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DIED. WILLIE THROWER, 71, the first African-American quarterback in the National Football League; of a heart attack; in New Kensington, Pa. Thrower played his first and last NFL game for the Chicago Bears in 1953, when he relieved the starting QB in a 35-28 loss against the San Francisco 49ers...
Sidelined star quarterback Drew Bledsoe, lately the subject of trade rumors, did not attend the celebration...
They will be cheering for Tom Brady, a second-year quarterback from Michigan who was forced to fill the shoes of the team’s franchise player. No one could have predicted that he would lead the Pats to a string of nine straight victories and be the Super Bowl’s Most Valuable Player. Brady calmly and efficiently led the last drive of the game—a drive that will surely be remembered as a Super Bowl classic...
...most ways, the game conformed to my expectations. I was disturbed by the casual manner with which the commentators disclosed that Kurt Warner, the Rams’ quarterback, would be starting despite needing injections to deal with pain related to an injury sustained earlier in the season. (Rather than being so naïve as to think this unusual, it is worrisome that medication and constant physical therapy are considered a regular part of athletics, professional or otherwise.) And I was irritated when I began to think about the obscene amounts of money being spent on tickets, advertisements and players?...
Most of all, veteran quarterback Drew Bledsoe is worthy of the sportsman of the year award. After nearly being killed by linebacker Mo Lewis’ hit in Week 2, Bledsoe lost his job to Brady after the latter performed phenomenally in his absence. In a city and sports society where overpaid athletes continually whine when benched for any reason, Bledsoe has been the epitome of professionalism and class by not only refusing to lash out against the coach or younger quarterback, but by helping Brady get accustomed to the tribulations of playing everyday in the NFL. Remarkably, Bledsoe came...