Minneapolis — “A colossus or a resounding dud!”
That succinct sentence has remained fixed inside my grizzled head through a half-century plus of pro football seasons. Right now, to the current tub-thumping in the prelude to Super Bowl LII.
The words were the lead from my article in the sports section of The Detroit News of Jan. 15, 1967, the morning of Super Bowl I.
They remain valid, to me, all these Super Bowls later.
Tom Brady has not played in all the Super Bowls, though it seems that way. But I am — fingers crossed — so fortunately about to cover my 52nd.