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Updated at 10:15 a.m., Friday, January 30, 2009

Super Bowl: LaBoy questionable after Friday practice

Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. — Starting defensive end Antonio Smith participated in all of the Arizona Cardinals' final full Super Bowl practice Friday and was listed as probable for Sunday's game.

Smith had been limited in practice because of a sore knee.

Running back-kick returner J.J. Arrington, defensive end Travis LaBoy and punter Ben Graham were limited in the workout and were questionable for the game.

LaBoy, the former Hawaii standout, has an injured biceps. Arrington has a sore left knee and Graham a sore groin.

The sun came out for the final 45 minutes of practice at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' facility. The Cardinals are to have a walkthrough at the facility on Saturday.

"I thought it was a good week of work," coach Ken Whisenhunt said. "You always wonder when you go on the road and your team is practicing in another facility if your team is going to have the consistency that you've had. No question that it helped us that we've already done this once this season."

He was referring to the team's weeklong stay in suburban Washington between a 24-17 loss to the Redskins on Sept. 21 and a 56-35 loss to the New York Jets at the Meadowlands on Sept. 28.

"I think it got us used to staying in a hotel, practicing on someone else's field while also having to bus around all week," Whisenhunt said. "These were very similar conditions this week."

Except the stakes are much higher.

Kurt Warner had his best throwing day of the week, misfiring on only three passes during the 2-hour, 20-minute practice.

The special teams drills were another highlight, with Neil Rackers bouncing three consecutive 20-yard field goals off the second floor windows of the Buccaneers' facility.