It was Thursday afternoon and before news conferences were held with those entertainers who will be performing on Sunday, when veteran sportswriters began talking about their favorite acts at past Super Bowls.

It seems the most attended pregame news conference was for Paul McCartney in 2005. But the next most popular came in 1992, when skater Dorothy Hamill talked about her impending halftime skate for Super Bowl XXVI.

"The room was packed to see her," said San Diego Union-Tribune columnist Nick Canepa, who has covered more than 20 Super Bowls. "They announced she was going to speak and the media work room completely emptied. She was a babe, that’s why. All media flocked to it. Are you kidding me? It was Dorothy Hamill, a stunning, stunning woman. Of course, she was there to talk about skating, not than any of us cared about that."