XL = XTREME LAUGHS

Cracked Magazine appeared sometime in the 1960s as a low-rent alternative to MAD magazine, and occasionally came up with some funny stuff. However, they now have a website just like everyone else, and this ESPN parody that they created is hilarious. And this link of "SPN'S MORE THAN COMPLETE MEGA COVERAGE" is now my only source for information about Big Game #40. They inform us, among other things, that "Detroit Native Jerome "From Detroit" Bettis to Play Super Bowl in Detroit (His Hometown)":

In a story that SPN's writers are calling the biggest Super Bowl scoop ever, SPN reports that veteran Steelers RB Jerome Bettis is a native of Detroit. That’s right – the same city that’s hosting Super Bowl XL. The very same Super Bowl in which Bettis is playing! Is this an amazing story or what?! We're not grasping at straws! READ MORE

• Pasquarelli: It’s true, he is from Detroit. I checked | Clayton: If so, why is no one reporting on this?
• Vote: Should we run this story into the ground?
• Does he actually like Detroit? | Is he insane?!
• Also, Jerome Bettis is obese and he's playing in Super Bowl XL | Get it? Like the size extra large? | It's funny because, you know, he's a big guy