Keith: Hey everyone, I am Keith Kocinski, coming to you from Santa Clara, California, where we are just days away from the big game. But before we get to that, we are going to take you back 50 years to when the very first Super Bowl was played. It is Thursday,February 4, and Channel One News starts right now.
Arielle: We will check in with Keith later in the show and get back on the gridiron,
but first, let's take a look at what is making headlines. Across the country millions of Americans have been hit hard by severe weather. People are dealing with destructive tornadoes, snowy blizzards and rising floodwaters.
At least 12 reported tornadoes tore through the South Tuesday. This one touched down in Scooba, Mississippi, and made it all the way to Alabama, leveling homes and leaving a path of destruction that stretched across both states.
The same storm that fueled tornadoes in the South created blizzard-like conditions across the central plains. It caused a whiteout in southwestern Minnesota.The snow was coming down so fast drivers couldn't see, so roads were closed. And more than a foot of snow fell in parts of Nebraska. Over in Rankin County,Mississippi, firefighters rescued at least eight people from rising floodwaters.
Yesterday President Obama made history, marking the first time he visited a U.S.mosque since taking office.President Obama visited the Islamic Society of Baltimore to correct what he called a "hugely distorted" impression of Muslim Americans. They told the president they face increased bias against their faith.
President Obama: They talked about how their children were asking, “Are we going to be forced out of the country? Are we going to be rounded up? Why do people treat us like that?”— conversations that you shouldn't have to have with children, not in this country.
Arielle: And it comes at a time when Muslim students say they are being targeted. Mosques have seen growing protests, and Donald Trump called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering America. President Obama said Christians and Jews in America should stand together for freedom of all religions.
All right, coming up: why your last post on social media could affect your future chances of landing a job.
Arielle: All right, guys,Azia is here, and today we are talking jobs, but it is notjust about a good résumé or interview; it is about what you posted today on Facebook or Instagram.
Azia: Yeah, be careful about what you post on social media because it could come back to haunt you when you are applying for that dream job.Take a look.
Anitha Benjamin is no stranger to social media.
Anitha Benjamin: I use LinkedIn, and then I use Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat — all of that.
Azia: But when the college grad started looking for a job last year, she was careful about what she posted.
Anitha: I was thinking that I should definitely keep it professional because it's all online, and everyone can see everything that you are posting.
Azia: And new research shows that is a good move because businesses are definitely looking. A report from the Society for Human Resource Management finds one-third of companies have disqualified a job candidate in the past year because of information found on their social media accounts.
In another surveyOfficeTeam asked hiring managers the most common social media mistakes job applicants make. Forty-five percent said posting negative or inappropriate comments. Thirty-five percent said posting or being tagged in inappropriate photos.
Dawn Fey: If you are too opinionated,too negative, it could really come off to some individuals that you could be a problem in the workplace.
Azia: And if you think staying offline is theanswer, think again. Seventeen percent of hiring managers questioned job applicants who didn't post regularly or didn't have a social media profile at all.
Keeping it professional online worked for Anitha.
Anitha: The way that people perceive us is very important.
Azia: She recently got a corporate jobright out of college. And by the way, when it comes to applying to college, a recent report found that 40 percent of college admissions officers take a lookat potential students’ social media.
So we want to know, do you think about future jobs or college applications when posting on social media? Let us know by going toChannelOne.com, and make sure you leave your comments.
Arielle: Thanks,Azia.
All right, next up, we touchdown into the history of America's biggest game night.
Arielle; This Sunday the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers square off in the 50thSuper Bowl. But as Keith Kocinski shows us, the game hasn't always looked the same.
Keith: American football is a sport of hard hits, huge plays, heroic momentsand a game millions of fans love.
What do you enjoy most about the game?
Man: Playing it.
Man: Excitement, like I just get, “Uhh!”
Man: I just love the competitive aspect of the game.
Man: Because where I grew up, that was just what you did.
Woman: It’s a big American sport, and I think that everybody, or most everybody, loves it.
Keith: Over 114 million people watched Super Bowl XLIX last year.That is over
one-third of all the people in the United States. And this Sunday marks the 50th edition of this cultural phenomenon, but even before the first big game was played nearly
50 years ago, a lot went into making the sport a hit.
The history of football is enshrined here in Canton, Ohio, at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Here the halls echo with the sounds and images of some of the biggest plays, most influential moments and star players who have built the game into what it is today.
The National Football League was established here in Canton, Ohio, in 1920, but the game had been played for decades before.The first college football game was played in 1869. Originally, it was a combination of soccer and rugby. Later, rules were developed to separate the new game.
Jon Kendle: It wasn't the high-scoring, you know, passing game that you see today. It was really a running and a kicking game. Actually, a touchdown was worth four points and a field goal five, so you could actually win a game by just kicking a field goal even though the other team scored a touchdown.
Keith: And it wasn't just the game that looked different; so did the equipment and football itself.
Jake: The football definitely has changed. You can look at the size and shape — because when football started, you didn't throw the ball; it was more of a push or a lob —it’s shaped more like a watermelon. Now the helmet started out with a nose guard; all it was — all it did was cover up the nose and a little bit of the mouth, and that obviously didn't work very well.
Keith: Equipment has gradually changed and improved overtime, but pro football is still a game of hard hits and injuries. However, it doesn't compare to the game of the past.
Kendle: It was a dangerous game in the early days, and there were, you know, in the early days of football, broken limbs, even deaths.
Keith: As pro football gained popularity, it also faced considerable challenges. In the 1920s the game survived the Great Depression by moving out of small towns into big-city markets, creating larger fan bases.The next big challenge came as the United States entered World War II in1941, when thousands ofAmerican men were sent to serve.
Jake: The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles had to combine teams. They became the Phil-PittSteagles. The team in Cleveland in 1943couldn’t even play because they didn't have enough players.
Keith: Just like the United States, professional football made it out of this dark time into a new age of prosperity, television and opportunity, opening up to black Americans.
Kendle: Paul Brown, who was coach of the Cleveland Browns,he didn't care what race, color, creed you were; as long as you could move that football one yard further, he wanted you on his football team. And so in 1946, he went out, and he signedBill Willis and Marion Motley, who were both African-American players. When nobody else was drafting African-American players, he signed those players.
Keith: And pro football became even more competitive.The American Football League was founded in 1959 and became the NFL's rival. As the competition between the two leagues grew, they decided to face off in one big game to see who was number one.
The first Super Bowl was played in 1967 between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs. But what it did was create a cultural phenomenon that continues today. Eventually the two leagues merged; it was the beginning of the new-era NFL.
Kendle: In the first Super Bowl,you know, I think tickets were maybe $5 for general admission. They were having a hard time giving them away.
Keith: Todaythe Super Bowl is the pinnacle of sports, and those tickets are now much more pricey. The cheapest ticket on Stub Hub for Super Bowl 50 —over $3,400.
For most players who score their own chance to make it to the big game, it is a dream come true.And that dream will come true on Sunday for one team as they hold up the Lombardi trophy.
Arielle: Thanks,Keith. All right, guys, we are out of time, but we will see you right back here tomorrow.
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