Medium Well: Bigger than big - Sports media blog by The Baltimore Sun's Ray Frager

Bigger than big

One of the great things about the Super Bowl is how no one even tries to keep things in perspective. To introduce its last hour of pre-game, Fox presented a piece on perfection, narrated by Russell Crowe, featuring images of the Mona Lisa, the Sistine Chapel, Martin Luther King, Louis Armstrong and Jimi Hendrix, among others. Then Curt Menefee reminded us we were about to watch "the biggest championship in all of sports." Yes, in a sport not even played in most of the world.

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About Ray Frager

Ray Frager joined The Baltimore Sun’s sports department in 1985 and has been an assistant sports editor for more than 15 years. This is his second stint writing a sports media column for The Baltimore Sun. Most sequels aren't as good as the original, but then, the original wasn't all that great either.

Frager, born in 1957, grew up in northern Delaware (graduating from a high school that since has shut down) and received his bachelor's degree in journalism from Rider College in Lawrenceville, N.J. He worked as a reporter and copy editor at The Trenton Times and The Dallas Morning News before coming to Baltimore.

Surprisingly, if you look at his accompanying photo, Frager is married and has a son and daughter. He enjoys playing basketball and has organized pickup games among members of The Baltimore Sun staff for many years, which means they don't get too mad at him for shooting way too much.

He has a good beat and is easy to dance to. I'd give him an 85.

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