At approximately 6:30 p.m. Sunday, the New England Patriots and New York Giants will kick off Super Bowl XLVI — that’s 46 if you don’t know your Roman numerals — at Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis.

She is launched into the thin mountain air, her trajectory angled to fly. At heights of more than 10 feet above the lip of the 25-foot half-pipe, freestyle skier Sarah Burke completed two-and-a-half full rotations before coming back to earth ready to soar again.

With all due respect to the Green Bay Packers, who may very well be on their way to a second straight Super Bowl title and a perfect 19–0 record, the story of this NFL season is the miraculous play of Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow.