Will the Super Bowl Succumb to the Political Divide?

Mon., Jan. 30, 2017

By Ronn Torossian

You would think folks could set their political differences aside and embrace the annual bacchanal that is the Super Bowl, but the recent election now has many fans admitting they aren’t as excited about the game as they had been in recent years.

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