DALLAS—With the Blizzard of ’11 hitting the Chicago area(and many other locals),it was in some areas,even worse here in the Dallas-Ft.Worth Metroplex. They only had an inch of snow Monday which brought traffic to a halt all over the place. They don’t have plows or salt for the roads here,and instead put sand down which does exactly nothing to melt the ice.so the roads are dangerous,and these people can’t handle this. Also,on Tuesday night here it was five degrees colder in Dallas(20*) than in Chicago(25*). Doesn’t make sense,does it? Monday,”Media Day” went off without a hitch,although the Packers and Steelers players complained that it was chilly inside Dallas Cowboys Stadium(it was).
***Wednesday and Thursday, the two teams had their media sessions in their own Hotels and Pittsburgh injured Center
***The Black Eyed Peas met the media Thursday at the Convention Center. As per NFL policy,they could not disclose which songs they will perform at halftime Sunday.
***Just as most of the snow was getting cleaned up Thursday night, the Dallas-Ft.Worth area was bombarded with an unheard of six inches of fluffy white stuff,
***In his annual ‘State of the NFL’ News Conference, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell all but admitted(without directly saying so)that if a new labor agreement with the Players Association is not reached by March 4, that a lockout is likely.Goodell also defended the proposed switch from four Pre Season Games to two and two more Regular Season contests. Problem is that it appears as though 98% of NFL Players are opposed to increasing the Regular Season to 18 games.
***Steelers Center Maurkice Pouncey is sidelined for the Super Bowl. He has a high left ankle sprain. Backup Doug Legursky will start.
***For at least the fifth year in a row, Actor Adam Sandler was a Friday visitor to Radio Row(new photo in the 2011 file of the Grobbernet Gallery). Among those also seen at Radio Row during the week were former Cowboys WR Michael Irwin, Mike Ditka(in town to promote his Gridiron Greats foundation), Bart Starr,Joe Montana, and doing their own Radio Shows, Janir Foxx and actor Robert Wohl.
***Radio Row was a beehive a activity from early morning until 11pm each night and with only one Radio outlet(The Score–yes,that’s us and my show Score Overnight)broadcasting from Midnight till 5am.
***Martina McBride performed at the Friday evening Comissioners Party,but she was not stricly doing Country and Western. For example, she sang the Brian Adams hit “Summer of ’69”, Bill Withers 1972 smash hit “Lean On Me”, Carol King’s “Natural Woman” and closed with Pat Benatar’s “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”. A year ago in Ft.Lauderdale, the Comish Party entertainment was provided by The Pointer Sisters.
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