Colts v Bears - Live!

Preamble: Good evening and welcome to the Guardian's coverage of Super Bowl XLI from Miami, Florida (writes play-by-play reporter from his London bunker). Almost everywhere you look there are plotlines and curiosities: tonight sees the NFL's best offense against the NFL's best defence, the game's best quarterback against its worst, and two black headcoaches - the first in Super Bowl history - on the sidelines. But, ultimately, the result will probably boil down to the performance of Peyton Manning, the brilliant quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts. Will he once more bottle it in a big gam, or will he lead his team to glory? The oddsmakers reckon it's the latter: they have the Colts as 6 1/2 point favourites.