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Topic: super bowl 2014

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Ian Blair
A still from Coca Cola's "Big Game" commercial.

Coke ad’s ugly, demented moral

Simon Maloy
A still from Budweiser's "Puppy Love" Super Bowl commercial. (budweiser.com)

Nico Lang
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Hillary's Super Bowl tweet

Elias Isquith

Seinfeld's Super Bowl return

Elias Isquith
(<a href="http://us.coca-cola.com/">screen shot, Coca Cola</a>)

Coca Cola riles xenophobes

Elias Isquith
(<a href="https://twitter.com/jcpenney">JC Penny, Twitter</a>)

JC Penney's not-super tweets

Elias Isquith
(<a href="http://youtu.be/5qkJHgkUzDA">screen shot, Cheerios</a>)

Cheerios' awesome ad

Elias Isquith
Former New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath points to his championship ring before the Seattle Seahawks play the Denver Broncos in the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII. (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri)

Anna North
"Dad's Sixth Sense," ad by Hyundai

Super Bowl ads' sensitive men

Soni Sangha
(AP/Charlie Riedel/<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-658339p1.html'>Vadim Georgiev</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

The "Super Bowl" that wasn't

Henry Grabar
Super Bowl Boulevard in Times Square, Jan. 29, 2014, in New York. (AP/Charlie Riedel)

My plan: Sports in the desert!

Alex Pareene