Rams-Patriots Super Bowl matchup won't affect bond between Jackie Slater and son Matthew

ATLANTA - The meeting represents the sport's ultimate, almost comic-book confrontation of separate allegiances, the name of the game even including the word "Super."

And there might not be a more intimately embedded spectator Sunday than Jackie Slater, who has given the Los Angeles Rams his heart and the New England Patriots even more: his DNA.

Slater is so close to Super Bowl LIII, in fact, that unlike everyone else involved, he can't lose.

"It's going to be emotional for me, sure," he said. "But I'm not going