Ah, there's nothing like the sights and sounds of Super Bowl Media Day, where sports and entertainment collide in a strange sort of way..

How strange? Well, how's a Mexico City television personality walking around in a white wedding dress, proposing marriage to, of course, none other the Patriots quarterback Tom Brady?

Brady was also asked "what's his purpose". Huh?

"Wow, that's a deep question," he responded. "My purpose in life? My God. I play football. I happen to do that good enough to get here and have this platform, but I don't think any of us cure cancer. I don't think any of us, you know, think about the impact you have on people, and if we can perform some type of entertainment for people to change the subject a little bit in life, I think that's a great thing."

Brady then got serious. "People say living a dream, but we truley are living a dream. All of us grew up and you wanted to be a professional athlete. All of us wanted to play in a Super Bowl, and to have this spectacle and to enjoy this and to have this experience, we are going to remember this for the rest of our lives."

 Giants defensive lineman Michael Strahan seemed to use the Media Day platform as a stage for his one-man comedy show. Very few questons -- or at least answers -- were about football.

"This is like walking down Broadway," Strahan said of Media Day. "This is no big deal. Where is the Naked Cowboy? Is he out here strumming his guitar in some tighty white shorts? This is what it is. That's one thing about Media Day the first time (in Super bowl XXXV). ..I don't know if it's because you are in New York, you are used to answering a lot of questions every day. At least they let some nice people in this group."

The roof was open at the University of Phoenix Stadium, but it appears to block out most of the sun, sending a chill through the facility. It was much warmer outside....

Tomorrow all the Patriots will be available to the media, as they were today, at there hotel in Scottsdale at the ripe hour of 8 a.m. MST, and it will be the same for Thursday. The Giants media sessions are at 10 a.m. both mornings at their hotel. Following that, the only other availability is the press conference with the two head coaches on Friday morning.

Meanwhile, Phoenix still appears to be a city that hasn't gripped Super Bowl fever. Scottsdale will likely be the gathering for Patriot fans -- and celebrities. Phoenix is putting in a light rail transportation system, so there is construction everywhere.

--- TOM KING