teams are almost ready and so are their fans. they will be watching in person there in indianapolis as well as around the country on nbc as we have been saying. we have a special super bowl edition of fact or fiction. joining me is don banks, senior writer for sportsillustrated.com who covers the nfl. good day to you, don. hi, alex. good to be with you. i m curious about this. this first one up, game was not originally named the super bowl. is that a fact or fiction? that is a fact, alex. it was called super bowl only in the third year of the game. it was originally in the afl and nfl championship. kansas city chiefs owner lamar hunt saw his daughter, young daughter playing with the super bowl. and thought the super bowl would be a much catchier, quicker moniker for the game. okay. well, that s a good one. how about this fact or fiction? every super bowl game has been a sellout? no. that s fiction, alex. very first super bowl in los
the fiction category. okay. i m glad we have you. can you just give me a prediction who you think will win, don? well, hi to put my opinion on the line friday on si.com. i m going with the patriots, 27-24. but i think it will be a great game and goes right down to the wire. i think they win by a field goal because that s the way new england always seems to win their super bowls. okay. well, we will see if you are right producing just a few hours from now. thanks for joining us. good to see you. thanks. here s fun fiction for you. giants accidently declared themselves winners on hair website. the trouble is the game hasn t been played yet. it has been fixed and redirects to the homepage. unfortunately fans of big blue are afraid the team may have jinxed themselves. come on, guys, you can make your own luck. whether you are watching on wide screens or wireless, nobody has more comprehensive roster than nbc. tune in at 2:00 p.m. eastern. that s when things get under way. about 15
that was not the way any other adult man in my life touched me. welcome back to the ed show. that was troy craig, an alum of the second mile summer camp run by former penn state assistant coach, jerry sandusky. the fallout over sandusky s alleged sexual abuse of children continues. a once proud institution now tainted by a scandal. let s bring in b.j. scheckner, executive director of sportsillustrated.com and mike wise, sports columnist for the washington post and wjfk radio host. gentlemen, good to have you with us tonight. there are more and more developments as it moves forward. is the school doing the right thing by putting mcquery on paid leave? mike, you first. what do you think? yes. yes. personally, i wouldn t mind seeing him seeing his employment terminated, ed. but if, in fact, they put him on administrative leave and he s not going to attend the game on saturday, i think that s the
abuse of a 10-year-old child, paterno turned it over to tim curley and gary schultz. those two men didn t report the incident and joe paterno apparently took no further action. in at least three incidents, various penn state officials were informed of possible child abuse. let s bring in ring of fire radio hosts and attorney mike papantonio. also joining me by phone are nationally cindy indicatesed radio host and journalist, steven a. smith, and b.j. schechter executive sports editor for sportsillustrated.com. gentlemen, thanks for your time tonight. mike papantonio was this an easier call for the board of trustees than what fans might expect? this is the only call they could make. and if fans understood what this board of trustees is up against, they would understand what s at stake here. the board did exactly what they had to do, it s damage control, i m talking about money damages. i m talking about reputation damages. the number that could attach to
abuse of a 10-year-old child, paterno turned it over to tim curley and gary schultz. those two men didn t report the incident and joe paterno apparently took no further action. in at least three incidents, various penn state officials were informed of possible child abuse. let s bring in ring of fire radio hosts and attorney mike papantonio. also joining me by phone are nationally cindy indicatesed radio host and journalist, steven a. smith, and b.j. schechter executive sports editor for sportsillustrated.com. gentlemen, thanks for your time tonight. mike papantonio was this an easier call for the board of trustees than what fans might expect? this is the only call they could make. and if fans understood what this board of trustees is up against, they would understand what s at stake here. the board did exactly what they had to do, it s damage control,