXXIV , and XXXVI ). It was also the last Super Bowl played in the month of January . Super Bowl XXXVI was the first to be played in February , due to the NFL postponing games for a week after the September 11 attacks . Starting with Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004 , the Super Bowl has been permanently played in February . This was the last Super Bowl until Super Bowl 50 to take place in California . A ___MASK60___ is a North American term for a ___MASK28___ who assists the main commentator , often by filling in any time when play is not in progress . In other regions this role is variously referred to as an analyst or summariser . The color analyst and main commentator will often exchange comments freely throughout the broadcast , when the play - by - play announcer is not describing the action . The ___MASK60___ provides expert analysis and background information , such as statistics , strategy and injury reports on the teams and athletes , and occasionally anecdotes or light humor . Color commentators are often former athletes or coaches of the sport being broadcast . CBS ___MASK44___ City is a ___MASK44___ studio complex located in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles at 7800 Beverly Boulevard , at the corner of North Fairfax Avenue . Designed by ___MASK40___ William Pereira , it is one of two CBS ___MASK44___ studios in southern California  the other is CBS Studio Center , located in the Studio City section of the San Fernando Valley , which houses additional production facilities and the network ' s Los Angeles local ___MASK44___ operations ( KCBS and KCAL ). Since 1961 , it has served as the ___MASK16___ control facility for CBS ' s west coast ___MASK44___ network operations ; prior to that , it was based at Columbia Square . The company ' s West Coast radio production center is located more than a mile away to the south , in the Miracle Mile neighborhood . Brandon Tyrone Marshall ( born March 23 , 1984 ) is an American football wide receiver for the New York Jets of the National Football League ( NFL ). He played college football at UCF , and was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft . Marshall has also played for the Miami Dolphins and Chicago Bears . CBS ( an initialism of the network ' s former name , the Columbia Broadcasting System ) is an American ___MASK90___ broadcast ___MASK44___ network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation . The company is headquartered at the CBS Building in New York City with ___MASK19___ production facilities and operations in New York City ( at the CBS Broadcast Center ) and Los Angeles ( at CBS Television City and the CBS Studio Center ). NFL Network ( occasionally abbreviated on - air as NFLN ) is an American sports - oriented cable and satellite ___MASK44___ network that is owned by the National Football League ( NFL ) and is part of NFL Media , which also includes NFL . com , NFL Films , NFL Mobile , NFL Now and NFL RedZone . Dedicated to American football , the network features ___MASK63___ telecasts from the NFL , as well as NFL - related content including analysis programs , specials and documentaries . The network is headquartered in the Los Angeles suburb of Culver City , California , and broadcasts its worldwide feed from Encompass Digital Media ( formally Crawford Communications ) in Atlanta , Georgia . Home Box Office ( HBO ) is an American premium cable and satellite ___MASK44___ network that is owned by Time Warner through its respective flagship company Home Box Office , Inc . ___MASK54___ featured on the network consists primarily of theatrically released motion pictures and original ___MASK44___ series , along with made - for - cable movies and documentaries , boxing matches , and occasional stand - up comedy and concert specials . A ___MASK44___ set , more commonly called a ___MASK44___ , TV , TV set , ___MASK44___ receiver , or telly , is a device that combines a tuner , display , and loudspeakers for the purpose of viewing ___MASK44___ . Introduced in the late 1920s in mechanical form , ___MASK44___ sets became a popular consumer product after World War II in electronic form , using cathode ray tubes . The addition of color to broadcast ___MASK44___ after 1953 further increased the popularity of ___MASK44___ sets in the 1960s , and an outdoor antenna became a common feature of suburban homes . The ubiquitous ___MASK44___ set became the display device for the first recorded media in the 1970s , such as Betamax , VHS and later DVD . It was also the display device for the first generation of home computers ( e . g ., Timex Sinclair 1000 ) and video ___MASK63___ consoles ( e . g ., Atari ) in the 1980s . In the 2010s flat panel ___MASK44___ incorporating liquid - crystal displays , especially LED - backlit LCDs , largely replaced cathode ray tubes and other displays . The New York Jets are a professional American football team located in the New York metropolitan area . The Jets compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a ___MASK61___ club of the league ' s American Football Conference ( AFC ) East division . The team is headquartered in Florham Park , New Jersey . In a unique arrangement for the league , the Jets share MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford , New Jersey with the New York Giants . The franchise is legally and corporately registered as New York Jets , LLC . The City of New York , often called New York City or simply New York , is the most populous city in the United States . With an estimated 2015 population of 8 , 550 , 405 distributed over a land area of just , New York City is also the most densely populated ___MASK19___ city in the United States . Located at the southern tip of the state of New York , the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area , one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world . A global power city , New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce , finance , media , art , fashion , research , technology , education , and ___MASK51___ , its fast pace defining the term " New York minute ". Home to the headquarters of the United Nations , New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world . Edward Earl Reed Jr . ( born September 11 , 1978 ) is a former American football safety who spent the majority of his career with the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League ( NFL ). He played college football for the University of Miami , where he was a two - time consensus All - American . He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the first round of the 2002 NFL Draft and played eleven seasons for the Ravens before playing with the Houston Texans and New York Jets in 2013 . He finished his career with the Ravens , signing a one - day contract on May 7 , 2015 . The Denver Broncos are an American football team based in Denver , Colorado . The Broncos compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a ___MASK61___ club of the league ' s American Football Conference ( AFC ) West division . The team began play in 1960 as a charter ___MASK61___ of the American Football League ( AFL ) and joined the NFL as part of the merger in 1970 . The Broncos are owned by the Pat Bowlen trust . The Broncos have played at Sports Authority Field at Mile High since , after previously playing at Mile High Stadium from 1960 to 2000 . The 1979 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players . It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting . The draft was held May 3  4 , 1979 , at the Waldorf Astoria ___MASK76___ in New York City , New York . The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season . Super Bowl XXXVI was an American football ___MASK63___ between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion St . Louis Rams and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 2001 season . The Patriots defeated the Rams 20  17 . It was New England ' s first Super Bowl championship , and the franchise ' s first league championship of any kind , having suffered three previous losses . Super Bowl XLII was an American football ___MASK63___ between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion New York Giants and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 2007 season . The Giants defeated the Patriots by the score of 17  14 . The ___MASK63___ was played on February 3 , 2008 , at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale , Arizona . The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC ) is an American ___MASK90___ broadcast ___MASK44___ network that is the flagship property of NBCUniversal , a subsidiary of Comcast . The network is headquartered in the Comcast Building ( formerly known as the GE Building ) at Rockefeller Center in New York City , with additional ___MASK19___ offices near Los Angeles ( at Universal City Plaza ), Chicago ( at the NBC Tower ) and soon in Philadelphia at Comcast Innovation and Technology Center . The network is part of the Big Three ___MASK44___ networks . NBC is sometimes referred to as the " Peacock Network ", in reference to its stylized peacock logo , which was originally created in 1956 for its then - new color broadcasts and became the network ' s official emblem in 1979 . The CBS Broadcast Center is a ___MASK44___ and ___MASK42___ production facility located in New York City . It is CBS ' s main East Coast production center , much as Television City in Los Angeles is the West Coast hub . The New York Giants are a professional American football team located in the New York metropolitan area . The Giants compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a ___MASK61___ club of the league ' s National Football Conference ( NFC ) East division . The team plays its home games in East Rutherford , New Jersey , at MetLife Stadium , which it shares with the New York Jets in a unique arrangement . The Giants hold their summer training camp at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center at the Meadowlands Sports Complex . The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago , Illinois . The Bears compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a ___MASK61___ club of the league ' s National Football Conference ( NFC ) North division . The Bears have won nine NFL Championships and one Super Bowl and hold the NFL record for the most enshrinees in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the most retired jersey numbers . The Bears have also recorded more regular season and overall victories than any other NFL franchise . History . Even after the emergence of the professional National Football League ( NFL ), college football remained extremely popular throughout the U . S . Although the college ___MASK63___ has a much larger margin for ___MASK59___ than its pro counterpart , the sheer number of fans following ___MASK19___ colleges provides a financial equalizer for the ___MASK63___ , with Division I programs  the highest level  playing in huge stadiums , six of which have seating capacity exceeding 100 , 000 . In many cases , college stadiums employ bench - style seating , as opposed to individual seats with backs and arm rests . This allows them to seat more fans in a given amount of space than the typical professional stadium , which tends to have more features and comforts for fans . ( Only two stadiums owned by U . S . colleges or universities  Papa John ' s Cardinal Stadium at the University of Louisville and FAU Stadium at Florida Atlantic University  consist entirely of chairback seating .) The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore , Maryland . The Ravens compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a ___MASK61___ club of the American Football Conference ( AFC ) North division . The team plays its home games at M & T ___MASK11___ Stadium and is headquartered in Owings Mills . The 2006 National Football League Draft , the 71st in league history , took place in New York City , New York , at ___MASK42___ City Music Hall on April 29 and April 30 , 2006 . For the 27th consecutive year , the draft was telecast on ESPN and ESPN2 , with additional coverage offered by ESPNU and , for the first time , by the NFL Network . Having signed a contract with the Houston Texans on the evening before the draft , Mario Williams , a defensive end from North Carolina State , became the draft  s first pick . The selection surprised many commentators , who predicted that the Texans would draft Southern California running back Reggie Bush or Texas quarterback Vince Young . Ohio State produced the most first round selections ( five ), while Southern California produced the most overall selections ( eleven ). Twenty - seven compensatory and supplemental compensatory selections were distributed amongst seventeen teams ; Tampa Bay , Baltimore , and Tennessee each held three compensatory picks . The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season . The 255 players chosen in the draft were composed of : ___MASK51___ is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience , or gives pleasure and delight . It can be an idea or a task , but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience ' s attention . Although people ' s attention is held by different things , because individuals have different preferences in ___MASK51___ , most forms are recognisable and familiar . Storytelling , music , drama , dance , and different kinds of performance exist in all cultures , were supported in royal courts , developed into sophisticated forms and over time became available to all citizens . The process has been accelerated in modern times by an ___MASK51___ industry that records and sells ___MASK51___ products . ___MASK51___ evolves and can be adapted to suit any scale , ranging from an individual who chooses a private ___MASK51___ from a now enormous array of pre - recorded products ; to a banquet adapted for two ; to any size or type of party , with appropriate music and dance ; to performances intended for thousands ; and even for a global audience . Christmas or Christmas Day ( meaning " Christ ' s Mass ") is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ , observed most commonly on December 25 as a ___MASK31___ and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world . A feast central to the Christian liturgical year , it is prepared for by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide , which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night ; in some traditions , Christmastide includes an Octave . The traditional Christmas narrative , the Nativity of Jesus , delineated in the New Testament says that Jesus was born in Bethlehem , in accordance with messianic prophecies ; when Joseph and Mary arrived in the city , the inn had no room and so they were offered a stable where the Christ Child was soon born , with angels proclaiming this news to shepherds who then disseminated the message furthermore . Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world ' s nations , is celebrated religiously by the vast majority of Christians , as well as culturally by a number of non - Christian people , and is an integral part of the holiday season , while some Christian groups reject the celebration . In several countries , celebrating Christmas Eve on December 24 has the main focus rather than December 25 , with gift - giving and sharing a traditional meal with the family . Monday Night Football ( MNF ) is a live ___MASK44___ broadcast of weekly National Football League ( NFL ) games on ESPN in the United States . From to , it aired on sister broadcast network ABC . " Monday Night Football " was , along with " Hallmark Hall of Fame " and the Walt Disney anthology ___MASK44___ series , one of the longest - running prime time programs ever on commercial network ___MASK44___ , and one of the highest - rated , particularly among male viewers . Phillip Martin Simms ( born November 3 , 1954 ) is a former American football quarterback who spent his entire 14 - year professional career playing for the New York Giants of the National Football League ( NFL ). He is currently a ___MASK44___ sportscaster for the CBS network . After playing college football at Morehead State University , Simms was drafted in the first round by the New York Giants of the National Football League ( NFL ) with the number seven selection overall in the 1979 NFL Draft . Simms was named Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) of Super Bowl XXI , after he led the Giants to a 39  20 victory over the Denver Broncos and set the record for highest completion percentage in a Super Bowl , completing 22 of 25 passes ( 88 %). He also was named to the Pro Bowl for his performances in the 1985 and 1993 seasons . The National Football League ( NFL ) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams , divided equally between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) and the American Football Conference ( AFC ). The NFL is one of the four ___MASK19___ professional sports leagues in North America , and the highest professional level of American football in the world . The NFL ' s 17 - week regular season runs from the week after Labor Day to the week after Christmas , with each team playing 16 games and having one bye week . Following the conclusion of the regular season , six teams from each conference ( four division winners and two wild card teams ) advance to the playoffs , a single - elimination tournament culminating in the Super Bowl , played between the champions of the NFC and AFC . Bryant Charles Gumbel ( born September 29 , 1948 ) is an American ___MASK44___ ___MASK32___ and sportscaster , best known for his 15 years as co - host of NBC ' s " Today ". He is the younger brother of sportscaster Greg Gumbel . Since 1995 , he has hosted HBO ' s acclaimed investigative series " Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel ", which has been rated as " flat out TV ' s best sports program " by the " Los Angeles Times ". It won a Peabody Award in 2012 . Greg Gumbel ( born May 3 , 1946 ) is an American ___MASK44___ sportscaster . He is best known for his various assignments on the CBS network ( most notably , the National Football League and NCAA basketball ) . The older brother of news and sportscaster Bryant Gumbel , he became the first African - American ( and Creole ) ___MASK5___ to call play - by - play of a ___MASK19___ sports championship in the United States when he announced Super Bowl XXXV for the CBS network in 2001 . He is of Creole ancestry . Gumbel is currently the host of Inside the NFL ( since 2014 ) on Showtime and NFL Network . He works alongside Boomer Esiason , Phil Simms , Ed Reed and Brandon Marshall on the program . The Super Bowl is the annual championship ___MASK63___ of the National Football League ( NFL ), the highest level of professional American football in the world . The ___MASK63___ is the culmination to a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year . Normally , Roman numerals are used to identify each ___MASK63___ , rather than the year in which it is held . For example , Super Bowl I was played on January 15 , 1967 , following the 1966 regular season . The single exception to this rule is Super Bowl 50 , which was played on February 7 , 2016 , following the 2015 regular season . The next ___MASK63___ , Super Bowl LI , scheduled for February 5 , 2017 , will follow the 2016 regular season . The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston , Texas . The team competes in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a ___MASK61___ club of the American Football Conference ( AFC ) South division . The Texans first played in 2002 as an expansion team , making them the youngest franchise in the NFL currently . The Texans replaced Houston ' s previous franchise , the Houston Oilers , which moved to Nashville , Tennessee and are now the Tennessee Titans . The team ' s majority owner is Bob McNair . While the team mainly struggled in the 2000s , they clinched its first playoff berth during the 2011 season as AFC South division champions . The Texans have gone on to win more AFC South championships in 2012 , 2015 , and 2016 . To date , the Texans are the only NFL franchise to have never played in a conference championship game . A ___MASK44___ program is a segment of content intended for broadcast on over - the - air , cable ___MASK44___ , or Internet ___MASK44___ , other than a commercial , trailer , or any other segment of content not serving as attraction for viewership . It may be a single production , or more commonly , a series of related productions ( also called a ___MASK44___ series or a ___MASK44___ show ). The University of Miami ( informally referred to as UM , U of M , or The U ) is a private , nonsectarian ___MASK89___ university in Coral Gables , Florida , United States . , the university enrolls 16 , 848 students in 12 separate colleges / schools , including the Leonard M . ___MASK20___ School of Medicine in Miami ' s Health District , a law school on the main campus , and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science focused on the study of oceanography and atmospheric sciences on Virginia Key , with ___MASK89___ facilities at the Richmond Facility in southern Miami - Dade County . The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football franchise based in Cincinnati , Ohio . The Bengals currently compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a ___MASK61___ club of the league ' s American Football Conference ( AFC ) North division . Their home stadium is Paul Brown Stadium in downtown Cincinnati . Their current ___MASK95___ is Marvin Lewis , who has held the position since 2003 and is currently the second - longest tenured ___MASK95___ in the NFL , behind the New England Patriots ' Bill Belichick . Their chief rivals are the Pittsburgh Steelers , Cleveland Browns , and the Baltimore Ravens . CBS Corporation is an American mass media corporation focused on ___MASK90___ broadcasting , publishing , and ___MASK44___ production , with most of its operations in the United States . The president , chief executive and executive chairman of the company is Leslie Moonves . Sumner Redstone , owner of National Amusements , is CBS ' s majority ___MASK17___ and serves as chairman ___MASK48___ . The company began trading on the NYSE on January 3 , 2006 . Until then , the corporation was known as Viacom , and is the legal successor to said company . A new company , keeping the Viacom name , was spun off from CBS . CBS , not Viacom , retains control of over - the - air ___MASK44___ ( CBS , CW ) and radio broadcasting , TV production and distribution , publishing , pay - cable , basic cable ( Pop ), and recording formerly owned by the larger company . CBS has its headquarters in the CBS Building ( colloquially called " Black Rock "), Midtown , Manhattan , New York City , United States . Super Bowl XXI was an American football ___MASK63___ between the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Denver Broncos and the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion New York Giants to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 1986 season . The Giants defeated the Broncos by the score of 39  20 , winning their first ever Super Bowl , and their first NFL title since 1956 . The ___MASK63___ was played on January 25 , 1987 , at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena , California . The NFL Today is an American sports ___MASK44___ program on CBS that serves as the pre - ___MASK63___ show for the network ' s National Football League ( NFL ) ___MASK63___ telecasts under the " NFL on CBS " brand . The program features commentary on the latest news around the NFL from its hosts and studio analysts , as well as predictions for the day ' s games and interviews with players and coaches . Originally debuting as " Pro Football Kickoff " on September 17 , 1961 , the program airs before all NFL games broadcast by CBS ( usually on Sundays at 12 : 00 p . m . Eastern Time ), and generally runs for one hour ( except for Thursday prime time games during the first half of the season , during which a 45 - minute edition airs , as well as on Thanksgiving and during the postseason ).