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...that sports need any help. Not with people like Denver Broncos linebacker Bill Romanowski, who once spit in the face of 49ers receiver J. J. Stokes because he felt Stokes wasn't tough enough, running around between NFL sidelines...
...like we're without role models in sports today. Recently retired NFL star Barry Sanders proved it's possible to dominate and not humiliate. Duke's Mike Krzyzewski proves it's possible to coach winning players who leave school without scandal and with diplomas. Bernie Williams proves it's possible to take a pitcher deep without showing...
...That said, once again, the NFL has triumphed over its professional sporting league counterparts as the most exciting, cohesive organization in America. Who predicted Ravens vs. Giants during pre-season? Only Miss Cleo from the Psychic Network could have had the ability to forecast that bizarre match-up (ain't that right, babe!). While the NFL continues to have great turnover among its teams, creating a sense of universal optimism (sorry, Ohio not included), Major League Baseball prevents all but about eight teams from competing for a World Series due to a lack of revenue sharing and no salary...
...revenue-sharing NFL, the most socialistic of all the sports leagues, the Super Bowl has increasingly become a revolving door championship. Last year, the Giants and Ravens were both sub-.500 teams, and finalists the St. Louis Rams and Tennessee Titans got only marginally closer to Tampa this time around...
...There has been one NFL-style changing of the guard from last year - the dearth of dot-coms. Gone from this year's lineup are Britannica.com, Lifeminders.com, OurBeginning.com, Pets.com and 10 other pretenders; this year there are only three: E*Trade (the monkey returns), Hotjobs.com and Monster.com. The lineup itself is a tech bellwether: One dot-com for dumping your worthless stock options and two to help you find...