That's one of the reasons why he married me because we love sports. The other night, we watched the X-Games and I liked that. I think he was surprised to know I like sports as much as I do.

You should have heard me when they played Denver (in the AFC championship game). I was yelling, clapping and carrying on worse than a kid.

We're just going to be perched here in our La-Z-Boys and watching the game. I'm assuming Sam is going to root for the Steelers, but sometimes he roots for the other team just to get at me.

He's just so good and young. He has a lot of enthusiasm and energy.

Our girls are 13 and 15 now, but they've been active in various sports from when they were little. It's been a challenge to find things for them.

Every day all day, every night all night, cars, planes, trucks, trains, motorcycles and even pedestrians flow through that sprawling intersection like blood coursing through the arteries of the heartland, of which Chicago still reigns as the square-shouldered capital.