Welcome to the Monday edition of The Cooler, where the temperature is always being monitored. Let’s get to it:
*If Sunday’s Super Bowl had ended with the beautiful National Anthem from Atlanta native Gladys Knight, everything might have been fine. Instead, they insisted on playing the game — an outcome that was probably deserved but not at all wanted.
It was the least desirable matchup possible to come out of the conference title games, offering none of the intrigue of the two best regular-season teams from each conference (Chiefs vs. Saints), two future Hall of Fame QBs in the twilight of their careers (Patriots vs.