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[August 25th, 2010 12:12 PM]
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It’s almost time for meaningful professional football in America and that means that it is also a time of obsessive previews and abundant Super Bowl predictions.

In my latest attempt to become a follower, I come with some of my own. The National Football League is one of the sporting world’s greatest examples of parody. Predictions are often made off of the year before but are typically outdated rather quickly once the regular season begins. I expect this season to be no different.

This may be one of the most anticipated NFL seasons in recent memory due to its surplus of intriguing storylines and questions. Will the Jets back-up their intense swagger depicted on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” and become the kings of New York? Will the Bengals be able to keep all of their troubled star players happy and out of trouble? Can Brett Favre and the Vikings take that next step? Can the New Orleans Saints repeat as Super Bowl Champions?

I’m a firm believer that two of these teams involved in these questions are two of the most talented teams in the league and are bound to meet in Super Bowl XLV at Cowboys Stadium. Those two teams are the Cincinnati Bengals and the New Orleans Saints. It would surely be a profitable Super Bowl for memorabilia distributors as both teams have the star power to make Super Bowl memorabilia and Super Bowl autographs incredibly valuable.

These two teams also simply seem like logical choices although I do expect them to run across arduous competition in their respective conferences. This especially applies to the Saints, who I feel will be heavily battled by a rising San Francisco 49ers team that may only be a year or two away from a Super Bowl of its own.

In Minnesota, it seems that the Vikings gave it their best shot in last season’s shortfall and the recent loss of star receiver Sidney Rice will certainly not help matters. As far as the Bengals, their toughest opponent may come from inside their own locker room where it will be difficult for so many high-profile players with checkered pasts to unite under a single cause. However, if they can, they will be one of the most dangerous teams in the NFL. But not quite dangerous enough to take the league crown.

I see the New Orleans Saints winning Super Bowl XLV and keeping the Vince Lombardi Trophy for one more season until passing it off to one of the NFC’s young, budding teams.

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In the world of modeling, veteran is not always a good term. However, Heidi Klum wears the title incredibly well.

It is still fascinating that at the age of 37, the “Heidi Klum Bikini Body” is still a remarkable standard. After 18 years in the modeling business, the German model is as popular as ever.

A modern day poster girl, who wouldn’t want a Heidi Klum signed picture on their wall or a Heidi Klum autographed photo in their possession?

She has proven to have the unique ability to turn her modeling career into a versatile profession. Among other things, she’s acted, hosted television shows and even followed her husband Seal in his singing footsteps.

Pop culture history will remember her as one of the pioneers for models with aspirations off of the catwalk. You can always remember her with a Heidi Klum autograph, an excellent souvenir for an extraordinary starlet.

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It has been roughly two and a half weeks since LeBron James took the sports world by storm and bought out one hour of ESPN programming to tell all that he would be “taking his talents to South Beach”.

Although time has slightly faded, “The Decision” still resonates. LeBron James is now a member of the Miami Heat. So is Dwyane Wade and so is Chris Bosh. This is the biggest thing to hit basketball since some old white guy decided that peach buckets weren’t going to cut it.

Sure, the hype may fade some day, but it certainly won’t be happening anytime soon. Eventually people will stop clamoring for LeBron James autographs and Dwyane Wade autographs, but when that will occur will depend almost solely on championship results.

The fact is that the Heat have built themselves a bonfire of public speculation. The choices are simple, win the 2011 rendition of the NBA Finals or be declared a failure. Wade and friends can try to play it off like this is not the case by saying that the Lakers are the real favorite all that they want to, but absolutely nothing in sports will keep this Heat team below any radar.

Everything that they do will be a national story, especially if it involves losing. Yes, merchandise and signed Miami Heat memorabilia will shoot into another realm of sales if they do win a title, but that does not mean that it will not be fully expected.

The 2011 NBA season will be all about the Heat and that might not necessarily be a good thing for them.

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