Super Bowl Media Day offers players last chance to relax
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GLENDALE, Arizona  - Talk of New England quarterback Tom Brady's delicate ankle took a back seat on Tuesday to discussions about favorite foods, recording artists and cheerleading demonstrations by hulking offensive linemen.
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At one end of Gillette Stadium yesterday, Patriots coach Bill Belichick and his media relations staff dealt with wave after wave of reporters, broadcasters, and cameramen.
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The New England Patriots play for a place in Super Bowl history on Sunday against a Philadelphia Eagles team who are just glad to finally be there.
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New England Patriots fans celebrated their Super Bowl win amid relative calm throughout the city on Monday. With a few arrests reported as of Monday morning, the fans' jubilation has so far proceeded without any of the rowdiness blamed for for two deaths last year.
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At the Giantsâ final media day before the Super Bowl, defensive end Osi Umenyiora apologized for his criticism of the Patriotsâ Matt Light â sort of.
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Relax, Patriots fans. A smiling Tom Brady says not to worry about his much publicized and photographed ankle. It won't keep him out of Sunday's Super Bowl.
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For the NFL's best players, a trip to the Pro Bowl is an honor, a working vacation and a most-expenses-paid reward for a year of hard knocks. For a week, they're VIPs in an island paradise, reveling in exceptional treatment and privileges for their whole families.
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It was hard to find anything amiss or out of place. That's the way things generally go on media day. There are smiles all around. Optimism oozes. It's that way from Atlanta to Seattle and everywhere in between.
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The image of three men huddled together in the euphoria following the New England Patriots's 24-21 Super Bowl win over the Philadelphia Eagles will be remembered as the defining moment of the NFL's newest dynasty, and perhaps its end.
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His smile can light up a locker room, even a stadium. On Sunday, Donovan McNabb lit up the city. Break out the cheesesteaks, because this long-suffering quarterback is taking the Philadelphia Eagles to the Super Bowl at last.
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By The Associated Press. With just four days to go before a game that will determine their postseason fate, the St. Louis Rams are confronted with a significant distraction - the disclosure
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Though the timing of Wednesday's revelation of Randy Moss's dispute with a Florida woman might not have been optimal for a team preparing for the AFC Championship game, that doesn't mean the Patriots are unprepared to cope with such news. With the quest for perfection and the videotaping scandal hanging over them throughout the season, the Patriots are ...
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A friend said going to work Monday morning felt like a trip to the morgue. He was talking about the aftermath of the Patriots' Super Bowl loss to the Giants.
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There is never a shortage of inane questions at Super Bowl media day.
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There was some pushing and shoving in Florida, but all was relatively calm here back home where rowdy Super Bowl and World Series celebrations last year were blamed for two deaths.
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During the week before Super Bowl XLII, I spoke to a few players about the violence of their sport and the psychological transition they make to accommodate it.
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Tick, tock, tick, tock. For 3,600 seconds Tuesday, reclusive Colts receiver Marvin Harrison sat patiently and fielded questions he wouldn't think of availing himself for on a normal day. But this is the Super Bowl, and this was media day. And only under auspices as grand as these would one of the NFL's best receivers consent to talk.