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© St. Petersburg Times, published February 1, 2002
Just the facts
WHEN: 6:20 p.m. Sunday.
WHERE: Superdome, New Orleans.
TV: Fox (Ch. 13); pregame begins 1:30 p.m.
BROADCASTERS: John Madden and Pat Summerall.
LINE: Rams by 14.
0 -- Turnovers by Rams in Super Bowl XXXIV win over Tennessee.
6 -- Turnovers by Patriots in Super Bowl XX loss to the Bears.
$10,000 -- Value of this year's Super Bowl ring.
Top three in Super Bowl career scoring:
1. 42 POINTS: Jerry Rice, San Francisco (3 games)
2. 30 POINTS: Emmitt Smith, Dallas (3 games)
3. 24 POINTS: Four tied (Franco Harris, Pittsburgh; Roger Craig, San Francisco; Thurman Thomas, Buffalo; John Elway, Denver)
Sunday's Super Bowl will be broadcast to 166 countries and reach an estimated audience of 800-million, according to the NFL. The game will be broadcast in 26 languages, including French, Danis, German, Dutch, Italian, Japanese and Russian.
Online auction site eBay.com has more than 5,000 Super Bowl-related items up for bid this week, and each day until Sunday's game, we'll take a closer look at one of them:
The NFL already is looking ahead to next year's big game in San Diego, offering up a "once in a lifetime" experience for two that includes roundtrip airfare, four nights' lodging and tickets to Super Bowl XXXVII. The package, bidding at $6,000 on Thursday, also includes invitations to the official players party and the NFL's Saturday night shindig, complete with "themed dinner buffet and live musical entertainment." Mr. Tagliabue, can you leave some crab legs for the rest of the league? Check out cgi.ebay.com/w-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1327426475
You don't want to say that they are unbeatable, but the conventional things you can think of to stop the Rams offense just don't work. I believe Bill Belichick is the best defensive mind in the NFL -- not just in terms of game-planning for an opponent, but in making game-day adjustments. If anyone could come up with the scheme and wrinkles to contain the Rams, it would be Belichick. But I have to quote Marshall Faulk. It may have sounded cocky and arrogant, but it's true:
-- Andrea Kremer, ESPN.com