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Giants sit out: Receiver Plaxico Burress was held out of New York’s first Super Bowl practice in Arizona, while starting guard Rich Seubert worked on a limited basis because of a sprained knee. “Hopefully, he’ll work tomorrow,” coach Tom Coughlin said of Burress after a two-hour workout at the Arizona Cardinals’ training facility. Burress, who has not missed a game, has not practiced for almost the entire season because of a sprained right ankle. Seubert sprained his right knee in the NFC title game against the Packers in Green Bay on Jan. 20. He missed all three practices in New Jersey last week, but has insisted he will play Sunday. Backup cornerback Kevin Dockery, who missed the last two playoff games with a hip flexor, worked on a limited basis, which is an improvement.

Airing it out: Aircraft from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Air National Guard will patrol a no-fly zone over the stadium Sunday. The customs agency will have a Cessna Citation jet, Blackhawk helicopter and Pilatus P-12 aircraft patrolling the skies to enforce a no-fly zone 35 miles around University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale from 5 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. A smaller off-limits zone will be in place from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The P-12 is equipped with a camera system that will feed video to a joint operations center in Phoenix. Also patrolling the area will be F-16 fighter jets from the 162nd Fighter Wing unit, based in Tucson. Jets also will fly a series of defense missions Friday morning over parts of Tucson, Nogales and metro Phoenix.

Old tickets: Want Super Bowl tickets? No, not this year’s tickets — tickets for all 41 of the Super Bowls leading up to this one. A collection of unused tickets from every Super Bowl has been sold at auction for $47,263.20. Both the private collector who sold it and the purchaser asked not to be identified by SPC Auctions, the Mission Valley, Calif., company that sold the collection online. Bids opened Jan. 15 at $5,000. Other items sold in the auction included a bat used by Ty Cobb from 1917 to 1921 for $87,114; a bat used by Babe Ruth in a 1921 game for $79,015; and a 1915 Ty Cobb baseball card for $10,015. Tickets for Sunday’s game were going for $8,550 to $15,002 Wednesday on stubhub.com.

Gridiron greats: As many as 70 NFL veterans are expected for a news conference today to publicize efforts of the “Gridiron Greats,” an organization raising money to help former players in need. Mike Ditka, Dick Butkus, Jerry Kramer, Gale Sayers and Eric Dickerson are among those expected to be there. Several ex-players have been holding events around the country to raise money. The group plans to show items being sold in an online auction, including a set of plays drawn by Vince Lombardi, and a Harley Davidson signed by more than 25 retired NFL greats.

Associated Press