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PREFACE In early 2025, my memoir Raising Giants was published.  383 pages chronicling my extraordinary two-decade journey with my TWO NFL sons.  One might believe that within those pages I’d be able to tell every imaginable story.  Lo and behold, that’s not the case.  I believe somewhere around a...

I’ve watched college and professional football for some 60 years.  I was in front of the tube viewing Monday Night Football in 1985 when New York Giants linebacker Lawrence (LT) Taylor sacked Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theisman, causing Theisman to gruesomely suffer a compound fracture of...

I've never been a fan of pre-season polls.  They are done for those who enjoy Fantasy Leagues and for those who place a wager or two on such information, but the reality is that they are much more wrong than right. For my book, Raising Giants, I decided to investigate.  I looked at the Associated...

Mike Webster was a Hall of Fame (HOF) center who competed in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs from 1974 through his retirement at age 38 in 1990.  Twelve years later he passed away at a youthful age of 50. The cause of his death wasn’t known for...

October 15, 2018 was the day the landscape of college football changed forever.  The NCAA opened the floodgates when transferring to another school became a rather basic right of passage.  Before that game changing day, football players were “punished” if they wanted to take their talents...

I’m writing this from a football perspective, although it has application to all sports. It is said by NFL players that the only day during a football season when they are healthy is the day before summer camp begins.  Otherwise, they are dealing with some sort of injury/ ailment thereafter until...

As I share in my book Raising Giants, hard work pays off.  This was a standard that my wife and I tried to impress upon Geoffrey and Mitchell while raising them.  There’s no doubt that their respective successes on the gridiron resulted from their commitment to working hard throughout their...

In my opinion, no wiser words have ever been spoken. Many of us have greatly benefited from a teacher or coach who dispensed advice that struck a chord with us, that may have impacted our life in a very positive way.  Such was the case with Geoffrey during his days at Palisades High School....

I am old school.  Have always been, even before I got old.  When the boys were youngsters, they were playing their version of football in the front yard.  When Geoffrey scored, he immediately slammed the ball to the ground in conquest.  No, no, no.  I jumped off my chair and gathered the two...