Iconic Miami Herald sports columnist Edwin Pope, who died January 19, covered the first 47 Super Bowls. This column from Super Bowl VIII, in which Larry Csonka scored twice to lead the Miami Dolphins to a second consecutive title, originally ran on Jan. 14, 1974.
HOUSTON — Call it Grants' Tomb. Re-title it Shula's Shrine.
Or Csonka's Causeway.
Or let 'em keep the name Rice Stadium. No matter. Henceforth this fog-bound battleground will be known as the one where the Dolphins settled themselves by any reasonable measure as football's all-time kings.