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DIED. OTTO GRAHAM, 82, Hall of Fame quarterback for the Cleveland Browns during the team's Golden Age, from 1946 to 1955; of a heart aneurysm; in Sarasota, Fla. He set a state record at birth, weighing in at 14 lbs. 12 oz., and went on to outsized contributions on the football field, passing for 23,584 yds. and 174 touchdowns and leading the Browns to an astonishing 10 championship games in his 10 seasons with the team...
...song That Thing You Do. He also writes occasional sketch music for Saturday Night Live.) Eventually the band regrouped and signed with tiny SCurve records. They wrote more great, weird songs for their third album, Welcome Interstate Managers, including All Kinds of Time, about a high school quarterback at his life's bittersweet peak, and Valley Winter Song, which may be the first-ever rock song about seasonal affective disorder...
Whatever respect I had left for the Heisman trophy I lost Saturday night. The Big XII championship on Dec. 6 appeared to be the end of Oklahoma quarterback Jason White’s miracle quest to recover from two torn ACLs and come back to win the Heisman. White had his worst performance on the biggest stage, throwing two interceptions while failing to record a touchdown in a 35-7 loss to Kansas State...
...heard about the age biases the he would face as a sophomore going up against three seniors—Michigan running back Chris Perry, Mississippi quarterback Eli Manning and White. He had heard that a pure wide-receiver—one that doesn’t return punts or kickoffs as well—is at a severe disadvantage in the Heisman balloting due to his reliance on the performance of his squad’s quarterback. He had heard that being on a four-loss team can kill any player’s chances regardless of his ability...
...hold your breath. "To hypothesize that Playmakers has harmed a 24-year relationship is absurd," Shapiro says. He was also instrumental in hiring Rush Limbaugh for ESPN's Sunday-morning NFL pregame show. But when the conservative talk-radio host made his racially charged comments about Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, Shapiro was, at least initially, uncharacteristically mute. In the end, he helped force Limbaugh out. "Put as much blame as you want on me," Shapiro says...