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Musings, observations and the occasional insight from the exercise in pack journalism that was Tuesday's Super Bowl media day at the beehive known as Lucas Oil Stadium, which served to remind me once again that when it comes to this over-hyped event, alas, we're farther away all the time from chatting up Namath at poolside...
• What would Super Bowl week be like without an ankle injury to obsess over? There always seems to be a Dwight Freeney or a Maurkice Pouncey to fixate on, and thank goodness New England tight end Rob Gronkowski's gimpy left ankle gives us something that warrants breathless updates and round-the-clock coverage, like a hostage crisis or maybe some celebrity divorce proceedings.
I couldn't be in two places at once Tuesday morning when Gronkowski took to the podium and fielded 27 questions about the state of his ankle in the first 3...