After bouncing around college football for a decade, and then spending another ten as an NFL defensive assistant, Carroll became the head coach of the New York Jets in 1994. One of the first things he did was paint a basketball court in the parking lot of the team’s practice facility where coaches would play […]
Tom Hacket, 44, World renowned Orthopedic Surgeon and Team Doctor for US Olympics SnowboardingYou’re More Powerful than You Think »In that single moment when you glance in our direction, we lock eyes, and all we feel is our heart beating through your chest, you have us. And there is absolutely nothing we can do about it! » […]
« Departures will leave the Buffalo Bills depending an awful lot on rookies this year, and rookies don’t always fulfill their potential right away (if ever). Two of last year’s top three receivers are gone. Two of last year’s top three cornerbacks are gone. And while LeSean McCoyis still around to keep the running game dangerous, […]
In the past week, almost 1,200 professional football players lost their jobs as 32 NFL teams carrying 90 players apiece cut their rosters to the league’s regular season limit of 53. About a quarter of those players have been brought back into the league as members of practice squads in the past couple of days.
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Among the several thousand pages of documents generated by military investigators, some baffling testimony emerged from the Ranger who is believed to have fired the bullets that ended Tillman’s life. In a sworn statement, this soldier explained that while shooting a ten round burst from his machine gun at the hillside where Tillman and O’Neal […]
« We’ll be the first to tell you our coaching staff, our young players, us as ownership, our scouting department are thrilled we have five games. All these young players need reps and we need to see who can contribute, » Jones said. « You’re not gonna be seeing a whole lot of Jason Witten in these early […]
Like so many other players clinging to the fringe of the NFL, Hall name made regular appearances in the league transaction reports. He signed with the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in April 2009. He was late to meetings and regarded as immature. After being cut five months later, he joined the Indianapolis […]
Seventh defensive lineman This group is odd. The regular season opener is less than a month away and it’s unclear who will play where and when. Terrell McClain signed for $21 million this offseason, but isn’t a clear starter. Nose tackle Phil Taylor doesn’t look like a guy who last played in 2014. Matt Ioannidis, […]
Levy chalks up his teammates quizzical reactions to the hard driving, highly regimented world of pro football. « You expected to be one way, » he says. « And if you outside of that, they think something wrong with you. » When the Lions flew to London in November 2015 to play the Chiefs, his attempt to get teammates […]
Women in Sports BroadcastingAlthough sports in general and sports broadcasting in particular has been considered the domain of men, many women have made their names as sportscasters. One of the earliest female sports broadcasters was the Mrs. Harry Johnson (her first name seems lost to history), the announcer for Central States Broadcasting in Omaha, Neb. […]