Star-Studded Flag Football Game Will Be Berkeley’s Taste of Super Bowl Glitz

Star-studded flag football game will be Berkeley’s taste of Super Bowl glitz

While official Super Bowl events are happening elsewhere, Berkeley is getting some of the shine from the Bay Area’s turn hosting the game.

Super Bowl week's celebrity flag football game Thursday at UC Berkeley campus

Before the high stakes of the Super Bowl on Sunday in Santa Clara, there will be a football game on Thursday across the Bay in Berkeley with much lower stakes — the Celebrity Flag Football Challenge. The 26th annual version of the game held during the NFL’s Super Bowl week will kick off at 7 p.m. Thursday at California Memorial Stadium on the UC Berkeley campus. Tickets start at $32 via Cal Athletics’ ticketing site. The two celebrity teams will…