The Seattle Seahawks' mantra all season was to make each day a championship day.

They made Super Bowl Sunday the best day of all with one of the greatest performances in an NFL title game — sparked by a defence that ranks among the best ever.

The Seahawks won their first Super Bowl crown in overpowering fashion, punishing Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos 43-8. That masterful defence, the NFL's stingiest, never let the five-time MVP get going, disarming the highest-scoring offence in league history.

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SUPER BOWL XLVIII: SEAHAWKS DESTROY BRONCOS

Seattle (16-3) was too quick, too physical and just too good for Denver, and that was true in all areas. What was hyped as a classic matchup between an unstoppable offence and a miserly defence turned into a rout.

Punctuating Seattle's dominance were a 69-yard interception return touchdown by linebacker Malcolm Smith to make it 22-0, and Percy Harvin's sensational 87-yard kickoff runback to open the second half.

Smith was the game's MVP, the first defender in 11 years to win the award.

Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of the leading actors of his generation, who won an Academy Award for his title role in the film Capote, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Sunday in what a New York police source described as an apparent drug overdose.

Hoffman, who is survived by three children with his partner Mimi O'Donnell, had detailed his struggles with substance abuse in the past.

After 23 years sober, Hoffman admitted in interviews last year to falling off the wagon and developing a heroin problem that led to a stint in rehab.

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PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN DEAD AT 46

He also received three Academy Award nominations as best supporting actor, for The Master in 2013, Doubt in 2009 and Charlie Wilson's War in 2008.

Hoffman also frequently appeared on Broadway, earning Tony award nominations for Death of a Salesman, Long Day's Journey Into Night and True West

Lionsgate, the studio behind The Hunger Games called Hoffman "one of the most gifted actors of our generation."

A CBC Marketplace investigation found that the vast majority of Canadians don't exercise hard enough to need the colourful drinks, and an average workout does not deplete the body enough to require additional energy and electrolytes.

What’s more, sports drinks can be high in sugar and sodium. Gatorade’s Glacier Cherry Perform drink contains 41 g of sugar per serving -- more than 10 teaspoons of sugar -- and 330 mg of sodium, more than a McDonald’s medium fries and more than a serving of Doritos Cool Ranch chips.

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SPORTS DRINKS UNNECESSARY, COUNTERPRODUCTIVE FOR MOST PEOPLE

Sports drinks promise to rehydrate, provide energy to muscles in the form of sugar and replenish electrolytes lost during exercise. Electrolytes are minerals, such as potassium and sodium, that carry an electrical charge and are important for body function. They can be depleted through sweat during intense exercise over a long period of time or in the hot sun.

The Canadian Paediatric Society recommends the use of sports drinks for young athletes when they are exercising in intense heat and humidity or for longer than 60 minutes, but it also cautions against overuse.

Canadians guzzle more than $450 million in sports drinks every year.

Promoted by professional sports stars such as Sidney Crosby and LeBron James, sports drinks are a popular choice among young athletes.

Eighty-five per cent of Canadians don’t get enough exercise to begin with

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