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5 6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2020 NORTHEAST OREGON EXTRA SUPER up a Super Bowl match- head, I was helpless. So I commandeered the up with the Pittsburgh laptop of a co-worker. Continued from Page 5 Steelers. The AP technicians even took a photo of my My favorite Super Bowl of the three was In that game, Arizona screen because they’d never seen that happen in Tampa, where I was a much more integral led 23-20 after Warner before. Apparently there is a hidden command part of The Associated Press team covering connected with Fitzgerald that fl ips the screen image upside down. Who that game since I covered one of the teams, on a 64-yard touchdown knew? Arizona, all season. play with 2:37 to play. I didn’t have a lot to do at my third and fi nal Tampa was all decked up for the event. I was busy at that time Super Bowl. My main assignment was to cover I made a trip to a local casino, which was writing a story about Fitz- the Pro Bowl, played in Glendale the preceding packed, and caught a glimpse of Kim Kar- gerald being named the week. dashian and Mike Ditka there (not together). game’s MVP, which he But I had a great seat directly up from the The minimum blackjack bet was $50 so I surely would have been goal line as Seattle, trailing 28-24, drove to the didn’t stay long. had Arizona won. New England 1-yard line in the fi nal minute. There were big projects to complete, includ- But Ben Roethlisberger You 12s all remember what happened next. ing features profi ling Kurt Warner and Larry directed a game-winning With 26 seconds left, rather than hand the Fitzgerald. drive, Santonio Holmes ball off to Marshawn Lynch, one of the best The Cardinals were staying at a hotel along made a tiptoe catch just short-yardage backs in the NFL, the Seahawks the water and if I missed the exit I’d have to momentum. One national analyst called it the inside the end zone with 35 seconds to play. decided Russell Wilson should pass. He tossed drive across a fl oating highway miles and worst playoff team in NFL history. Two weeks Final: Steelers 27, Cardinals 23. it over the middle, where Malcolm Butler miles across the bay. It was beautiful. I saw before the playoffs started, Arizona lost at New Holmes was named the game’s MVP. intercepted to preserve the Patriots’ win. a crane swoop in and catch a fi sh. But it was England 47-7. As I was rewriting on deadline, the image on It’s a moment of agony Seahawks fans will aggravating — I did it at least twice. But with Warner and Fitzgerald mounting my laptop screen literally fl ipped upside down. never forget, no matter how hard they might This was Arizona’s only Super Bowl appear- a record-breaking series of performances, the Other than writing while standing on my try. ance. 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