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...Francisco 49ers and the Cincinnati Bengals pulled the Super Bowl back into hearts and headlines yesterday. In arguably the most dramatic Super Bowl, 49ers quarterback Joe Montana fired a pass to John Taylor in the endzone with 34 seconds left to give San Francisco a 20-16 Super Bowl triumph...
...television audiences, the Super Bowl came accompanied with the usual baggage: hundreds of advertisements and horrendous commentary from Dick Enberg and Merlin Olson. For once, it was worth wading through the sludge of commercialism in order to see the game. The Bengals--surprise--were good. The 49ers were better...
...together a fine drive in the game's final minutes. And when the game was over--after Cincinnati quarterback Boomer Esiason's pass fell to the grass--we saw something we don't see often in sports anymore, let alone on the tense city streets. When the gun sounded, 49ers Coach Bill Walsh and Cincinnati Coach Sam Wyche walked off the field...
...nation is talking football. The 49ers and the Bengals. Joe Montana and Boomer Esiason. Bill Walsh and Sam Wyche. The Ickey Shuffle...
Montana, one of only six 49ers on the active roster who have played on both Super Bowl champions, summed up the change in attitude from the Cinderella season in 1981 to the current team and its far loftier goals...