The Super Bowl match up is set. The Green Bay Packers beat the Chicago Bears in the NFC Championship, and the New York Jets lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship. Super Bowl XLV’s teams now have two weeks to prepare for “the big one.” Here to describe the heartache and the triumph, as well as what’s coming, is Nando Di Fino, sports reporter for The Wall Street Journal.
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