Here are a few sights and scenes from downtown Phoenix:
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Isn’t it a dream to play your last game and have everybody available with 100 percent (or some facsimile thereof) health?
Well, the Friday injury report is out and the only person on it — surprise, surprise — is Tom Brady, for his … wink! wink! … sore right shoulder.
Jabar Gaffney, who jammed his shoulder in the AFC Championship win over San Diego Chargers, was able to practice the entire three hours today.
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Nomar Garciaparra and his wife, Mia Hamm, did some national interviews, including one with the NFL Network.
Unfortunately, the dynamic duo bolted out the side door and kept away from doing any one-on-ones near radio row.
Personally, I was going to interview Mia, anyway.
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Jared Fogle, better known as Jared from “Subway” was floating around. After a brief conversation with him he said that he has an aunt and uncle who live in Andover, Mass., Rhonda Fogle and Alex Asch. Both are pediatricians in the North Shore.
“In fact, me and my sister used to go to Andover to visit ever summer for one week,” he said.
I will have a short story on him and his pick — Hint: he lives in Indianapolis — in the newspaper on Saturday.
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Quote of the day:
Pats owner Robert Kraft when asked about the Sen. Arlen Specter’s questioning of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s destroying of the “Spygate” tapes and requesting the information in a subcommittee hearing.
“People seem to look for publicity during Super Bowl week.”
