For the eighth straight year, Sports Illustrated has picked the Carolina Panthers to win the Super Bowl.
In the magazine’s annual NFL preview, the Panthers are picked to defeat the Miami Dolphins 24-20 in Super Bowl XLI.
Sports Illustrated also picked the Panthers to win the Super Bowl last year, but Carolina lost in the NFC Championship Game.
Sports Illustrated’s not alone. This week’s edition of Pro Football Weekly picks the Panthers to defeat Indianapolis in the Super Bowl. Numerous other publications, websites and television and radio shows have picked the Panthers to win or reach the Super Bowl.
SI picks Dolphins to reach Super Bowl
Sports Illustrated, in its 2006 NFL preview, predicts the Dolphins will reach Super Bowl XLI, where they will lose to the Carolina Panthers.
If Miami reaches the championship game, to be played at Dolphin Stadium, it will become the first NFL team to play in a Super Bowl in its home stadium.
Super Bowl organizers plan two huge Hispanic festivals
South Florida Super Bowl organizers want to ensure that the region’s Hispanic community is not left out of the festivities. They’re organizing Super Fieston! The two outdoor festivals will be held in Broward County on Jan. 28 and in Miami-Dade County on Feb. 3 at as-yet unannounced locations.
The free festivals will feature Latin music and food, Hispanic NFL players and new product demonstrations, said Nelson Albareda, president of Eventus, the Miami firm organizing the events.
Super Fieston! is one of the ‘’Super Celebration’’ series of community cultural events being organized by the Super Bowl XLI Host Committee
