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Celebrate the life of Garrett Morgan. Not because it's Black History Month, as commerce likes to market, but for the simple reason of sheer brilliance of the native of Paris, Kentucky. Being a country of so many diverse backgrounds of ethnicity, all 'colors' define the United States' history. One has to be green to believe otherwise.
Morgan was born in 1877, thinking of innovative ideas up until the summer of 1963, when he died, in Cleveland, Ohio. During his eighty-six years, Garrett Morgan managed to come up with components to invent the world's first respiratory protective hood, commonly known as the gas mask. Morgan didn't stop there. He also incorporated a hair straightening fluid (relaxer) for a more idealized look. Genius, right? Try an invention billions of people celebrate across the globe daily. Young Garrett Morgan also achieved at inventing the traffic light. Whose history? Some would say Black. Others may convey American. Maybe he considered himself simply Garrett Morgan.

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Some claim it to be the single most biggest stage in sports.  The ultimate coup de grace. One final stop. This end-all, single lunge for irrefutable supremacy, should answer a lot of questions on February 7 in Miami's Sun Life Stadium, or commonly known as Land Shark Stadium.
Briefly, the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts finished with the best records in the league and in their respective conferences, so on paper they indeed should be facing off against each other.
The Saints are first in points and yards per game. The Colts are the second best passing attack in the league and a top ten scoring defense with virtually no running game, finishing last in the league. Quarterbacks Peyton Manning (2nd) and Drew Brees (6th) were in the NFL's top ten in passing yards and touchdowns (Brees 1st, Manning 2nd). The impact of Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney should be ruled out simply because the severity of his ankle injury has forced the team to play backup DE Raheem Brock more than they would like to. To wrap it up in... an orange, expect the usual, to an extent. Super Bowl 44 should be not only a great story and colossal event, but a game for the ages as well.
In the end, the final may be predicated by a special teams play or perhaps a game-winning scoring drive.  No matter the outcome, Bourbon Street will be disconnected, as opposed to off the hook, to put things mildly.


Off-season comparison: WR    REC      YDS      TD
Sidney Rice                           83         1312          8
Santonio Holmes                    79         1248          5