NFL commissioner Roger Goodell: 'We take full responsibility' for Super Bowl ticket problems

 NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says the NFL will shoulder the blame for the Super Bowl XLV ticket confusion Sunday that left 400 ticket holders without seats and 850 others displaced.

"Any time you're putting on an event of this magnitude, you have your challenges," Goodell said, according to The Washington Post, in a Monday morning press conference. "We've had them this week. We had an issue yesterday with several seats for our fans. It's something that we have been taking very seriously, working at it. We apologize to those fans that were impacted by this."
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Anchia will join Obamas at White House and view SB XLV

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For Super Bowl XLV, everyone wants in the social media huddle

 Consider Super Bowl XLV in Arlington the Social Media Super Bowl, the first in which tools like Facebook and Twitter will play such a central role in advertising, promotions and fandom.

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State fund to help pay for Super Bowl expenses

AUSTIN — A state trust fund that uses tax money to help communities play host to major sports events is distributing its largest grant yet for Super Bowl XLV: $31.2 million. It far surpasses the $8.7 million an earlier version of the Major Events Trust Fund shelled out for the Super Bowl in Houston in 2004. Texas legislators revamped the fund two years ago, making it more favorable for host communities.

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North Texas planners kick it into high gear with only 200 days to go before Super Bowl XLV

Jeff Mosier has the details -- and there are LOTS of details!
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