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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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