By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com
LA JOLLA, Calif. -- There were no guarantees. The last of the six doctors J.B. Holmes saw told him brain surgery probably would help him. Probably.
"Difficulty-wise, he said for brain surgery, it was only about a 1 out of 10,'' Holmes said. "That made me feel better. But it was still brain surgery. Scary at first."
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By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner
The man understands how the 49ers feel. The team for which he played 30 years ago also came within a game of the Super Bowl.
"We were one dropped pass away," he said.
The man, who needs to remain anonymous...
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By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com
SAN FRANCISCO — Something was going to happen. Eli Manning made that observation. Something always does happen. Football, like life, is about timing.
Football, like life, also is about accountability.
Eli and Tom Brady are going to another Super Bowl, verification of their skills and, on pass patterns, their timing.
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49ers, New York Giants, Patriots, Ravens By Art Spander
Special to Newsday
SAN FRANCISCO -- The 49ers fans kept chanting "defense,'' and they got defense. From the Giants.
That's the way a team gets to the Super Bowl, by giving the opponent very little. When it counted, that was what the Giants gave San Francisco, controlling the line of scrimmage, controlling the clock. And getting a turnover that turned the game.
Ultimately, that turned the Giants...
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By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner
What can we say? What should we say?
Remember that Adlai Stevenson remark, that “it hurts too much to laugh, but I’m too old to cry”?
It’s hard to hold back the tears after this one. As hard as it was for star-crossed Kyle Williams to hold the football.
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