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This Super Bowl week reminds me an awful lot of the week before the San Francisco-San Diego Super Bowl in, what was that, 1995? I should look that up in one of the seven million media guides they give you when you arrive here*. * No kidding, you get two different Giants media guides. two different Patriots media guide. a Super Bowl media guide. a Hall of Fame media guide, a Get Ready for next ...
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Chad Finn's Touching All The Bases — ... During the hypnotizing hype (as the great Joe Posnanski calls it) of this ridiculous two-week hiatus between football games, I've passed some of the time attempting to temper my surging arrogance about a certain dynasty's immediate destiny. ...

THT Daily: Super Bowl hangover
The Hardball Times — ... and I feel obligated to give at least one related link. There was some cognitive dissonance in rooting for New York to win—aren't they the bad guys? Still, with the Red Sox and Patriots winning World Series' left and right and the Celtics looking strong, it was easy for the neutrals to jump on board the Giants' bandwagon during the game, though the San Diegans had to hold their noses at rooting for Manning. So Poz, don't take this the wrong way, because we love you here at THT, but maybe you should stick to baseball from here on out. ...

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