For the seventh time in 16 years, New England Patriots fans once again get to enjoy — or, depending on your sports watching anxiety levels, languish through — watching their team play on Super Bowl Sunday, a truly red-blooded American tradition perhaps only matched by Thanksgiving, with the football-to-food focus ratio slightly adjusted.
After a 14-2 regular season and a virtual cakewalk through the AFC playoffs, the Patriots are set to take on the Atlanta Falcons in a spectacle of constant sports and entertainment. Come for the most-watched TV broadcast of the year; stay for the commercial starring Tom Brady and pancakes.