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Yes, it’s still close. National media and major newspaper predictions are tight on Super Bowl Sunday. The Patriots are favored by one point by oddsmakers, and the margin is almost as close everywhere you look. Seventy-six media predictions I found Sunday morning pick the Patriots and 65 favor the Seahawks. I did notice one trend: The later…

BY JAY GILMOUR Reports that Seahawks coach Pete Carroll talked to Marshawn Lynch about how he celebrates after a touchdown makes me wonder how that conversation must have gone down. Here’s my guess, using their special language that only they really understand, along with a translation. Pete: “You OK?” (Well, here we are facing another Super Bowl challenge,…

Marshawn Lynch Goodell opens his big mouth So NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says Marshawn Lynch’s job is to talk to the media? No, Marshawn’s job is to play football. Goodell alone has created this nonsense and has made the NFL an embarrassment. He would do well to heed the advice of a wise man who once said: “Better to…

Linebacker Bobby Wagner, top, helps stop New England Patriots running back Brandon Bolden in the first half at CenturyLink Field on Oct. 14, 2012.John Lok / Seattle Times staff It’s going to be close, really close. So close that the national media and major newspapers can’t even agree who will win. But almost everyone is predicting a…

Linebacker Bobby Wagner, top, helps stop Patriots running back Brandon Bolden at CenturyLink Field on Oct. 14, 2012.John Lok / Seattle Times staff BY MARK TYE TURNER Usually when teams face off in the Super Bowl, they don’t have a lot of history against each other because they are in different conferences. In the case of the…

Seahawks fans are everywhere here in downtown Phoenix. At least that’s what I’ve heard. I’m not really sure. I’ve been holed up in my hotel room most of the week. As sports editor of The Seattle Times, I’m in charge of our Super Bowl coverage this week. That means I get to coordinate our staff of 17…

BY ANTHONY EDWARDS Developing a school spirit day that everyone likes is almost impossible. Having an environment with kindergarteners to eighth-graders makes typical school events that try to draw interest from all ages challenging. Last year, though, it felt as though everyone at my school had a sense of community. Why? It’s because of the Seahawks. Annual school-wide spirit…

Patriots coach Bill Belichick answers questions at a news conference last week.Elise Amendola / The Associated Press By MALCOLM MORAN The boy was about 10 years old, standing on a football sideline in Philadelphia, surrounded by the majesty of the Army-Navy Game. He had gotten there because he was a coach’s son, but now the game was…

Marshawn Lynch talks – yes, he really talked – to the media Thursday.Mike Siegel / Seattle Times staff Super Bowl XLIX week is hereby called to order. The media are here in force, looking for stories. The fans are here, looking for a party. And I’m here coordinating our troops and sifting through some of the best…

Marshawn Lynch faces the media Wednesday in Chandler, Ariz.Christian Petersen/Getty Images Let the Super Bowl hype begin. The national media and major newspapers have arrived and they’re churning out stories. The Seahawks are getting plenty of stories written about them, but not all of it’s glowing. Marshawn Lynch took a couple of hits, for instance. Keep reading to…