X-Nico

unusual facts about Super Bowl XXI



Moonachie, New Jersey

The name of the borough is typically pronounced "moo-NAH-kee;" however, in January 1987, then-Mayor of New York City Ed Koch pronounced it "mah-NOO-chee" when he made his now-famous quip that the New York Giants should hold their victory parade in the borough after the team had just won Super Bowl XXI.


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Timothy J. Mara

This was mentioned during the Super Bowl XXI postgame show, where CBS' Brent Musburger brought up the schism between the Maras but how things were now better in spite of it.