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5 unusual facts about Super Bowl XXXVIII


Bill Rosinski

He was with the Panthers until the end of the 2004 season and called every major game for the franchise that occurred while he was there, including two NFC championship game appearances and Super Bowl XXXVIII.

Bonnie Bernstein

Bernstein covered Super Bowls XXXV and XXXVIII for the network and during Super Bowl XXXVIII, she became the first correspondent ever to cover the game for both network television and network radio, filing reports for CBS Sports and Westwood One Radio.

KIOZ

The Mikey Show replaced Howard Stern on the KIOZ lineup in 2004 after Clear Channel Communications, KIOZ's current parent company forced the cancellation of Stern's morning show from the six Clear Channel-owned stations that carried it, owing to the "Nipplegate" incident at Super Bowl XXXVIII.

Laird Hayes

During his career in the NFL, he has officiated in three Super Bowls: XXXVI in 2002, XXXVIII in 2004, and XLVI in 2012(where he made a call which might be consider one of the greatest calls in super bowl history).

Las Vegas Outlaws

30 Rod Smart (WKU) - "He Hate Me" became the first former XFL player to appear in a Super Bowl: Super Bowl XXXVIII for the Panthers.


Fleeting expletive

Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction in the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII (January 2004) is an example of the visual indecency type of fleeting expletive.

Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County

However, after an incident during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII briefly exposed the breast of performer Janet Jackson, the school board questioned if the network, who produced the event, held the care necessary to operate in an academic setting.


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