Gridiron Breakdown: Summer Olympics or Super Bowl?

Published: Jul 27, 2012 at 07:01 AM

Adam Rank

NFL.com Writer

The Olympic opening ceremonies were Friday evening (or morning, depending on where you live) and it begs to question, what is the better sporting event - the summer Olympics or the Super Bowl? We might be biased here on NFL.com, so it's important to do this fairly, so let's take it to the grid.

Geez, the Summer Olympics treated the Super Bowl like Charles Barkley treats an Angola basketball player. Oh well, at least our game is every year!

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