I was born in New York City and lived there for 21 years. Then I moved to Boston and vicinity for another 20. So this Super Bowl features the first team I followed, and the second. Congratulations to the Giants and Patriots for making it to the finals. I will be rooting for the Patriots, as I have for many years, during most of which the “Patsies” could not even make the agate type on the West Coast.

When In Boston, I did get to some Pats games (tickets were nowhere near as scarce as the Giants tickets were when I lived in Brooklyn), and even drove to training camp once. In New York, I did get to go to some New York Titans games. This was the AFL precursor to the Jets. These tickets were great because there were never any fans there, and you could effectively sit on the line of scrimmage. If a team gained ten yards, you could walk ten yards and sit down again That was fun.

I was going to add some poker, but I have not and it has been a week. (My column took a while). So I will post this pre-Super Bowl.