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At the Philadelphia Eagles' practice complex one day last week, the producer of quarterback Donovan McNabb's weekly local TV show asked if he would be available for an interview a day before Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fla. With mock seriousness, McNabb warned that the hoopla of the game, between the Eagles and defending champion New England Patriots, might leave him stretched for time. "Worst case, just get some guy off the street in Jacksonville to go on," McNabb joked. He then found a problem with that plan. "The guy would say, 'Donovan who? A quarterback? You mean...
...athlete has a lock on that question quite like McNabb, 28, a five-time Pro Bowler who has guided the Eagles to their first Super Bowl appearance in 24 years. In 1999, upset that the Eagles chose him over Heisman-trophy running back Ricky Williams as the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft, Philadelphia's raucous fans booed McNabb before he took a single practice snap (Williams has since retired from football to travel, study holistic medicine and, by his own account, smoke weed). Rush Limbaugh thrust an unwitting McNabb into a firestorm in 2003 with his idiotic statement...
Manning has the gaudy numbers. Michael Vick of the Atlanta Falcons, trounced by the Eagles, 27-10, in the NFC title game, is a backfield thrill ride. Even in McNabb's Chunky Soup ads, his mother Wilma steals the scenes. Most important, Brady the matinee idol has the Super Bowl rings, and his Patriots are the deserved favorites. "It's hard to say that Donovan is underappreciated, because he can do it all," says Rex Ryan, defensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens, who lost to the Eagles, 15-10, in October. "But if he wins the Super Bowl...
Jokes aside, McNabb clearly knows the score going into this year's Super Bowl. Only one other black quarterback, Doug Williams of the 1987 Washington Redskins, has won the big game. "It's not overblown," McNabb says of his place in history. "But I won't make it into a big issue." So his teammates will. McNabb's favorite receiver, superstar Terrell Owens, recuperating from a broken ankle, insists he'll play against doctor's orders to get his QB the ring...
...Melbourne Supremacy.” USC quarterback and Heisman winner Matt Leinart runs an entertaining site of his own, an effective online journal where he (or a friend of his) posts stuff like photos of Will Ferrell and Shaquille O’Neal at the Orange Bowl, and answers mailbag questions like, “Matt Leinart, you’re my favorite quarterback ever at USC, but why do you hate cats...