It seems as if I have written quite a bit here over the past 15 years about the Super Bowl and Peyton Manning. My justification(s) is that the Super Bowl is an event — something akin to an American holiday — worldwide. The number of television viewers alone for tomorrow’s game is a lock for …
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Probably most of the remaining world didn’t notice but I missed a few days of writing EFD this week. Most of the reason was medically-related. No, I haven’t been sick. I’ve just been sick of medical appointments. I finally finished up a month’s worth of physical therapy after having arthroscopic surgery to remove torn meniscus …
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Maybe I have just been looking at the wrong places. But it seems as if relatively little fanfare was given the phenomenal accomplishment Sunday inside the awful-sounding Sports Authority Field at Mile High. No, I am not talking about the 51-28 shellacking that the Tennessee Titans was given at the hands of the Denver Broncos. …
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Colts rout show they really need Manning; But does a recovering Manning really need the game? Football season is here and I am pleased with that fact. Especially pleasing is that the NFL started playing this week since the league owners earlier lockout looked as if the season could be torpedoed. That is a whole …
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Last night’s Super Bowl was super. I’m not saying that because I rooted for New Orleans. It was perhaps the best football game out of maybe a handful of Super Bowls I have watched since SB No.I. The way I came to that decision was realizing that the game was just flying by. I’d look …
