Posted on 01/30/2007 8:00:32 PM PST by mcg2000
The Plantation hotel has been remodeled. The owner has changed. Its name has changed by degrees, from the Holiday Inn to the Holiday Inn Express. And the general manager hadn't heard of its Super Bowl history once in 10 years of working there.
But when Cincinnati Bengals running back Stanley Wilson was late for a team meeting the night before Super Bowl XXIII in 1989, his room was opened by a security guard at the team's request. There sat Wilson: Clothed in the bathtub. Drenched in sweat. Lost in a cocaine fog.
"Stanley's had a relapse," coach Sam Wyche told his players in the meeting.
Wyche then left the room to cry.
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Theres something about Miami super bowls. The last time the Super Bowl was in Miami the Falcons defensive player Eugene Robinson was arrested for soliciting a prostitute. Earlier that day he had received an award from the NFL. Falcons lost the Super Bowl on saturday night.
Agreed (imop). The Bengals were a better team that year.
I will never forget Tim Krumrie breaking his leg in that game, and that damn drive by Montana at the end...you knew it was going to happen.
wouldnt go to hospital and just sat in the locker room and watched the game
Didn't he come back late the next season? One of the true tough guys ...
Actually he started the next seasons opening game but was never quite the same after that.
That was one ugly leg break. Not as bad as Thiesman's, but it was ugly.
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