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January 30, 2008

Wednesday morning in Phoenix

Hey all --

It's only 10:30 a.m. here, but it's already been a full day for those of us following the Patriots during Super Bowl week. New England began its media access for the day at 8 a.m. with Bill Belichick's press conference, and then the players and assistant coaches were brought in for their chat sessions.

Today was the first day we were at New England's team hotel, the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa, a gorgeous facility with its own golf course about 20 miles from the Media Center in downtown Phoenix.

There was a large tent/temporary structure set up for the media time, which overlooked the course and had beautiful mountain vistas just beyond. The rest of the week, media-wise, won't be as wacky as yesterday's circus, and the team clearly is getting down to the business at hand, which is putting in its final preparations for New York.

Not being the morning person -- that's colleague Rob Lee -- it was a struggle to get up at 5:20 a.m. to be on the bus out there at 6:45 a.m., but as my husband reminded me, I'm in Arizona for the Super Bowl, so it can't be all bad. And he's right.

New England will practice later today, and when the pool report is filed, we'll let you know about Tom Brady and The Ankle.

shalise

Posted by Shalise Manza Young  at 12:36 PM | Permalink