Bee Sports Editor/Opinion
As we wait for Sunday's AFC and NFC championship games, we have a quandary: What type of Super Bowl do you want?
Do you want a high-scoring game with circus catches and long post routes? Then you should root for the Ravens and Cardinals.
Or do you want a smash-mouth game that the football novice might find boring after the third McDonald's commercial? Then you should root for the Steelers and Eagles.
While the Cardinals and the Eagles have been reborn in the playoffs, there's no changing their wings. The Cardinals, who had the NFL's third-highest scoring offense, have become more balanced but still like to air it out. The Eagles play gritty run-oriented football.
In the AFC, don't be fooled by the 35 points the Steelers scored against the Chargers. They scored 23 points or more four times. And the Ravens have become offensive juggernauts, scoring at least 27 points nine times this season.
Which type of game do you want? I'll take the Cardinals-Ravens, because I want the Super Bowl to be more thrilling than Bruce Springsteen's halftime show.
What to surf
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What to watch
NBA: Kings at Warriors, 7:30 p.m., CSN: Didn't Oracle Arena used to be called "Arco West"?
What to do
Boys basketball: No. 1 Folsom at No. 3 Sheldon, 7 p.m.: Two area Division I powers competing for the Delta River League title.
Tuesday's results
NBA
• Magic 139, KINGS 107 • Bobcats 80, Pistons 78 • Heat 99, Timberwolves 96 • Cavaliers 102, Grizzlies 87 • Lakers 105, Rockets 100 • Nuggets 99, Mavericks 97 • Suns 107, Hawks 102
NHL
• SHARKS 7, Lightning 1
Area men's basketball • N. Colo. 91, Sac State 73
• Jessup 79, Bethany 75
Today's poll
Whom do you want to see in the Super Bowl? • Steelers-Cards. • Steelers-Eagles. • Ravens-Cards. • Ravens-Eagles. To vote, go to www.sacbee.com/sports.
Tuesday's poll results
How would the Kings have fared with Stan Van Gundy as coach?
• Better. 57% • Worse. 3% • About the same. 40% Total votes: 270
Talk amongst yourselves
What you're discussing on www.sacbee.com/forums: • 49ers: Will Singletary be successful in 2009?
The last word
What you're saying on the sacbee.com comments: • "I agree that Beno (Udrih) needs to step up his game." – Atlplayer2002 on "Udrih, Natt clear the air."
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