Category: Sports

Haribo Goldbears are the Most Bestest Bears Ever

Haribo GmbH & Co. KG, doing business as Haribo , is a German confectionery company founded by Hans Riegel Sr. It began in Kessenich, Bonn, Germany. The name “Haribo” is a syllabic abbreviation formed from Hans Riegel Bonn. The company created the first gummy candy in 1922 in the form of little gummy bears called Gummibärchen.

Gummy candies are made mostly of corn syrup, sucrose, gelatin, starch and water. In addition, minor amounts of coloring and flavoring agents are used.

American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

Today’s sports advertisements frequently push boundaries or test out innovative methods using digital advances, depending less and less on the “spots and dots”, the conventional 30-second commercials on television and radio.

As with any gas whose density differs from that of air, inhaling a small volume of helium temporarily changes the timbre and quality of the human voice. Inhaling helium can be dangerous if done to excess, since helium is a simple asphyxiant and so displaces oxygen needed for normal respiration.

Mr. Big Hit, Happy Body

Mr. Baseball is a 1992 American sports comedy film directed by Fred Schepisi, starring Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura, Dennis Haysbert, and Aya Takanashi. It depicts a tumultuous season in the career of veteran New York Yankees first baseman Jack Elliot, who is traded to the Chunichi Dragons of the Japanese Central League during Spring Training, and forced to contend with overwhelming expectations and cultural differences during the Dragons’ run at the pennant. Jack’s “Big Hit, Happy Body” commercial, [was] filmed [outside of Nagoya] in a tea field overlooking Mikawa Bay.

An energy drink is a type of drink containing stimulant compounds, usually caffeine, which is marketed as providing mental and physical stimulation (marketed as “energy”, but distinct from food energy).

Thomas William Selleck (born January 29, 1945) is an American actor. His breakout role was playing private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988), for which he received five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, winning in 1985.

The Chunichi Dragons (中日ドラゴンズ, Chūnichi Doragonzu) are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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Muhammad Ali knows Good Friends and Great Pizza Hut

Common toppings for pizza in the United States include pepperoni, mushrooms, olives, onions, peppers, sausage, ground beef, bacon, chicken, ham, pineapple, salami, spinach, tomatoes, and anchovies.

Muhammad Ali‘s fights were some of the world’s most-watched television broadcasts, setting television viewership records. His most-watched fights drew an estimated 1–2 billion viewers worldwide between 1974 and 1980, and were the world’s most-watched live television broadcasts at the time. Outside of fights, he made many other television appearances.

Angelo Dundee (born Angelo Mirena; August 30, 1921 – February 1, 2012) was an American boxing trainer and cornerman. Internationally known for his work with Muhammad Ali (1960–1981), he also worked with 15 other world boxing champions, including Sugar Ray Leonard, José Nápoles, George Foreman, George Scott, Jimmy Ellis, Carmen Basilio, Luis Manuel Rodríguez, and Willie Pastrano.

Places like Mexico, Africa, South America, and Eastern Europe prove to be filled with young aspiring athletes who wish to become the future of boxing. Even in the U.S., places like the inner cities of New York, and Chicago have given rise to promising young talent.

Olympia Beer Caber Toss

The Olympia Brewing Company was a brewery firm in Tumwater, Washington, USA which existed from 1896 until 1983. Between 1970 and 1980 Olympia faced flat revenues among consolidating nationwide breweries and, in 1982, the Schmidt family, which owned and operated the brewery and company, elected to sell the company.

The caber toss is a traditional Scottish athletic event in which competitors toss a large tapered pole called a “caber”. It is normally practised at the Scottish Highland Games.

The kilt is a knee-length non-bifurcated skirt-type garment with pleats at the rear, originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century. Although the kilt is most often worn on formal occasions and at Highland games and sports events, it has also been adapted as an item of fashionable informal male clothing in recent years, returning to its roots as an everyday garment.

You’re Not You When You’re Not Eating Snickers

Betty Marion White (born January 17, 1922) is an American actress, comedienne and former television host with a career spanning over sixty-five years. White appeared alongside Abe Vigoda in an advertisement for Snickers during the 2010 Super Bowl XLIV. The ad won the top spot on the USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter.

Abraham Charles “Abe” Vigoda (born February 24, 1921) is an American movie and television actor. Vigoda appeared alongside Betty White in a Snickers commercial that debuted during Super Bowl XLIV on February 7, 2010.

In 1930, the Mars family introduced its second product, Snickers, named after their favorite horse.

Here’s Ed McMahon and MC Hammer Selling Cash4Gold

Cash4Gold.com is a Pompano Beach, Florida based division of Albar Precious Metal Refining, that buys gold, primarily from jewelry, acting as an online pawn broker. It is notable for advertising during Super Bowl XLIII in 2009. Sources place the cost for the 30-second advertisement at $2.4-$3.0 million US dollars.

Edward “Ed” Leo Peter McMahon, Jr. (born March 6, 1923) is an American comedian, game show host, announcer, and television personality most famous for his work on television as Johnny Carson’s announcer on Who Do You Trust? from 1957 to 1962 and on the Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992, and as the host of the talent show Star Search from 1983 to 1995.

Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage names MC Hammer and Hammer, is an American multi-platinum selling MC and dancer most popular during the late 1980s until the mid-1990s, known for his dramatic rise and fall from fame and fortune and his trademark Hammer Pants.