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Sportswriters on best and worst of Super Bowl

 

We asked eight local and national sportswriters to share their best and worst memories of past Super Bowls.


Jude La Cava, Fox-10 Sports Anchor

Best Super Bowl: Broncos 31, Packers 24. John Elway's first Super Bowl win, Super Bowl XXXII.

Worst Super Bowl: 49ers 55, Broncos 10, Super Bowl XXIV.

Best city to host the Super Bowl: San Diego.

Best athlete interview: Terrell Davis, Broncos RB.

Worst interview: Patriots coach Bill Belichick.

Best Super Bowl quote: "We're going to win Sunday. I guarantee you," the Jets' Joe Namath, Super Bowl III.

Best Super Bowl moment: Super Bowl XXXIV. Final play of the game between the Titans and Rams, Rams LB Mike Jones tackles Titans receiver Kevin Dyson a yard short of a game-tying touchdown, ending the game.

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Mike Greenberg, Mike and Mike in the Morning, ESPN Radio and ESPN2

Best Super Bowl: Super Bowl III, Jets over Colts, biggest upset ever and the reason the Super Bowl wasn't discontinued.

Worst Super Bowl: Super Bowl XXIV. Broncos won the opening coin toss and should have elected to go home.

Best city to host the Super Bowl: New Orleans.

Best interview: Colts QB Peyton Manning.

Worst interview: Bill Belichick.

Best quote: Anything Jim McMahon said the week of Super Bowl XX.

Best Super Bowl moment: Whitney Houston singing the national anthem, Super Bowl XXV.

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Kent Somers, Arizona Republic sportswriter

Best Super Bowl: Patriots edge the Rams, 20-17, in Super Bowl XXXVI.

Worst Super Bowl: 49ers crush Chargers, 49-26, in Super Bowl XXIX. The Niners scored on the third play of the game and never stopped.

Best city to host the Super Bowl: New Orleans.

Best interview: Joe Namath.

Worst interview: Cowboys RB Duane Thomas, who wouldn't say much to reporters at Super Bowl VI.

Best quote: "I don't like this place. It's for people with arthritis. They come here to play golf and to die." Steelers DT Ernie Holmes on playing Super Bowl X in Miami.

Best Super Bowl moment: Joe Namath jogging off after Super Bowl III, index finger extended, telling the world the Jets were No. 1.

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Dan Bickley, Arizona Republic sports columnist

Best Super Bowl: Patriots beat the Panthers, 32-29, in Super Bowl XXXVIII.

Worst Super Bowl: 49ers beat the Broncos, Super Bowl XXIV.

Best city to host the Super Bowl: Miami.

Best interview: Former Arizona Cardinals DE Simeon Rice.

Worst interview: Bill Belichick.

Best quote: "We're going to win Sunday. I guarantee you," Joe Namath.

Best Super Bowl moment: The Rams stop the Titans at the goal line in Super Bowl XXXIV.

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Sal Paolantonio, national correspondent, ESPN

Best Super Bowl: Patriots beat the Rams, Super Bowl XXXVI.

Worst Super Bowl: Colts beat Bears, 29-17, Super Bowl XLI.

Best city to host the Super Bowl: Tampa.

Best interview: Patriots QB Tom Brady.

Worst interview: Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger.

Best quote: Ravens coach Brian Billick's anti-media tirade at Super Bowl XXXV.

Best Super Bowl moment: Meeting Paul McCartney at Super Bowl XXXVI.

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Don Banks, NFL senior writer for Sports Illustrated Best Super Bowl: Giants 20, Bills 19, Scott Norwood's missed field goal decides it, Super Bowl XXV.

Worst Super Bowl: Super Bowl XXIV (49ers 55, Broncos 10).

Best city to host the Super Bowl: San Diego.

Best interview: Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri at various Super Bowls, discussing being related to both Evel Knievel and the bandleader for George Custer's army.

Worst interview: Buccaneers' Warren Sapp, Super Bowl XXXVII. Arrogance personified.

Best quote: "This one's for John (QB Elway)." Broncos owner Pat Bowlen, post-game trophy presentation after Broncos' first Super Bowl win, over Packers, Super Bowl XXXIII.

Best Super Bowl moment: U2 halftime show New Orleans, the Sept. 11 tribute, singing Where the Streets Have No Name, Super Bowl XXXVI.

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Kevin Hunt, sports anchor, Channel 12

Best Super Bowl: Joe Namath and the Jets pulled off what many considered the biggest upset in American sports history, Super Bowl III.

Worst Super Bowl: Super Bowl XXVII. I was at that game hoping the poor Bills would end their frustration only to see Dallas smoke them 52-17. The most frightening thing for me was being at field level and nearly running into Michael Jackson just before his halftime show. He looked like an alien close up and probably still had four or five nose jobs yet to come.

Best City to host a Super Bowl: Miami.

Best interview: Broncos TE Shannon Sharpe, Super Bowl XXXII. We had him on live for 10 minutes, and that man can sure fill dead air with enthusiasm.

Worst Interview: Bears QB Jim McMahon, Super Bowl XX, had such contempt for the media it was very difficult to deal with him.

Best quote: After Redskins guard and now Cardinals coach Russ Grimm said he'd run over his own mother to win Super Bowl XVIII, Raiders LB Matt Millen said, "I'd run over Russ Grimm's mother to win the Super Bowl, too."

Best Super Bowl moment: Otis Taylor catching a 46-yard TD pass from Len Dawson to lock up the Chiefs' 23-7 upset win over the Vikings in Super Bowl IV.

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Mike Jurecki, talk show host/reporter, XTRA Sports 910

Best Super Bowl: Patriots beat Panthers 32-29, Super Bowl XXXVIII.

Worst Super Bowl: Chargers dominated the Chargers 49-26, Super Bowl XXIX.

Best city to host the Super Bowl: Miami.

Best interview: Phil Simms.

Worst interview: Any athlete that uses clichés!

Best quote: "I'd run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl," Russ Grimm. Grimm ended his career as a player with three Super Bowl rings.

Best Super Bowl moment: Doing the show on radio row, Super Bowl XXXVI. I look to my left and Paul McCartney is standing a couple feet away. That was a cool moment!

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FUNNY SPORTS QUOTES \ Source: chron.com

TRIBUTE TO BOBBY KNIGHT:

 

College Sports

Bob Knight appeared on Larry King Live in 2001 after leaving Indiana. KIM D. JOHNSON: AP

Feb. 4, 2008, 10:19PM
Career highlights, quotes on Knight

Knight's milestone wins

100 — Army 64, Navy 50, Feb. 27, 1971

200 — Indiana 93, Georgia 56, Dec. 19, 1975

300 — Indiana 83, Northwestern 69, Feb. 7, 1980

400 — Indiana 81, Kentucky 68, Dec. 8, 1984

500 — Indiana 92, Northwestern 76, Jan. 14, 1989

600 — Indiana 75, Iowa 67, Jan. 6, 1993

700 — Indiana 70, Wisconsin 66, March 5, 1997

800 — Texas Tech 75, Nebraska 49, Feb. 5, 2004

880 — Texas Tech 70, New Mexico 68, Jan. 1, 2007, becomes the most winning men's coach in NCAA Division I history.

900 — Texas Tech 68, Texas A&M 53, Jan. 16, 2008

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Other Knight career highlights

• Beat Oklahoma State 67-60 on Saturday, giving Knight his 902nd victory.

• Has 902 career wins, more than any coach in the history of Division I men's basketball. Win No. 900 came last month against Texas A&M.

• In his first six years at Tech, led the Red Raiders to five 20-win seasons, a first at the school.

• Passed former North Carolina coach Dean Smith as the winningest Division I coach Jan. 1, 2007, getting career win No. 880.

• Has been a head coach for 42 years at three Division I schools.

• With Indiana, won three national championships.

• His first NCAA title came in 1976 when Indiana went undefeated, a feat no team has done since.

• In 1984, coached the U.S. Olympic team to a gold medal in Los Angeles.

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Quotes from and about Knight

``I didn't know, I've never really known when I was going to step down from this job. As I thought about it, my first thought was at the end of this season. My thinking was .. the best thing for the long run for this team would be for Pat and his staff to coach these remaining 10 games.'' Bob Knight, as told to Avalanche-Journal newspaper

"He said he was tired and that it was best to go ahead and do it now. I think Bob is through with coaching. I think he got to the point where it wasn't fun for him." Texas Tech chancellor Kent Hance

"He's ready. He's tired." Pat Knight on his radio show

 ``You've got Dean Smith, you've got Adolph Rupp, you've got John Wooden. There's a handful of guys and he's right in the middle of them." Pat Riley

``I guess you can never be surprised at some of the things Bob does. I don't think there's ever been a better teacher of the game of basketball than Bob. I don't always approve of his methods, but his players for the most part are very loyal to him. I would say that no player that ever played for him would not say he did not come out a stronger person." John Wooden

 ``Bob Knight to me is Indiana basketball. Coach Knight is a direct result of where I am today, living in Indiana, coaching in Indiana and being married to an Indiana girl.'' Former Indiana player and current IPFW coach Dane Fife

"I've gotten to know Pat pretty well since he has been in Lubbock and I respect him greatly. He has had the best seat in the house, having played for his father and sitting next to him on the bench, so we know he's learned some pretty important lessons along the way. Pat is more than ready to be a head coach." UT coach Rick Barnes

``Maybe he thought it was the right time for Pat and give him a shot.'' Former Temple coach John Chaney

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Tech's statement on Knight

Statement from Tech AD Gerald Myers on Bob Knight:

"Bob Knight has done an outstanding job as Texas Tech's basketball coach. He has brought more recognition to Texas Tech, Lubbock and West Texas than anyone who has ever been at Texas Tech. His teams have won more games and been to more postseason tournaments (NCAA and NIT) in the seven years he has been our coach than any team in a similar period of time.

"He has won over 900 games during his storied career, the most in the history of NCAA Division I men's basketball. His legacy to basketball is more than the number of wins he has achieved. Bob has given back to the game of basketball as much or more than anyone who has ever coached the game. No one has participated in more basketball clinics and camps and invited coaches to practices than Bob Knight. He has always made time to help coaches with information and insight into the technical aspects of his coaching philosophy.

"Many great coaches have influenced the game of basketball. Bob Knight's philosophy and system of offense and defense have been copied and emulated by hundreds and hundreds of coaches at all levels throughout the world.

"I am pleased and excited we have Pat Knight, who is ready to be the head coach of Texas Tech basketball. He will work to give students, fans and alumni a competitive and excited basketball team."

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Knight as lightning rod for controversy

1979: Arrested for assaulting police officer during Pan American Games in Puerto Rico. Was later convicted in absentia in a Puerto Rican court, but charges eventually were dropped.

1985: Throws chair across court to protest referee's call during game against Purdue and is suspended for one game.

1987: Refuses to leave floor after being ejected, resulting in forfeit of exhibition game against Soviet Union.

1988: Outrages women's groups nationwide when he says during an interview: "I think that if rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it."

1992: Pretends to hit Indiana forward Calbert Cheaney with a bullwhip, drawing national attention and protest from local NAACP and other black leaders.

1993: Appears to kick son Pat during game but claims he actually kicked a chair.

1995: Berates volunteer at news conference following NCAA Tournament loss to Missouri.

2000: Former Indiana player Neil Reed alleges Knight grabbed him by the neck during a 1997 practice. When more allegations of violence surface, Indiana considers relieving Knight of his duties but instead institutes a zero-tolerance policy under which any new incident could bring about dismissal.

2000: Grabs an Indiana student by the arm and lectures him on respect after hearing the student remark, "Hey, Knight, what's up?" Three days later, IU president Myles Brand announces he fired Knight after he refused a request to resign.

2001: Exchanges words with Compaq Center general manager Jerry McDonald after Knight complained about size of Texas Tech's locker room for game against Houston.

2003: Kicks in TV screen during halftime of victory over Nebraska, the 800th win of his career.

2003: Launches into profanity-filled tirade while being interviewed by ESPN.

2004: Receives reprimand by Texas Tech after verbal confrontation with university chancellor Dr. David Smith in Lubbock grocery store.

 

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OBSERVATIONS ON SKIING

 

Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face."

Dave Barry

 

Skiing: the art of catching cold and going broke while rapidly heading nowhere at great personal risk."

 

Snowboarding is an activity that is very popular with people who do not feel that regular skiing is lethal enough."

Dave Barry Talking from morning to night about sex has helped my skiing, because I talk about movement, about looking good, about taking risks."  Ruth Westheimer Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country."  Stephen Wright

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