LOTD: Super Bowl Media Day Preview and a Look Back at the SB41 Photo Essay by Bill Simmons

It’s the Tuesday before the Super Bowl and we all know what that means: it’s Super Bowl Media Day time. Quickly, in case you are dying for this information, a few of the particulars about Super Bowl Media Day:

Super Bowl Media Day

• Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009
• Time: Begins at 9:30 am ET
• Place: Raymond James Stadium
• Watch Online: NFL.com

Moving on, we get to today’s Link of the Day. And for today’s LOTD, we’re jumping in the time machine and going all the way back to February of 2007 in Miami. This was the time and site of Super Bowl 41 between the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears. It was also the inspiration for a hilarious photo essay from one of my favorites: the Sports Guy Bill Simmons.

(Note: The picture at the right was the fruit of an entertaining Friday night spend superimposing Greg Popovich’s hair, nose, and beard over Bill Simmons’ face. Follow the link to view that post if you so choose.)

You will have to open up the article to see the pictures, but here are a few of the funnier captions to quickly whet your funny bone:

1. Outside shot of Dolphin Stadium on a Tuesday morning. Hard to believe it was built only 20 years ago — this place has aged faster than Kirsten Dunst.
2. Definitely some interesting fashion choices. This photo doesn’t even remotely do that jacket justice — there’s a 65 percent chance it was pulled off a homeless man in Key Biscayne.
3. One of my favorite media day tricks: The player who’s not getting interviewed and pretends to be on his cell phone.
4. Wait a second … Lovie Smith is BLACK?
5. Steve Mariucci and Rich Eisen pretend they think Deion Sanders is funny for the 145,675th time in the past four months. We’re nearing some sort of record.

And finally this one, complete with the picture because the caption alone cannot possibly do it justice:

Check out poor Kyle Orton — he went Ron Burgundy on us! I kept expecting him to stand up and start staggering around the stadium while swigging from a carton of warm milk.

Follow the link below to view the rest of the Super Bowl 41 Media Day Photo Essay by the great Bill Simmons.

LOTD: Super Bowl 41 Media Day Photo Essay by Bill Simmons

And now some more links from our friends around the sports blogosphere:

Reading is Fundamental — (Cleveland Frowns)

The Browns Still Haunt Pittsburgh Cheerleaders — (Waiting for Next Year)

Keyshawn Johnson & Cris “Bullet” Carter Prove To Be Hypocrites Again — (Black Sports Online)

IU: Way, way better at rebounding than you think — (Inside the Hall)

Joe Crede: From 10,000 aches to 10,000 lakes? — (Sox Machine)

Super Bowl Memories and Trivia — (The World According to MoonDog)

Q&A With the Inventor (and Author) of “Instant Replay” — (Hugging Harold Reynolds)

Video of the OBR’s First TV Segment on ONN — (The Orange and Brown Report)

Martellus Bennett decides to become a rapper — (Dallas Sports Fans)

Love those objective Big Ten hater(s) — (Sparty and Friends)

Time Warp: Former Browns Players on the Hardwood — (Waiting for Next Year)

Let’s hear it kid: Bucks or Ducks? — (Cleveland Frowns)

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