Super Bowl Weak-end: Ride Along Wins Again, by Default

As any sports stats cruncher can tell you, this evening’s Super Bowl XVIII is the 12th to be played in the first week of February but the first to take place on Feb. 2: Groundhog Day. And like Punxsutawney Phil, who this morning saw his shadow and crept back into his hole, most Americans stayed away from movie theaters this weekend. You may blame either Super Bowl fever — the devotee’s need to prepare for the sacred event by cooking a 48-meat stew, as Stephen Colbert said he would be dishi...

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