The Observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1968-current, January 29, 2020, Page 30, Image 30

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    5 6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2020
NORTHEAST OREGON EXTRA
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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. As I explained in my previous column,
Cardinals mounted an unlikely run to the
the Cardinals were historically bad. From
Super Bowl. They beat Atlanta in the wild card
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1947, when the then-Chicago Cardinals won
round and won handily at Carolina the fol-
the NFL title, through 2007, the franchise won lowing week. That’s when a bit of luck helped.
one playoff game.
Philadelphia upset the New York Giants,
And this Cardinal team, which fi nished the meaning the Cardinals would host the Eagles
regular season 9-7, did not roll in with a ton of for the NFC championship. Arizona won to set
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