We wrote last week that Indianapolis was pitching to host the 2012 Super Bowl. Well, the NFL was convinced, as the league has voted to let the big game enjoy some Hoosier hospitality.
The INDIANAPOLIS STAR hikes up news that the Colts’ hometown beat out Houston & Phoenix (OK, Glendale) for the right to host Super Bowl XLVI. And there’s one man the good people of central Indiana have to thank:
Dennis Hopper.
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Jim Irsay is hoping the Hoosier State will soon be hosting the Super Bowl, as the Colts owner makes his proposal to the NFL.
Mike Chappell of the INDIANAPOLIS STAR reports that Irsay will be heading down to Atlanta, pleading his case to fellow league owners to bring the 2012 Big Game to the Crossroads of America.
One of his selling points? No one has to worry about suntan lotion. Read more…
Hey, Glendale. Remember that Super Bowl you hosted about four months ago? Yeah? Did you enjoy it?
I hope so, because you paid about $3.4 million to host it…and you only made about $1.2 million in tax revenue from it. So that means that you lost about…five, seven, carry the one…hey, can I borrow your abacus?
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Eli Manning is a miracle worker. Sure, he was able to lead the Giants to an unexpected Super Bowl victory over Tom Brady & his undefeated Patriots. But we now know how truly magical the NY QB is - his sneakers helped bring together a pair of siblings that hadn’t seen each other in 45 years.
The HOBOKEN (NJ) REPORTER has the sole-ful tale of Tommy Morrissey, a local resident who was able to reunite with his long-lost sister - all due to Eli’s shoes. Read more…
Some Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks work their way through the rubber chicken circuit and gain 20 lbs. Others take advantage of the opportunity to spread their seed, Johnny Appleseed-style, through the local model population. Not Eli Manning, though. How does he spend his spring of vindication as the Leader of the World Champions?
He shows up at a breakfast in Washington, D.C. to flog the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and dutifully answer the same questions repeatedly. Doesn’t he know that he doesn’t need the “honor” anymore of working with Denise Austin and Mary Lou Retton on pushing the American fat boulder uphill just to keep his name in the public eye?
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With Brett Favre retiring from the NFL for good (or is he?), the last ball tossed by the Green Bay gunslinger is certain to be a valuable addition to the Hall of Fame (or some very rich Packers fan’s personal collection). But they’ll have to get it from Greg Gadson first.
(Lt. Col. Greg Gadson with Robert Duvall)
The ASSOCIATED PRESS reports Favre’s final game ball is in the hands of Lt. Col. Gadson, an army officer who lost both his legs in Iraq.
