Tv Talk

With Fox airing the Super Bowl on Feb. 3, we checked in with the amiable James Brown , 50, the host and traffic cop for Fox's NFL Sunday.

SI : You went to Harvard , correct?

Brown : Yes.

SI : That means you're the smartest guy on the set after Jimmy Kimmel ?

Brown : If that were the case, Harvard would be asking for the sheepskin back.

SI : If James Brown is the hardest-working man in show business, what's James Brown of Fox Sports ?

Brown : I've been called the hardest-working man in sports, but I'm not too pleased with the title the Godfather of Sports. I think of myself as hip and relevant, though my daughter [20-year-old Katrina] says on my next birthday she's giving me a gift certificate for a senior citizens' home.

SI : What's the better Terry Bradshaw movie: The Cannon ball Run or Smokey and the Bandit II?

Brown : Anybody who has difficulty sleeping should fire up one of those flicks.

SI : Did you know Howie Long was in the movie 3000 Miles to Graceland?