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XL: A Cavalcade of Covers
Taking it from the top, crediting where credits can be found.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A1 and SuperBowlXtra (Ben Howard) covers.
Seattle Times and P-I A1s. Note the sweet product placement of the Beaver County Times instant paper in the Seattle Times' main image. (Request: Sports front from the P-I.)
Seattle Times sports (Jeff King).
Detroit Free Press and Detroit News A1s.
Sports: Detroit Free Press (Ryan Ford. If the jpeg isn't enough, a full PDF of the cover is here.) And the Detroit News (Emily Irvine).
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and TribPM A1s.
Tacoma Tribune sports (The Original SportsDesigner) and Beaver County Times sports (Eric Hall).
... And a few covers of note from non-papers-of-XL-record, so to speak:
San Jose sports (Nick Masuda) and Buffalo News sports (Vincent Chiaramonte).
The Star-Tribune sports (Phill Spiker ... THE Phill Spiker) and DMN (John Hancock).
Lastly, Lexington sports (Dennis Varney) and RedEye cover (Chris Courtney).
HEADS UP
A collection of XL cover headlines:
Detroit Free Press
• “Men of Steel”
• “Thousands Make Detroit One Big Party”
• “Stones Give Full Satisfaction At Halftime”
Detroit News
• “XL-Ent!”
• “Detroit Is Steel City”
• “Security Leaves Fans Out In Cold”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
• “Super Steelers!”
• “Jubilant Steelers Fans Pour Out Into The Cold Night”
• “Disney World Not All On Ben’s Agenda”
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
• “Steelers Win Fifth Super Bowl”
• “Bettis Closes With Storybook Ending”
• “Gritty Super Bowl A Perfect Fit For Steelers”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• “XL Letdown”
• “Sadness Mixed With Pride For Traveling Fans”
• “First-Half Gaffes Sealed Seahawks’ Fate”
Seattle Times
• “Not This Year”
• “Hawks Flagged Down In Super Bowl”
• “In Churches And Bars, Fans Sigh”
Posted by Josh Crutchmer
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Comments
Nothing against the Pittsburgh T-R, (though for rooting for the Steelers, they should all die, die, DIE!), but, seriously, "Champs" on anything but a first edition? Ugh. Maybe I'm just being a headline snob, or maybe I'm underestimating the vast desire for keepsakes, but, you, know, we should take some effort to write a headline specific to that day's events. Save the "Champs" for the reprints.
(I could go into a whole diatribe on how we'd never think about putting "Dead!" on A1 on the day a leader died, or putting "Oscar!" on the L.A. Times features front the day after the Academy Awards, but I'm unpopular enough as it is in Pa., I think.)
Posted by: Ford | Feb 9, 2006 2:29:24 AM
Winners! We don't see enought heds that say that. In other words, I agree with you, Ford.
Posted by: nicole | Feb 10, 2006 12:26:50 PM
Once we got past the papers of record, there were FAR TOO MANY headlines that either involved thumbs or Rolling Stones songs. ... When one or two papers do it, it's cute. When 90 percent of papers do it, we have issues.
Posted by: Josh Crutchmer | Feb 10, 2006 12:40:20 PM
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