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The game would feature a controversial pass
interference call in the fourth quarter that either
marred the result (if you were a Cowboys fan) or
meant nothing (if you pulled for the Steelers). It
was the 13th Super Bowl—and the fifth in Miami.
It was also the last in the Orange Bowl, a dilapi-
dated college stadium. The sport was becoming big
business, and the man who understood that better
than anybody was Dolphins owner Joe Robbie.
For years Robbie had asked the city to pay for
Orange Bowl improvements, and for years the city
had declined. In 1984, when Miami tried to land
its sixth Super Bowl, Robbie finally stood up in
an owners’ meeting and said that he would not
support the bid. The Orange Bowl, he said, was
not worthy of a Super Bowl.
Robbie had a better idea: He would leverage
the possibility of hosting the game to build a new
stadium. These days that’s a standard compo-
Jan. 29, 1995
Steve Young’s (right) six touchdowns
were a gift to Niners Nation. Deion
Sanders’s Lamborghini Diablo (above),
on the other hand, was, in his words, “a
gift from me to me.” Prime Time earned
it. He picked off a pass in the end zone
as he became the only player to appear
in a World Series and a Super Bowl.
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AEL ZAGARIS (SAN
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