Traffic is backed up on the Long Island Expressway just west of Exit 59 Ocean Avenue as payloaders clear snow from the road after a storm, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Ronkonkoma , N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
Column: Nothing to fear from a snowy Super Bowl
Traffic is backed up on the Long Island Expressway just west of Exit 59 Ocean Avenue as payloaders clear snow from the road after a storm, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Ronkonkoma , N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
By TIM DAHLBERG
AP Sports Columnist /
February 9, 2013
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‘‘With one of (the) world’s largest sporting events coming to the East Rutherford venue, there is little doubt that the mayors will be expecting a call that their services are needed,’’ Secaucus Mayor Michael Gonnelli said in the statement. ‘‘The answer will be clear: Don’t ask.’’
The Super Bowl will not be without problems. Even the NFL can’t make everyone happy, not matter what the weather is like.
But let a little cold and snow mess up the first — and quite possibly only — Super Bowl in the New York area?
Fuhggedaboutit.
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Tim Dahlberg is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at tdahlberg(at)ap.org or http://twitter.com/timdahlberg
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