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Super Bowl

Vox's coverage of the Super Bowl: halftime show reviews, commercials, and more.

The nonchalant spectacle of Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime show

By Alex Abad-Santos February 12

Last year’s Super Bowl ads aged like milk

By Sara Morrison February 9

The winner of this year’s Super Bowl: Money

By Terry Nguyen February 14, 2022

Why electric vehicles are so hot in the 2022 Super Bowl ads

By Rebecca Leber February 13, 2022

Watch: The Weeknd’s Super Bowl halftime show was mellow but satisfying

By Aja Romano February 7, 2021

In the world of Super Bowl ads, 2020 never happened

By Melinda Fakuade February 5, 2021

GM is all-in for electric vehicles in this new Super Bowl ad. What changed?

By Lili Pike February 5, 2021

The biggest movie and TV trailers that aired during the Super Bowl

By Allegra Frank and Alex Abad-Santos February 3, 2020

Watch: J. Lo and Shakira dazzled at the Super Bowl halftime show

By Alex Abad-Santos February 2, 2020

Mr. Peanut’s death and Baby Peanut’s birth, explained

By Rebecca Jennings February 2, 2020

13 Updates

Super Bowl 2020: San Francisco 49ers vs. Kansas City Chiefs

By Vox Staff February 1, 2020

Colin Kaepernick’s collusion grievance against the NFL, explained

By P.R. Lockhart February 15, 2019

All the movie and TV trailers that aired during the Super Bowl

By Jen Trolio February 4, 2019

Super Bowl 2019 halftime show review: Maroon 5 was fine

By Alex Abad-Santos February 4, 2019

The Super Bowl commercials were really bad this year, huh?

By Emily St. James February 4, 2019

This year’s Super Bowl commercials showed us that tech isn’t that great

By Chavie Lieber February 3, 2019

Why everyone hates the Patriots

By Aja Romano February 3, 2019

ASMR makes its Super Bowl debut in Zoe Kravitz’s Michelob Ultra commercial

By Kaitlyn Tiffany February 3, 2019

Audi’s Super Bowl ad was the weirdest of the night

By Kaitlyn Tiffany February 3, 2019

This year’s Super Bowl ads are dominated by nostalgia

By Kaitlyn Tiffany February 3, 2019

Game of Thrones took over Bud Light’s Super Bowl commercial

By Chavie Lieber February 3, 2019

The Super Bowl halftime show controversies, explained

By Constance Grady February 3, 2019

Watch: Fast & Furious spinoff Hobbs & Shaw’s Super Bowl trailer

By Aja Romano February 3, 2019

Watch the Avengers: Endgame Super Bowl trailer

By Alex Abad-Santos February 3, 2019

How to watch the 2019 Super Bowl on streaming and TV

By Aja Romano February 3, 2019

Tom Brady’s diet book makes some strange claims about body chemistry

By Julia Belluz February 1, 2019

The NFL's virtual first-down line, explained

By Joss Fong, Estelle Caswell, and 1 more January 30, 2019

27 Updates

Super Bowl 2019: New England Patriots vs. Los Angeles Rams: commercials, halftime show, and biggest moments

By Lauren Katz January 30, 2019

Tom Brady’s new book makes some strange claims about body chemistry

By Julia Belluz February 4, 2018

Super Bowl 2017: watch all the movie trailers that aired during the game

By Alex Abad-Santos February 6, 2017

Super Bowl commercials: 2017’s winners and losers

By Caroline Framke and Emily St. James February 6, 2017

Watch: Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl halftime show reminded America she’s a star

By Alex Abad-Santos February 6, 2017

What to expect from Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl halftime performance

By Alex Abad-Santos February 5, 2017

The Houston Texans’ Vince Wilfork

How NFL rule changes made linemen gigantic

By Christophe Haubursin February 4, 2017

Why Super Bowl ads are so expensive

By Matthew Yglesias January 23, 2017

7 things you never knew about being a sports camera operator

By Phil Edwards January 23, 2017