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                                 THE SUPER BOWL

The Vince Lombardi Trophy has been awarded to the
Super Bowl winner each year since its inception.
The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), the highest level of professional football in the United States. Super Bowl I was played on January 15, 1967, following the 1966 regular season. The most recent game, Super Bowl XLIX, which was won by the New England Patriots, was played on February 1, 2015, following the 2014 season.

The logo of Super Bowl 
The day on which the Super Bowl is played, now considered by some an unofficial American national holiday, is called "Super Bowl Sunday". It is the second-largest day for U.S. food consumption, after Thanksgiving Day. In addition, the Super Bowl has frequently been the most-watched American television broadcast of the year; the four most-watched broadcasts in U.S. television history are Super Bowls. In 2014, Super Bowl XLVIII became the most-watched American television program in history with an average audience of 111.5 million viewers, the fourth time in five years the game had set a record, starting with the 2010 Super Bowl, which itself had taken over the number-one spot held for 27 years by the final episode of M*A*S*H. The Super Bowl is also among the most-watched sporting events in the world, almost all audiences being North American, and is second to soccer's UEFA Champions League final as the most watched annual sporting event worldwide.

 The NFL restricts the use of its "Super Bowl" trademark; it is frequently called the Big Game or other generic terms by non-sponsoring corporations. Because of the high viewership, commercial airtime during the Super Bowl broadcast is the most expensive of the year, leading to companies regularly developing their most expensive advertisements for this broadcast. As a result, watching and discussing the broadcast's commercials has become a significant aspect of the event. In addition, popular singers and musicians including Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, The Rolling Stones, The Who, and Whitney Houston have performed during the event's pre-game and halftime ceremonies.

 Television coverage and ratings

The Super Bowl is one of the most watched annual sporting events in the world.  For many years, the Super Bowl has possessed a large US and global television viewership, and it is often the most watched United States originating television program of the year. This means that on average, more than 100 million people from the United States alone are tuned into the Super Bowl at any given moment.

 Some images of Super Bowl
University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, was chosen for Super Bowl XLIX.
Katy Perry's perfomance at last Super Bowl.

Jennifer Hudson sings the national anthem at Super Bowl XLIII.

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