Michael Morris is North Texas’ traffic guru — and a key figure in the success of Super Bowl XLV

Michael Morris’ big playbook for the North Texas Super Bowl includes a great deal of route running and seemingly every way to get open this side of the West Coast Offense.

That’s because...

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After attending South Florida’s Emerging Business Seminar last week, the North Texas Host Committee is busy putting the final touches on its plan

Robbie Douglas attended a South Florida workshop last week that left her even more enthused about just how many minority and women-owned businesses participate in staging a Super Bowl.

“It was an incredible event,” she said. “I would say from 500 to 600 small, minority or women’s-owned businesses were there.”...

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Los Angeles-based firm, with office in Dallas, will assist in sponsorship development

The North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee has retained the services of Los Angeles-based Premier Partnerships, a nationally recognized sports and entertainment sales and marketing firm focused on creating sponsorships for major facilities, events and properties. Premier Partnerships, which has a Dallas office, will focus on assisting the Host Committee with inventory, asset valuation,...

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With a quarter of 2009 already in the books, the Host Committee is off to a quick start — even though a “mighty task” still awaits

If Bill Lively were your local TV weatherman, he might report that the North Texas Host Committee forecast for the rest of 2009 calls for sunny days with enormous activity on all horizons.

But this is a real Texas tornado that the host committee is facing head-on. Lively, the Host Committee’s president and CEO, was not exaggerating when he referred to Super Bowl XLV as “the biggest...

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The Cowboys’ Hall of Fame quarterbacks team up to ensure that Super Bowl XLV delivers for North Texas

The story has been passed through Cowboys lore because it is one of loyalty and leadership and Roger Staubach.

There’s this steep, imposing hill looming like a dare outside the old training facilities of the Dallas Cowboys in an era when players worked summer jobs and did not always report to camp in tip-top shape...

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Michael Johnson is one of the all-time greatest Olympians – and one of the region’s most recognizable ambassadors abroad

It’s only fitting that the greatest runner of all time will serve as a goodwill ambassador for Super Bowl XLV.

Not because Michael Johnson is from Dallas. But rather because he, like the North Texas Host Committee, chose to defy conventional wisdom and dared to go – very quickly...

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North Texas wants to set a Super Bowl record for firsts with XLV – no easy tasks considering the four decades of games that will have preceded it

To make history, first you must know history.

North Texas meet History.

While the goal of the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee is to assist the NFL in staging the grandest championship game in league history, achieving that high-water mark won’t be easy. There’s a reason why the Super Bowl annually breaks its own record to become the most watched event in television...

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Rosie Moncrief, the First Lady of Fort Worth, assembles an All-Star team to sell the HC’s historic Kickoff Concert Series

You peruse the names of the wives of big names who will be helping stage Super Bowl XLV’s Kick-Off Concert Series, and the unenlightened might suspect a few titles have been passed around like so much glitter.

They are the wives of local mayors, of the legendary Nolan Ryan, of the great Rangers catcher Jim Sundberg, of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, of Roger Staubach and on and on the...

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Former White House communications pro Kevin Sullivan tells why he thinks a North Texas Super Bowl will be so special

My favorite memory from the four Olympics I’ve attended wasn’t watching Michael Johnson win gold or Michael Phelps make history.  In fact, it’s not about an athlete at all.

The scene unfolded early one morning at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where I was working my first Olympics for NBC Sports. I had just passed through the metal detector on my way into the International...

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Super Bowl XLV is more than just a sporting event — it’s a way for women and minority-owned businesses to get in the game

There’s been a whirlwind of activity since the first meeting of the expanded North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee a mere month ago. The region has prepared thoroughly and swiftly on many fronts.

Thousands of volunteers will not even be added for another year. Many contractors will be brought aboard. In fact, many key participants of North Texas’ first-ever Super Bowl have not yet...

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