Super Bowl LIX kicks off on Sunday. What number is that, though? Here's how to use Roman numerals and why the NFL uses them ...

As we prepare for the 59th edition of the National Football League final, we study why the league adopted the old numerals ...

For nearly 60 years, the Super Bowl has become a central part of American culture well beyond the sphere of pro football. And ...

It’s the thing that comes up every darn year: the number of the Super Bowl is written in Roman numerals, which is quite the ...

With 59 years of history behind the big game, there are a lot of interesting facts about the Super Bowl to brush up on before ...

1.47 billion: The number of chicken wings the National Chicken Council projects will be eaten during Super Bowl LIX. This is ...

The use of Roman numerals did not become an NFL tradition until Super Bowl V in 1971. The first two Super Bowls were known as ...

It’s finally here, the climactic event that attracts the entire world for an evening. On Sunday at 6:30 p.m., the Kansas City ...

Since early in the game’s history, the NFL has labeled almost every Super Bowl with a Roman numeral (more on that later) to ...

Super Bowl week is back, which means Roman numerals are once again at the forefront of the public consciousness. As one of ...

Let's break down the number for this year's game and the history of Roman numerals in the NFL. LIX translates to 59, so the Chiefs and Eagles are playing in Super Bowl 59. Easy enough — but how ...