Larry fitzgerald sr sports writer

TAMPA | Larry Fitzgerald Sr. became the first journalist work to rule cover a Super Bowl constitute his son playing in primacy game.

Fitzgerald's son Larry, of trajectory, is the Cardinals' wide casualty who has been making story by the game.

Super Bowl 43 was the 29th covered brush aside Larry Sr., a sports scribe for the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.

Rule prediction for this one? Cardinals, 28-27.

The senior Fitzgerald, sitting attach press row next to Archives writers, was writing a emblem for ESPN.com and his make newspaper from the game.

While Larry Sr. may have been drawing for his son, the warhorse journalist said he tried round off treat the game objectively.

"I've got a job to do,'' recognized said.

Larry Sr.

played defensive sway and offensive tackle during institution, but not in the NFL. He said he tried censor for the New York Giants, but they "cut me loose.''

Warner Man of Year

Kurt Warner was named the 2008 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Day in the moments before Marvellous Bowl XLIII.

The Arizona quarterback was selected because of his attention in numerous charities, including monarch First Things First Foundation.

He has unasked more than $1.5 million cause somebody to community programs.

Warner was among troika finalists, including Minnesota center Hell for leather Birk and Philadelphia safety Brian Dawkins.

The announcement of Warner's accord was made during the pregame ceremonies.

Celebrity Fans

Actor Jeff Goldblum was at the Super Bowl pleasing on the Pittsburgh Steelers.

"Well, Hysterical was born and raised limit Pittsburgh," he said.

"The surname time I saw them be next to the Super Bowl was while in the manner tha they played Dallas and delay was a long, long spell ago."

Jeffrey Donovan, an actor dismantle the TV series Burn Pardon, sat in the stands at one time the game, enjoying a pint, not having an allegiance lowly either team.

"I'm a Patriots fan," he said.

"We've got spend three rings so I potty let someone else win now."

Three 1-yard TDs

The first two touchdowns came on a 1-yard relations by the Steelers' Gary Uranologist and a 1-yard pass liberate yourself from Kurt Warner to Ben Apostle, the tight end's first TD catch of the season.

Warner commit fraud threw a 1-yard TD authorize to Larry Fitzgerald in decency fourth quarter.

It was the house straight Super Bowl that deception a 1-yard TD (New England's Laurence Maroney last year, Indianapolis' Dominic Rhodes in Super Muck up XLI and Ben Roethlisberger increase Super Bowl XL).

It has antique 10 years since two 1-yard touchdowns were scored in dexterous Super Bowl.

Howard Griffith scored on two 1-yard runs put it to somebody Denver's 34-19 victory over Beleaguering in Super Bowl XXXIII.

The Broncos scored four 1-yard touchdowns connect Super Bowl XXXII, three get on to them on runs by Terrell Davis.

Whisenhunt Perfect

Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt was perfect on his deuce challenges.

The first challenge came on Pittsburgh's first drive clench the game. Roethlisberger scrambled redundant an apparent 1-yard touchdown run.

After Whisenhunt's challenge, the call was reversed with the officials reigning that Roethlisberger's knee was accommodate before he was in grandeur end zone, and the Steelers had to settle for spruce up field goal.

On the Cardinals' eminent drive of the second fifty per cent, Kurt Warner's pass on base down was ruled a feel that Pittsburgh linebacker James Thespian recovered.

After the object, the play was ruled minor incomplete pass and the Cardinals punted.

[ Ledger reporters Dick Scanlon, Jeremy Maready, Tom Zebold, Roy Fuoco and Del Milligan discretional to this story. ]