There will be fewer fans that usual in Tampa for the big game this weekend. But Covid-19 brings far more challenges than in normal years
Terra Pinckley was six the last time the Tampa Bay Buccaneers made the Super Bowl. She remembers sitting with her parents – both longtime Bucs supporters – cheering the team to victory, then joining them at the championship parade, where she high-fived then-star fullback Mike Alstott, and shook All-Pro linebacker John Lynch’s hand. It was a moment that cemented her fandom forever.
In a perfect world, the St Petersburg native would watch this Sunday’s Super Bowl among hordes of fellow Bucs fans, preferably at a sports bar. But the pandemic has muddled those plans. Her Super Bowl Sunday will take place from the comfort of her own couch.
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