A: Yeah. You can’t make a move without a thousand
cameras. You get the same questions hundreds of
times. It’s nerve-racking. You think, “Oh, God, we can’t
afford to lose!” I did not ever, ever want to look in a
mirror and say, “I lost the Super Bowl.” It’s not fun.
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JAMES BROWN More Than Just a Game
TERRY BRADSHAW Rule #1: Don’t Lose
WHEN FOX ASSIGNED James Brown to
cover ice hockey in 1994, TV’s straightest
shooter noted, “The only thing I have in
common with the sport is the color of the
puck.” So it’s no surprise that, as he prepares
to anchor his sixth Super Bowl on February 7,
Brown says his fondest Big Game experience
had little to do with the action on the field.
“It was the game in New Orleans after 9/11,”
says Brown, author of
the new book Role of
a Lifetime. “This big
banner was unfurled
with all the names of
the victims of the
attack. It was
very moving.”
He adds,
almost as an
afterthought,
“The game
was pretty
good, too.”
—B.N.
Q: You hate crowds, yet your four Super Bowl wins were
some of your best games ever. How do you explain that?
A: Well, it’s not crowded on the field. —Bill Newcott
CLOCK WISE, FROM TOP LEF T: ILLUS TRATION B Y JOE CIARDIELLO;
ILLUSTRATION BY CHRIS LYONS; AARP; ROBERT PITTS/LANDOV
J. B.’S BEEF
The best parts
of the Super Bowl
don’t always
make the
highlights reel.
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PHYLLIS GEORGE
Injury Time-out
As the NFL’s first female TV host, in the 1970s, Phyllis George
often thought: “Lord, look at the hits these guys take!” Now, as
a new study links pro football and Alzheimer’s, George, an
Alzheimer’s activist, asks: “Shouldn’t there be long-term compensation in case they end up with a brain disorder?” —B. N.
