Word: quarterbacked
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...college room is like a team, then every students needs to understand sports. After taking this course with visiting professor Amy L. Baltzell, you’ll be giving motivational speeches like an expert quarterback throws the ball. It’s about mindset, it’s about winning—it’s all about the game...
...holder - these days usually a team's punter like the Bears' Brad Maynard and the Colts' Hunter Smith, though occasionally a backup quarterback - must catch the ball and place it in the exact spot the picky kicker wants it. The whole process, from the snap to the boot of the ball, must happen in a flash. "The industry average is 1.3 seconds," says New York Giants long snapper Ryan Kuehl...
...failure delivers some connection. "It gives us an entry into his humanity, his vulnerability," says Coakley. "He isn't perfect, despite the fact he's so damn good." Peyton's brother Cooper naturally disagrees with any such rationale for cheering on the Bears, who--despite featuring a frighteningly inconsistent quarterback, Rex Grossman--have the type of defense that can shut down Peyton. "Average Joes want heroes," Cooper says. "Average Joes want guys that are better than them." We already know that Peyton is better than we are, Cooper. But does he have to have...
DIED. Bobby Layne, 59, fiercely competitive, party-loving Pro Hall of Fame quarterback who led the Detroit Lions to National Football League championships in 1952, 1953 and 1957 and set unsurpassed team records before finishing his 15-year career with the Pittsburgh Steelers; after a long bout with liver problems, and cancer; in Lubbock, Texas. He was a dedicated carouser off field, but he was also a disciplined team leader whose skills were strongly evidenced in the last minutes of many games. His strategies helped develop what was later known as the two-minute drill. "Bobby Layne never lost...
...Rollins, 43, who in late 1985 quit his job as director of the White House political liaison, is a highly regarded and much sought political operative with ties to G.O.P. centurions around the country. His decision to line up with Kemp may help dispel skepticism that the former pro quarterback can go the distance to the White House. Kemp, however, was Rollins' second choice. Had Paul Laxalt decided to run, Rollins would have gone with his old friend from Nevada...