Writing is a passion, and I have given up a career as a Chef to pursue a career in sports journalism...and if Dr. Hunter S. Thompson was correct when he quipped that “If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked up." then I need to be diligent and work hard at crazy sports writing...Didn't go to school, don't have any big-time contacts, just figure my love of sports and writing will get me through.
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Turnovers and stopping the run have been the New England Patriots’ Defense’s calling card all season. Unfortunately for the Miami Dolphins, their defense seems to have forgotten how important…Read More
He had me at hello. The introduction to Sean Glennon’s new book, The Case for Football’s Greatest Quarterback; Tom Brady vs. The NFL (2012, Triumph Books) reads like a note that I might write…Read More
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Rex Ryan knows a little bit about great cornerbacks. He coaches Darrelle Revis, a corner that Sports Illustrated has dubbed one of it’s top 10 defensive backs of all time. So when he gushes about…Read More
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The only tools that a football coach should need in his metaphoric tool box are a dagger, a hammer with…Read More
When does a win not feel like a win? (a) When your offense scores 37 points and you still almost lose; (b)…Read More
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Three yards and cloud of dust? No, thank you. I’d rather have what the New England Patriots…Read More
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It has been said that when one hits the bottom of the desperation barrel, there is always someone else…Read More
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I was always a safety. In the early 70′s it was kind of an unwritten law amongst football coaches…Read More
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