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                 Puppy Bowl Serves as Alternative to Super Bowl

   by VOA News

   The Super Bowl is much more than a major sporting event.  Areas of the
   economy reap huge benefits.  Some 36 percent of Americans consider
   football as their favorite game.  Each year, about $185 million are
   spent for home parties, merchandise and Super Bowl memorabilia.  For
   hosting the Super Bowl, New Orleans reaped an estimated $434 million.
   And yet there are some folks in the United States who work very hard at
   staying away from the Super Bowl.
   While the nation's most-watched game is played, a cable television
   station offers a different competition -- "[1]The Puppy Bowl."  The
   four-legged athletes are turned loose to play their game -- a fieldful
   of puppies running aimlessly around a football-style field while
   chasing toys, their tails and each other.

   IFRAME:
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   924952cddbb7aa95ef8f5436490/snag-it-player.html?auto=no

   Perhaps the most interesting fact around the Puppy Bowl is that people
   actually watch the program.  The show has become an annual event on
   Animal Planet network.
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References

   1. http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/puppy-bowl
   2. http://static.discoverymedia.com/videos/components/apl/e69bffaa3af49924952cddbb7aa95ef8f5436490/snag-it-player.html?auto=no
   3. http://www.voanews.com/content/puppy-bowl-serves-as-alternative-to-super-bowl/1596819.html