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Welcome to media day

Camera in hand, Bill Simmons takes to Dolphin Stadium to chronicle the Super Bowl hype.

PART I | PART II | PART III |
PART IV | PART V | PART VI |
PART VII | PART VIII | PART IX | PART X | PART XI









MediaDay

The most candid and engaging player on the Bears, Muhsin Muhammad, makes time for a reporter who spent at least $150 on that haircut.









MediaDay

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.









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Media day always has its share of intimate moments. I think these guys went out for ice cream after the hour was up.









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I want to see this framed photo of Kyle Orton and Brian Griese hanging in a Chicago art gallery along with the caption, “We can’t believe one of us isn’t starting over Rex Grossman.”









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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.

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Bill Simmons is a columnist for Page 2 and ESPN The Magazine. His book “Now I Can Die In Peace” is available in paperback.