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The party s still on for Tampa s happy, home-team Super Bowl. It s just not quite as rowdy.
Chuck Culpepper, The Washington Post
Feb. 6, 2021
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1of9Tampa plays host to an unusual Super Bowl this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.Photo by Octavio Jones for The Washington PostShow MoreShow Less
2of9NFL fans enjoy the Super Bowl Experience at Julian B. Lane Park in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will face the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl on Sunday.Photo by Octavio Jones for The Washington PostShow MoreShow Less
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The New York Giants and Buffalo Bills played in Super Bowl XXV 30 years ago a game that would begin and end with legendary moments. It opened with Whitney Houston s awe-inspiring rendition of the national anthem and finished with Scott Norwood s 47-yard field goal attempt that drifted wide right as time expired.
Sandwiched between was 60 minutes of football that served as diversionary entertainment from the ongoing Gulf War.
In a venue filled with red, white and blue, representing the patriotism of the moment and the colors of teams involved, those in attendance at Tampa Stadium on Jan. 27, 1991, were treated to one of the NFL s most memorable championship games.
celebrity to draw attention to other worthy causes. oh, say can you see houston s soaring performances of the national anthem at super bowl xxv was an instant classic. she donated all of the proceeds from the single in 1991 to help gulf war veterans and their families. then she rereleased the single in 2001 right after the 9/11 attacks and donated the money that time to new york city firefighters and police officers. brave houston kept new yorkers in her heart by donating generously to the hale house shelter in harlem, and she even gave two lion cubs to the bronx zoo. proceeds from the premiere of the bodyguard present to help children with aids. and even at her wedding to bobby brown in 1992 houston asked guests to contribute to her charity for children instead of buying gifts. it s amazing. i didn t even know all that stuff, that she had done with
that you ll never forget. it was late january 1991. her stirring rendition of the national anthem before super bowl xxv. here s abc s david muir. reporter: our country was just ten days into the first gulf war, a nation on edge even on a night when football is our escape. super bowl 1991. and one voice united us all. oh, say can you see 750 million watching worldwide. but it was the end of that anthem that brought us to our feet. oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave