C.J.: Larry Fitz Jr. to be covered in Super Bowl by his daddy

Call the 2009 Super Bowl a feel-good story that's proving irresistible to sports writer "Minnesota Fitz."

For what may be the first time ever, a scribe working in the press box, a no-cheering sanctuary, will watch someone he diapered play the big game as Spokesman Recorder sports editor Larry Fitzgerald Sr. covers the Super Bowl.

Many members of the media love covering our own. Acrobatic "Little Larry," as "Pardon the Interruption" co-host Mike Wilbon called him, makes it a legitimate story as he's considered the best wide receiver on the planet.

When Big Fitz was interviewed on "PTI," neither Wilbon nor Tony Kornheiser went anywhere near that alleged off-the-field paternity issues that don't cast Larry Fitzgerald Jr. in the best light, no matter how wide his smile is.

I was talking to a national sports guy who told me that most media won't go anywhere near this one because sports guys are more interested in canonizing athletes as gifted as Jr. However, I have reason to believe that if Jr. chooses, he may have an answer to this question, which will blow away sports guys during Super Bowl media meetings.

Joe LaPointe's New York Times story talked about Jr. having a "little falling out" with his mom, Carol Fitzgerald, that they didn't have time to repair before she died in 2003. The disagreement had something to do with -- shocking! -- "one of his girlfriends" according what Big Fitz told the NYT in the piece:

"Fitzgerald has dealt with other uncomfortable family matters. He is the father of a year-old son, whose mother, Angela Nazario, took legal action to establish paternity. Then she accused Fitzgerald of domestic violence and got an order of protection against him."

Of course, most women don't conceive babies when they are alone in a room. Unexpected pregnancies are always the woman's fault and only the woman's fault in a sexist world.

Big Fitz's comments to the NYT were not as classy as he seems by most, keeping quiet (and hanging up the phone). He did just that when I broke the story that Jr. was the father of Nazario's baby boy, year-old Devin.

Too bad Grandpa lacked the restraint that Big Fitz has reportedly preached to his son regarding the media, because the day may come when Devin gets curious enough about the circumstances of his birth and its accompanying drama to visit the web.

Sports columnist Rick Reilly's ESPN.com piece about the Minnesota Fitzes stated that Jr. is a "rather beige interview," on the long-time advice of his Sr. According to Reilly, Big Fitz's media interview mantra to his son goes like this: "Answer the question that's asked. But only the question that's asked. Don't add anything. When you win, say little. When you lose, say less. Pass the praise around."

To that advice Sr. should additionally advise Jr. that if he doesn't want people to think that high-wattage smile is hiding an unpleasant side, the NFLer with the large hands might avoid situations -- apparently with witnesses, according to court documents -- that might justify a restraining order. The negativity of allegations of batting around a woman are compounded when ESPN is teasing an upcoming story about how you're called the "silent assassin," as some who "plays under the radar and leaves without a trace."