Encore - The Super Bowl: How America’s Top Sports Event Was Created In The Aftermath Of The AFL All Star Game

Recorded on 04/07/2021 at the East Brunswick Public Library The Super Bowl is much more than a football game, and as you might know,  it is the only sports event that impacts every community in the United  States. But, did you know that the Super Bowl rose out of the civil  rights movement, specifically the African American boycott of the AFL All Star Game in New Orleans? Evan Weiner, a veteran sports broadcaster  will take us on a journey from the birth of the Super Bowl to talk about  the halftime shows and everything in between, including how the famed  football game got its name.  Evan Weiner is an award winning journalist and recognized global expert  of the "Politics of Sports Business". He has a daily video podcast  called The Politics of Sports Business. In the United States, he has  been a radio commentator, TV pundit on MSNBC, NewsMax and ABC.  He is  also an author of nine books and is a frequent college speaker. He has  been a regular on BBC radio as well as Talk Sport London and has been  quoted in Bolivian and Australian newspapers. From 1988 until 1992, Evan  was a member of the Minnesota North Stars radio broadcast team.  In  2007, Evan was selected by the United States Department of State to  speak at Texas A & M -George Bush Presidential Library to explain  how the American government partners with sports addressing 16 hand  selected foreign nationals. He won the 2010 Ronald Reagan Media Award  from the United States Sports Academy. In 2015, Evan was featured on the  documentary, “The Sons of Ben" about the economic fall of Chester,  Pennsylvania and how the city thought a soccer team would be a key to  economic revival. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library