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...Super Bowl Sunday looms so large on the sports calendar, it's natural that legends have sprung up around it. Can you tell fact from fiction, true from false? (Answers are below--don't peek...
...Super Bowl experience is part of American culture," says Chad Audi, chief operating officer of the shelter on Third Street, less than a half-mile from Ford Field. "This way, instead of being thrown in jail or whatever to get them out of the way, they can feel like human beings being treated with dignity and respect." Along with dozens of volunteers from local churches, the mission plans to have substance-abuse counselors and mental health workers on site to help assess the needs of partygoers. "Maybe we can pay a few utility bills to get them back into housing...
...city look bad in the eyes visitors and the media. But despite the Potemkin intent of the local authorities, homeless advocates in Detroit are generally supportive of the plan. Though he understands that the city wants people like him kept out of sight for the duration of the Super Bowl, ?Chicago? Jones says he's planning to be at the party. "Why not? They've got free food and free clothes if you need," he says. But, he notes sadly, "It's too bad they don't do something after the Super Bowl...
...fliers advertise big screen TVs, lots of food and a DJ. Could be any of a thousand Super Bowl parties in the Motor City next week, right? Except, this one also boasts free clothes, shower facilities and mental health assessments. Its target audience: Detroit's homeless population. The Detroit Rescue Mission is throwing a three-day Super Bowl party beginning Feb. 3 and ending when the game clock closes out the fourth quarter...
...culture, there comes a flashpoint when everyone's talking about the same thing. Call it the Bennifer blitz, the Monica moment, the Janet Jackson distraction. Ground down and fed up by news that matters, Americans lock their vision on a movie-star romance, a sex scandal, a Super Bowl oops as tabloid headlines and talk-show hosts exploit and orchestrate the public's evanescent fervor...