By Jason Levy
I told you to believe the hype. I was wrong. No matter how much it tried, the hype couldn’t match what took place on the field Sunday night in Arizona. History was made, logic was defied, men morphed into legends and legends morphed into men, and sixty years from now we’ll all tell our grandchildren what we witnessed that February night. But I was right about one thing. Destiny belonged to the New York Giants, who received every gift from the football gods, and won quite possibly the greatest Super Bowl ever, and the New England Patriots are the owners of the worst 18-1 record in NFL history.
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By Jason Levy
Here we go. After a harrowing bye week that forced football fans across the country to (gulp!) spend a Sunday away from the TV, the big game is upon us. And Super Bowl XLII is a match for the ages. The unbeaten, three-time champion New England Patriots versus the upstart, road warrior New York Giants. Boston versus New York. Bill Belichick versus fellow Parcells-disciple Tom Coughlin. Tom Brady versus the younger Manning. A rematch of the week 17 spectacle in the Meadowlands, in which the Pats needed a ferocious 2nd half comeback to stay unbeaten, and the game that allowed the Giants to believe in themselves. This Super Bowl will live up to the hype.
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By Jason Levy
“One of the easiest playoff games to pick in a long time . . . All you have to do on Sunday is look at Manning and Tony Dungy leading the Colts, and Phil Rivers and Norv Turner leading the Chargers. And we’ll get the AFC Championship game we’ve all been waiting for.”
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By Rob Dauster
After falling behind 10-0, the LSU Tigers scored 31 unanswered points to blow out the Ohio State Buckeyes in the BCS national title game. It marked the second straight year in which OSU was unable to make the College Football championship game even remotely interesting after the first half. Personally, I was watching the new American Gladiators last night instead of this game. Did anyone else notice Laila Ali sounds like a man? Regardless, the show is still SO bad ass. Gotta love Wolf’s howl. But I digress.
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By Jason Levy
Four games down, seven to go before the champion of the NFL season is crowned. Let’s just hope that the remaining games are better than what the Wild Card round gave us. With the exception of Jacksonville-Pittsburgh, all the games were duds. Seattle blew past Washington after a brief scare to start the second half (Todd Collins on the road was too much for the spirit of Sean Taylor to overcome). Tampa had three weeks to figure out how to beat the Giants and still couldn’t do it, and now every Giants fan has their Super Bowl trip to Phoenix planned. And the Chargers acted like Super Bowl champs after winning their first playoff game in a decade, finally showing up in the second half against a mediocre-at-best Titans team. Maybe last weekend lacked juice because few people really believe any team that won had a shot at the Super Bowl, or even winning this week. The contenders are out to play, so let’s get to it.
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By Michael Maynard
The games are simple. You run the ball, you throw the ball, you tackle the opponent running the ball. You dribble the ball, you shoot the ball, you rebound missed shots. You pitch the ball, you hit the ball, you run the bases, you catch the ball. You skate, you carry the puck, you pass the puck and you shoot the puck. The sport played is basically the same from the little leagues to the colleges and pros. Right?
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