Are youyoung to remember the birth of the World Wide Web? the death of Kurt Cobain or Dana Carvey’s true-to-life impression of the first President Bush, you probably think the Super Bowl is a moniker devoid of irony.
Last Sunday, for the 12th time in 15 years, we saw an entertaining game that was reasonably competitive until the latter stages. For the third consecutive year, we witnessed a fourth-quarter climax that was, dare we say, super.Unless you are a Colts loyalist, or someone who took Indy and gave the points, you had to enjoy the New Orleans Saints’ come-from-behind, 31-17 victory in Super Bowl XLIV. It was a victory that brought bliss to a battered region full of long-suffering sports fans, validated a coach’s chutzpah and elevated one of the sport’s good guys, Drew Brees(notes), from star to local folk hero.
For those reasons and others it was, as a very perceptive friend of mine remarked Wednesday, the most emotionally satisfying Super Bowl he remembers watching. And he has seen most of the XLIV, including the seemingly endless procession of lopsided stinkers so common during the dark years (1981-95)
Full Name Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
