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The
Super Bowl has been the championship game of the National Football League (
NFL), the premier association of professional American football, since 1967. In most years, the Super Bowl is the most-watched American television broadcast. In 2009, the Super Bowl was the biggest ever and the most watched sporting event in the world, beating the Champions League Soccer Finals.
Many popular singers and musicians have performed during the event’s pre-game and halftime ceremonies. The day on which the Super Bowl is played is now considered a de facto American national holiday, called
Super Bowl Sunday. Exclusive television broadcast rights for the Super Bowl rotate each year among three of the four major American television networks: CBS, Fox, and NBC. Because of its high viewership, commercial airtime for the Super Bowl broadcast is the most expensive of the year.
Super Bowl XLIV will be pitting the American Football Conference (AFC) champion
Indianapolis Colts against the National Football Conference (NFC) champion
New Orleans Saints to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2009 season. The venue is the
Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens,
Florida, and the game's kickoff...