Super Bowl Blog: Media Day
Media Day had its usual fair share of interesting questions from the many reporters who don't normally cover football but are somehow credentialed for the Super Bowl. Here are some of the things that I heard and saw...
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Media Day had its usual fair share of interesting questions from the many reporters who don't normally cover football but are somehow credentialed for the Super Bowl. Here are some of the things that I heard and saw...
Even the Super Bowl player known as "The Freezer" said this winter weather was a bit much. "Too cold," Packers nose tackle B.J. Raji said Tuesday while workers shoveled and scraped icy walkways outside Cowboys Stadium. "Feels like the AC is on."
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones isn't worried that the NFL will turn a cold shoulder to his billion-dollar showplace after the first Super Bowl week in Dallas-Fort Worth arrived with a big chill. "This is football country. It runs deep. It runs through men and women," he said.
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport reopened after icy runways forced a temporary closure on Tuesday morning, leaving some Super Bowl travelers in the cold.
The Steelers arrived here in Dallas on Monday morning and the Packers followed in the afternoon. Both teams could be in for a wet and cold week of practice unless they decide to move it indoors.
If you're hoping to watch the Packers-Steelers matchup at 30,000 feet next Sunday, plan carefully: Not every airline with TV will be showing the game and not all digital alternatives work once regular-season football ends.
Heading into next weekend's Super Bowl against the Packers, the Steelers view themselves as the rightful scions of the Steel Curtain of yesteryear. Others might use another word: dirty.
A report that club owners in Dallas have put out an urgent call for an additional 10,000 strippers struck a familiar chord with those who remember when players' antics the week leading up to the Super Bowl made for bigger headlines than the game itself.
The site also has another Texas pastime covered: driving. Arlington remains the largest city in the country without mass transportation, and the Dallas area's light rail still hasn't quite made it out to the area's massive airport.
Besides the Steelers and Packers, also missing this Pro Bowl week is NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The NFL said the commissioner is staying in New York so he can concentrate on collective bargaining issues.
Packers linebacker Clay Matthews joined Boomer & Carton on Thursday morning to take a stand on the "unfortunate" criticism of Bears QB Jay Cutler.
We're seeing a slightly different, comedic Big Ben this time around, and not just because he's trying to become just the fifth quarterback to win three Super Bowls.
The Pro Bowl has returned to its island home, a place where many players thought it should never left.
Going into the season, most people took the Packers' Old West costume caper as a playful-but-purposeful message that they intended to finish their season in cowboy country, the Feb. 6 Super Bowl at Cowboys Stadium — and weren't afraid to say so.
The Steelers, equipped with a record six titles, a 14-4 record, the No. 2 AFC seed and a veteran roster on the verge of three championships in the past six seasons, are underdogs for Super Bowl XLV. Really?
The Steelers' 24-19 win over the Jets in the AFC title game Sunday on CBS had a 28.3 rating and 43 share, the highest since the Jaguars-Patriots matchup in January 1997.
Welcome to Big D, Packers and Steelers. Y'all are in for a good ol' time.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are back in the Super Bowl again — thanks to a few new faces.
Aaron Rodgers ran for a touchdown and made a saving tackle, B.J. Raji returned an interception for a score and Sam Shields had two interceptions to lead the Green Bay Packers to a 21-14 win over the Chicago Bears in the NFC championship game.
The Glantz-Culver line made the Packers an early 2½-point favorite and put the total score at 45½ points for the Feb. 6 game in Arlington, Texas.
Bears quarterback Jay Cutler had to leave with a knee injury in the third quarter of Sunday's NFC championship game against Green Bay and was questionable to return.
The NFL's final four teams have a strong connection to the big game, from the first champion (Green Bay Packers) to the winner of perhaps the most significant game (New York Jets).
The Green Bay Packers go to Soldier Field favored to beat the Chicago Bears on Sunday in their first NFL playoffs match since 1941 thanks to impressive results in the last month. The AFC Championship follows at Heinz Field where the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the underdog New York Jets.
With his son out of the prediction business this week, Buddy Ryan jumped in feet first. "Jets and Bears," he answered quickly.
What better evidence is needed that the "anybody can win at any time" mantra is accurate when two No. 6 seeds are in the conference championship games?
