Word: lombardis
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...story's the same but the sport is different with another legend. The late Vince Lombardi, after his initial retirement, said he "missed the fire on Sundays," and upon returning to the pro football coaching ranks, he did little to kindle a championship in Washington...
...thought it was a special occasion," State Rep. Michael J. Lombardi, one of the signers, said last night...
...Lombardi said the House does not annually congratulate the Beanpot winner, but this year the Cambridge representatives decided to honor Harvard...
...like McKay, Lombardi had a style. It was ferocity. That, plus his victories at Green Bay, made him the focus for a generation of football writing. Presently, we heard from the right that Lombardi was the noblest Roman since Octavius. (Not Brutus. Brutus lost.) The left suggested that he would have made a perfect fascist. In the cacophony people forgot that Lombardi was only a football coach who put Xs and Os on a board-righthanded...
...Stanford. Instead, he called Ralston a ten-letter word, "for stacking on the points." When Ralston was mentioned in a press conference, McKay chomped a cigar. "He's a prick. He always was a prick. I hope he gets fired," said this devoutly civilized man. From another world Lombardi smiled ferociously...