Word: linemen
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Throughout his NFL career, McNabb has shaken the doubters as if they were lumbering linemen. "I smile about it," McNabb tells TIME about his skeptics. "People think I'm crazy. But it's like, 'Hey, thanks for trying to bring me down, trying to upset me, but that just can't happen.'" When Limbaugh said the liberal media hyped McNabb because he was black, it was his father Sam who spoke up, calling Limbaugh "insensitive." Donovan just played football. "I tried to show class, show that you can't let someone else's mind-set change what...
...quarterbacks, you see them shuffling around like they just had eight cups of Starbucks," says Jaworski. "When I see Ben, I can see the calm in his eyes. His instincts are just amazing." Roethlisberger gladhands like a vet: he bought a custom-made suit for each of his offensive linemen. "They've been saving my life out there every week, so it's the least I could do for them," he says. "I hope they...
...steroids are far more dangerous than, say, carb loading. That justification would be far more convincing if there were any evidence that fans and teams otherwise give two snorts about athletes' health. But that wouldn't explain how we tolerate, for example, football linemen larding up to heart-straining proportions and players hobbling themselves for life by "playing through the pain" (i.e., getting taped and numbed by the team doc). Or jockeys nearly killing themselves to drop weight. Or the very existence of boxing...
...steroids are far more dangerous than, say, carb loading. That justification would be far more convincing if there were any evidence that fans and teams otherwise give two snorts about athletes' health. But that wouldn't explain how we tolerate, for example, football linemen larding up to heart-straining proportions and players hobbling themselves for life by "playing through the pain" (i.e., getting taped and numbed by the team doc). Or jockeys nearly killing themselves to drop weight. Or the very existence of boxing...
...alike. Other unanimous first-team selections include senior linebacker Bobby Everett and senior wide receiver and kick returner Brian Edwards. Freshman kicker Matt Schindel, who tied the school record for field goals with 13, senior defensive back Sean Tracy and junior Will Johnson and senior Brian Lapham, both offensive linemen, were all also first-team picks...