Newcastle will survive the death of dreams

At the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta tomorrow night, we will be treated to the kind of fitting postscript that only American sport — and maybe horse racing — delivers.

Often, at these landmark moments of sporting celebration, some sweaty young grunt who simply executed the process takes centre stage. But in the customary powerful, emotional finale to the Super Bowl, instead a man who holds the dreams of millions in his hands will hold the symbol of those dreams in his hands.