MINNEAPOLIS — Imagine going to New Year’s Eve festivities in Times Square and thinking you’ll be able to have a conversation with Ryan Seacrest. That’s what media availability is like during Super Bowl week.
Here, at the lovely Mall of America, thousands of media members descended upon Tuesday’s player availability to shout their curiosities at a select number of players from each team. While most of the time the results were predictable—confused, uneasy navigation from players who are far more polite than they have to be—reporters do actually learn some things now and again.
Here are five such things from Tuesday:
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