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Family Feud: Ravens and 49ers square off in Super Bowl XLVII

The Brothers Harbaugh are getting ready for the culmination of one of the biggest sibling rivalries of all-time in Super Bowl XLVII when John's Baltimore Ravens take on Jim's San Francisco 49ers at the New Orleans Superdome.But, this isn't Peter and Bobby Brady splitting the room down the middle with some masking tape. This is a good-natured clash between two brothers who have grown into a pair of the best football coaches in the world.The game will mark the first time in any of the four major North American professional sports that brothers will match up against one another as head coaches in a postseason game."I guess it's pretty neat," said John Harbaugh, who has eight postseason wins in his five seasons with the Ravens, a number which matches former Raiders mentor Tom Flores for the most since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger."It's pretty cool. But it's really about the team. It's about the players. That's what it's about. It's about those guys. The more we focus on those guys, the better i...

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