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All-Pro tight end Rob Gronkowski is active for the Patriots for the Super Bowl, as is wide receiver Chad Ochocinco. Gronkowski has been recovering from a high left ankle sprain suffered in the AFC title game. He practiced on a limited basis this week. Receiver Ochocinco was inactive for the conference title game because of the death of his father a week earlier.
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Curtis Martin has gone from the mean streets of Pittsburgh to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The star running back with the Patriots and Jets for 11 seasons was one of six players elected Saturday to the shrine. Martin once disliked playing the game, but used it to escape a neighborhood where his grandmother was murdered.
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New York Giants tight end Travis Beckum has been knocked out of the Super Bowl game with a right knee injury. The backup tight end tore his anterior cruciate ligament with 12:55 left in the first half on Sunday. He was hit and knocked down by Patriots linebacker Tracy White on the play. The injury happened away from the play, a short pass out of the backfield.
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Eli Manning jerseys are all over the place at Lucas Oil Stadium. Peyton Manning's little brother has been popular all week in Peyton's town, and Colts fans seem to be rooting more for Eli's Giants than Tom Brady's New England Patriots in Sunday's Super Bowl. While Eli jerseys were prominent, it didn't take much walking around to find Colts blue Peyton Manning jerseys.
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