Two More Super Bowl Stories

I think this will be the final two Super Bowl stories for this year. I have posted a great number of stories related to this year's event, because it was so exciting to see Christ receive so much positive media coverage thanks to coaches and players. It also brought about a flurry of stories related to "proper uses" of the game by churches.

Indianapolis Colts' Tony Dungy, at NFL's pinnacle, points still higher to God

MIAMI (BP)--Tony Dungy closed out a soggy night riding the back of his players with his fists clinched, pointing to the sky, after his Indianapolis Colts captured Super Bowl XLI, 29-17, over the Chicago Bears Sunday night in Miami.

Dungy again used his nationally televised platform to give glory to God during the post-game awards ceremony.

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NFL spokesman: Curbs on churches unchanged

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--In an e-mail to Baptist Press Feb. 4, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello emphasized that the NFL had not altered its policy about mass out-of-home viewing of the league's championship game.

"Nothing has changed. We have no issue with churches holding Super Bowl parties under our longstanding guidelines that hundreds of churches adhere to every year," Aiello wrote hours before the game. He was responding to a question about a report on WorldNetDaily.com that the NFL apparently had eased curbs on churches planning festivities related to the championship.

Unknown is the impact the restrictions had on churches on game day nor what the eventual fallout will be for the NFL and its advertisers because of the NFL's inflexibility toward churches and favoritism toward sports bars.

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