The popularity gap between the mighty NFL and every other sports league in the United States was on display Tuesday as the football league served up a blockbuster trade and star-player signings, while Major League Baseball's labor lockout, having canceled both the traditional spring training and opening day, stretched into its 97th day.
On a March afternoon that should've coincided with the Padres and other teams playing baseball in Arizona or Florida, the talk of the sports world was the NFL trade that sent Super Bowl-winning quarterback Russell Wilson, a nine-time Pro Bowler who's 33, to the Denver Broncos.
Wilson led the Seattle Seahawks to a pair of Super Bowls and their only Lombardi Trophy, becoming more popular in the Pacific Northwest than Chargers Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Fouts was in San Diego.
