Peculiar game,peculiar half-time show

New Straits Times | February 15, 2004| | Copyright

Meera Tharmaratnam
New Straits Times
02-15-2004
Peculiar game,peculiar half-time show
Byline: Meera Tharmaratnam
Edition: 2*
Column: Jottings

SUPER Bowl Sunday is a special day in America. It usually kicks off with a long leisurely barbecue, lubricated with lots of beer, and ends with two- thirds of the nation gathering around their TVs to watch the most important football game of the year.

This time, the NFL finale was between the New England Patriots and the Carolina Panthers, the latter a surprise first-timer.
Yes, I can hear you say it already. What Americans call "football" is not football ...

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