Going Off The Grid: Sports Execs Pick Their Favorite Super Bowl LI Commercials

"Going Off The Grid" is a weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, our panelists reflect on their favorite Super Bowl halftime shows, pick this year's best commercials and share their go-to karaoke song.

  • Univision Exec VP & Chief Communications Officer Rosemary Mercedes

    – Her interest in "pop" culture: Coke and Pepsi!

  • Timbers Dir of Business Development Jack Jewsbury

    – Devoted fan of "Big Brother."

  • TLA Worldwide Senior VP/Talent Marketing John Tobias

    – Reads US Weekly during flights.

  • Rockets Dir of E-Sports Development Sebastian Park

    – A big fan of stand-up comedy, improv and late-night talk shows.

Going Off The Grid
  Favorite Super Bowl halftime show Oddest place you've made a business call

Thoughts on NASCAR's new points system

Favorite Super Bowl LI commercial

Go-to karaoke song

Mercedes

Bruno Mars in '14...a gyrating dream! Under the hair dryer at a Dominican hair salon What's the point? Honda: "Yearbooks" "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper

Jewsbury

Michael Jackson in '93 Golf course on speaker phone while taking a shot Points usually = success Audi: "Daughters" "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice

Tobias

Michael Jackson in '93

Bathroom stall No idea. Don't follow NASCAR Budweiser: "Born the Hard Way" Anything from Lionel Richie

Park

Toss-up: Prince in '07 & Black Eyed Peas in '11 A barn's outhouse in the rural outskirts of Jönköping, Sweden Change is good Budweiser: "Born the Hard Way" "Back At One" by Brian McKnight

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