Sports Fact of the Day 1/26/2007

1/26/2003:
Just one season removed from coaching the Oakland Raiders, Jon Gruden leads his new team, the Tampa Bay buccaneers, to a 48-21 rout of the Silver and Black in Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego. A smothering Buccaneer defense led by free safety Dexter Johnson records five sacks and intercepts five passes, returning three of them for touchdowns. Johnson becomes the third defensive back in Super Bowl history to earn MVP honors.

Birthdays:
Bob Uecker b. 1935
Jack Youngblood b. 1950
Brian Doyle b. 1955
Wayne Gretzky b. 1961
Vince Carter b. 1977