What to Read About the Super Bowl if You Don’t Care About Football

On Sunday, one of pop’s most reliable hitmakers returns at the Super Bowl halftime show. During her hiatus from music her mystique — and the stakes for her return — have only grown.

Super Bowl LVII is two days away, can you believe it? While most of you will be watching the actual football going on, some of us will be keeping a closer eye on where the action really is — the halftime show! (Just kidding … mostly.)

On Sunday, Donna Kelce will make sports history—as the first mom to have two sons play each other in the Super Bowl. Her older son, 35-year-old Jason Kelce, plays center for the Philadelphia Eagles. Her younger, 33-year-old Travis Kelce, is a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs.

At 104, Mary Ellen Purucker’s most prized possession is an autographed Patrick Mahomes jersey. She has cheered for the Chiefs longer than she can remember.

Sometime before Sunday’s Super Bowl matchup between Philadelphia and Kansas City, city workers might “grease” a select number of light poles to deter climbing by exuberant Eagles fans. Then again, they might not.

Super Bowl Squares are popular and predictable, which doesn’t make them any less enjoyable.

The common misspelling of Super Bowl has created quite a stir on the internet over the years, with people purposefully posting owl photos around the Super Bowl and hosting owl events.

They look like failures to you. But they’re playing a whole different game.

A compilation of all the released Super Bowl ads so far, because if capitalism is tearing the world apart, we might as well have fun with some rock stars, some chip-loving celebs, and some gambling.

The NFL’s control over the Super Bowl hit a snag last week when a judge in Phoenix ruled that part of its plan for this year’s game was unconstitutional.

Indulge your savory side with this lineup of gooey dips you can make in 30 minutes or less, from classic spinach and artichoke that never fails to delight to the TikTok-viral garlic butter brie dip of your dreams.

Who doesn’t love a rebel? If you don’t want to join most of the country by tuning into the Super Bowl on February 12, or if you’re understandably watching only the 13-minute Rihanna halftime show (that’s unskippable, we’re afraid), then here are some alternate Sunday offerings and TV shows to catch up on if the Super Bowl isn’t for you.

What to read if you actually care about the big game, including expert predictions, the history behind the Mahomes-Hurts matchup, and the rise of the football nerds.