ME AND THE WIZARD

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. ...

ARE INJURIES RUINING THE SPORT?

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...

PRE-SEASON POLLS . . . BAH HUMBUG

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...

THE GRASS ISN’T ALWAYS GREENER

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...

IT’S INEVITABLE!

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...