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DIED. GLENN DAVIS, 80, Heisman Trophy--winning halfback whose speediness helped Army nab three consecutive championships in the '40s; in La Quinta, Calif. Known as "Mr. Outside," he teamed with fullback Doc Blanchard, a.k.a. "Mr. Inside," to create one of college football's most dazzling backfields. Davis' career rushing average of 8.26 yds. per carry is still the NCAA RECORD...
...athlete has a lock on that question quite like McNabb, 28, a five-time Pro Bowler who has guided the Eagles to their first Super Bowl appearance in 24 years. In 1999, upset that the Eagles chose him over Heisman-trophy running back Ricky Williams as the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft, Philadelphia's raucous fans booed McNabb before he took a single practice snap (Williams has since retired from football to travel, study holistic medicine and, by his own account, smoke weed). Rush Limbaugh thrust an unwitting McNabb into a firestorm in 2003 with his idiotic statement...
Yesterday, in fact, ESPN.com prominently mentioned the website of Utah basketball’s Australian center Andrew Bogut, which comes with a blog and an admittedly clever page entitled “The Melbourne Supremacy.” USC quarterback and Heisman winner Matt Leinart runs an entertaining site of his own, an effective online journal where he (or a friend of his) posts stuff like photos of Will Ferrell and Shaquille O’Neal at the Orange Bowl, and answers mailbag questions like, “Matt Leinart, you’re my favorite quarterback ever...
...Coaching Ron Dayne, Heisman Trophy winner,” White answers immediately...
Dayne, now a running back for the New York Giants, is college football’s all-time leading rusher. White was an instrumental part of that Heisman-winning season...