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A new documentary charts how a song that featured a 335lb rapper and bad dancing went viral in the pre-internet era

The Chicago Bears are 8-3 and soaring in this season’s NFL standings. For a fanbase that’s grown accustomed to looking up at the division rival Green Bay Packers and looking ahead to the next season’s prospects, it’s reason to smell the roses and indulge in some light strutting. But even as fans find themselves looking forward to the Bears’ first playoff berth in five years, something that once seemed unthinkable with a second-year quarterback and a rookie head coaching helming a squad that managed only five wins last year, no fan is thinking the 2025 Bears have a Super Bowl run in them – not without a rap song to lay the marker down.

Before the 1985 edition of the Bears romped to victory in Super Bowl XX, they tempted fate by recording The Super Bowl Shuffle. Although the song only peaked at 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, the accompanying video came to rival Michael Jackson’s Thriller for popularity as it popped up endlessly on TV during the Bears’ title run. “The Super Bowl Shuffle went viral in an age where there was no viral existence like we know it today,” the song’s recording engineer, Fred Breitberg, says. “It was a phenomenal entity as well as being a good record.”

Riding a five-game winning streak, the Baltimore Ravens (6-5) host the Cincinnati Bengals (3-8) for a Thanksgiving Night special from M&T Bank Stadium (8:20 p.m. kickoff). Baltimore currently sits tied atop the AFC North standings with the Pittsburgh Steelers (6-5), who the Ravens will play in Week 14, followed by a rematch with Cincinnati in […]

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Game Status Ravens OUT: DT Taven Bryan (knee); RB Justice Hill (neck) Bengals OUT: HB Tahj Brooks (concussion); DE Trey Hendrickson (hip/pelvis); WR Tee Higgins (concussion); WR Jermaine Burton (ankle) QUESTIONABLE: DE Cam Sample (oblique) Wednesday Practice Injury Report Ravens Did Not Participate: DT Taven Bryan (knee); RB Justice Hill (neck) Limited Participation: T Ronnie […]

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Joe Burrow returns in a marquee AFC North matchup, but with no Tee Higgins or Trey Hendrickson, the Bengals still find themselves down key playmakers. What are the opportunities for the Ravens? Dive in!

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Joe Burrow returns in a marquee AFC North matchup, but with no Tee Higgins or Trey Hendrickson, the Bengals still find themselves down key playmakers. What are the opportunities for the Ravens? Dive in!

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The New York Jets looked to try and get their third win of the season as they traveled to Maryland to take on the Baltimore Ravens. Much like their game last Thursday against the New England Patriots, this was going to be a tough test for the Jets. Despite only being a .500 team, the […]

Ravens Did Not Participate: DT Taven Bryan (knee); RB Justice Hill (neck) Limited Participation: NT Travis Jones (ankle); S Kyle Hamilton (ankle); WR Rashod Bateman (ankle) Full Participation: QB Lamar Jackson (toe); CB Keyon Martin (rib) Bengals Did Not Participate: HB Tahj Brooks (concussion); DE Trey Hendrickson (hip/pelvis); WR Tee Higgins (concussion); CB Marco Wilson (hamstring) […]

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