February 5, 2007
Congratulations to the Colts
I watched the Super Bowl with my husband and his brother and cousins yesterday. All were rooting for the Chicago Bears except for myself and a family friend, Josh, who is also a native of the Washington, D.C., area and a Redskins fan.
It's a bit sad to see Baltimoreans who still carry such a grudge against the Colts being in Indianapolis. Sure, it's understandable that Irsay's removal of the Colts was an outrage, but time heals all wounds, especially now that Baltimore has the Ravens. (As D.C. natives recovered a bit when the Nationals finally arrived to replace the Senators.)
Baltimoreans are missing out on the great story of Peyton Manning as an MVP quarterback and the fact that the Colts have been fun to watch for ages. Josh and I could enjoy Indy's comeback after the Bears struck first, knowing that the Colts have offense to burn, are confident when needing to come back (see their game against New England two weeks ago), and have achieved something quite rare -- finding their defensive form during the playoffs (see their game against the Ravens three weeks ago).
Kudos also to Prince for the best halftime show ever and appearing to actually perform live. Can we make him the permanent Super Bowl entertainment? He's got an extensive songbook and did quite nicely on his covers of "All Along the Watchtower" and "Proud Mary."
Part 1 of Prince's act appears below, followed by Parts 2, 3 and 4.
Read more in the New York Times: A Noncontroversial Prince, Just the Way the N.F.L. Likes Him
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P.S. Elsewhere in the news today: Another story about Ocean City in the winter, this time in the Baltimore Sun: In Ocean City, the off-season is in. I wrote a much earlier article on this topic for the Washington Post, back in 1995: Beach, with blanket: Ocean City in the winter. The Washington Post revisited this topic in 2006.
