America's passion for football is so pervasive that, at least for me, only after the Super Bowl does it feel like the New Year has begun. Meanwhile, if
The bright lights and television cameras were already some 375 miles east of Santa Monica, diehard football fans converging on the host city, players augmenting the spectacle with headline-grabbing sound
It's the matchup America has been waiting for.
It's the Pats against the Hawks, East against West, the alleged deflaters against the gregarious haters, the ruling
Super Bowl Media Day is football's annual circus, where the participating teams' more popular players are trapped in their individual podiums as the flood of media members