The image is seared onto the brains of the 17 million viewers who watched it live.

During the week I wrote a blog for the paper on the fate of Kevin Ware, the American basketball player who suffered a horrific injury last weekend.

THERE was a time when the left tackle on an American football team was just another anonymous giant. Now they’re among the top earners on most NFL teams. Acclaimed author Michael Lewis found out why in a fascinating new book, but discovered an incredible story along the way. Michael Moynihan reports.

SUPER BOWL XLI (41) is the first to feature two black head coaches, but tomorrow night the spotlight will be on the super-powered Indianapolis offence and Chicago’s vaunted defence.