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...explained. “He expressed interest in me at fullback before the draft.”Ryan, who left the Crimson for New York in February, informed Berg that there probably weren’t enough roster spots to make room for the 6’2, 250-pound D-lineman.“He said that in terms of numbers, they weren’t going to be able to bring me in,” Berg said. “Coach Coughlin had shown some interest, but it was just a numbers thing...
...claims it simply comes with the territory.“My times are still pretty consistent,” he says. “When I came to Harvard I was a buck 80, maybe a little less, and obviously you do lose some speed when you gain thirty pounds. But definitely the way I’ve tested, compared with most of the running backs out there, I’ve tested pretty well.”It is not clear whether in fact the scouts agree. At least three NFL teams sent scouts to watch Dawson during...
...football correspondent, Halberstam analyzed and criticized the character of his subjects. His September 1952 account of “the sudden departure” (read: firing) of Yale’s 300-pound coach is just one example...
Corker and Kirby, along with the mayor of Southwark, snipped the ribbon with a pair of giant scissors. And Southwark Council Leader Nick Stanton inaugurated the tap, ordering a pint of Guinness with a five-pound note...
...called “the story of a very large man who destroys a very small country.” In “Absurdistan,” which was named one of the ten best books of the year by The New York Times, Misha Vainberg, the 325-pound son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia, travels from his hometown of St. Leninsburg to New York and then to the titular country in search of his father’s love, a U.S. visa, excessive amounts of exotic food, and eventually, his own identity. After reading aloud...