The Wishbone The wishbone was a college offensive football formation used very successfully by a great number of Division I college football teams back in the early 1970s. It was introduced to the college scene by the backfield coach Emory Bellard at the University of Texas in 1968. When first …
Read More »What is a football player?
Author Unknown Between the innocence of boyhood and the dignity of manhood we find a sturdy creature called a football player! Football players come in assorted weights, heights, jersey colors, and numbers, but all football players have the same creed: to play every minute of every period of every game …
Read More »Searching For Something To Say
My 1964 Mercury Comet was moving right along doing 60 on the Schuylkill Expressway, heading toward Haddonfield, New Jersey, from Manayunk, Pa. It was a clear, bright sunny day in May of 1967, with very low humidity and cloudless sky. I was on my way to an interview for the …
Read More »Emotion
Emotion and Dopamine could be the secret to motivation! Last night I watched noted speaker Tony Robbins online, and he put a name to that dynamic substance that jumps into your heart and soul and tells you that you have what it takes to get the job done regardless of …
Read More »Frank Reich – Comeback King of Football
By Pete Barkelew I first saw and heard of Frank Reich on a Saturday back in 1984. He was the backup quarterback for the Maryland Terrapins, coached by Bobby Ross (he replaced injured starter, Stan Gelbaugh). On November 10th, they were playing the University of Miami Hurricanes, with Bernie Kosar …
Read More »Heaven Scent
A TRUE STORY – Author Unknown A cold March wind danced around the dead of night in Dallas as the doctor walked into the small hospital room of Diana Blessing. Still groggy from surgery, her husband David held her hand as they braced themselves for the latest news. That afternoon of …
Read More »Hands
A football in my hands is worth about $20.A football in Tom Brady’s hands is worth about $15 million.It depends on whose hands it’s in. A basketball in my hands is worth about $25. A basketball in Shaquille O’Neal’s hands is worth about $30 million. It depends on whose hands it’s in. …
Read More »Pam’s Story
— Author unknown I read about a woman named Pam, who knows the pain of considering abortion. More than 24 years ago, she and her husband Bob were serving as missionaries to the Philippines and praying for a fifth child. Pam contracted amoebic dysentery, an infection of the intestine caused …
Read More »Why Athletes Can’t Have Regular jobs
1. Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on being a role model:“I wan’ all dem kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I wan’ all the kids to copulate me.” 2. New Orleans Saints RB George Rogers when asked about the upcoming season: “I want to rush for 1,000 …
Read More »Texas Western changes face of college athletics
The Miners’ all-black starting five beat all-white Kentucky to win the NCAA men’s basketball title. By Bruce Lowitt To this day, coach Don Haskins and his Texas Western players will tell you that starting a revolution was the last thing on their minds. “We were just kids playing basketball having …
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