It was a Super Bowl halftime show for the ages.  In the interim between the first and second halves of what was a pretty spectacular game, Madonna took to a giant lighted video stage with a horde of shirtless Spartan attendants, cheerleaders, a choir, dancers, acrobats, a gigantic glittery flying dove, and a massive amount of celebrity guests.  Madonna performed with LMFAO, Cee-lo Green, Nicki Minaj, and most famously, British rapper M.I.A.  It was this last guest appearance that caused controversy, as MIA flipped the bird during her brief appearance on the Super Bowl stage and NBC couldn’t cut away from it in time.

“The NFL hired the talent and produced the halftime show,” said a buck-passing NBC spokesman Christopher McCloskey.  “Our system was late to obscure the inappropriate gesture and we apologize to our viewers.”

During a performance of Madonna’s new single, “Give Me All Your Luvin,” M.I.A. at one point said the phrase “I don’t give a…” and then punctuated the phrase with a middle finger, albeit only for a few seconds.  Of course she hadn’t done it in rehearsals, so no one expected someone go to off-script during the biggest event of their career when their nerves are about to make them sick.  These things happen.  I didn’t even notice it during the show, and I was watching live.

The Super Bowl appearance was Madonna’s biggest crowd ever, thanks to the live audience, the nationwide appearance on NBC, and a simulcast on Sirius XM.

Tags: super bowl halftime show, superbowl halftime show, madonna, MIA, M.I.A., MIA flips the bird, obscene gestures, MIA flips bird during Madonna halftime show, halftime show, madonna halftime show, madonna super bowl half time show, half time show, nbc, football, sports, mia obscene gesture, middle finger, nicki minaj, cee-lo green, cee-lo, lmfao, nfl, christopher mccloskey, madonna, cee lo

I’ve never had a problem eating food from a gas station.  Just two weeks ago, I ate a couple of hot dogs purchased from a gas station.  They were delicious.  That’s not the first time I’ve eaten gas station food, and I doubt it will be the last.  There’s nothing like a fun food novelty. […]

Commissioner Roger Goodell gathered 32 NFL owners for one big question.  One of the league’s most wanderlust-stricken franchises is looking to move again.  The Oakland-Los Angeles-Oakland Raiders, tired of gutting it out in a run-down stadium, were once again looking for greener pastures.  Only the Miami Dolphins refused to cooperate.  With a vote of 31-1, […]

In 2006, an injury to Dallas Cowboys starting quarterback Drew Bledsoe opened the door for an undrafted free agent by the name of Tony Romo to take the helm of America’s Team and lead the Dallas Cowboys to an early playoff exit.  Bledsoe went from starter to afterthought in a season.  Now, the circle continues […]

For 89 years, Oscars has never had a major mistake.  The last few Oscars might have had a few flubs, but at least they never got the most important category of the night wrong.  Well, that’s now changed, all thanks to OG Bonnie and Clyde legends Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.  When Faye Dunaway called […]

Tom Brady has been wildly successful, if controversial.  He’s the first quarterback ever to win five Super Bowls and only the second player to do so after Charles Haley.  Unlike Haley, Brady won all his Super Bowls with the same team, the New England Patriots.  The only thing that seems to be able to stop […]

Ben Affleck, no matter what you might think of him, is a talented actor and director.  He’s got the goods, but he’s smart enough to know when he’s in over his head.  All along, since he took on the mantle of Batman, he’s had his eyes on writing, directing, and starring as the Caped Crusader. […]

In May, students for the for-profit American College of Education were running into some problems.  Their access to email accounts and course information was locked down by Google, who had disabled their accounts.  The reason why?  A fired IT worker for the American College of Education locked the school out of their Google cloud account. […]