JCOSU86;1079501; said:I've always called the Cowboys "Hitler's Team"
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Rob Oller commentary: Brady just normal guy before, after stardom
Thursday, January 31, 2008 3:24 AM
By Rob Oller
Tom Brady stood in a drafty lobby pondering his future the way a 10-year-old contemplates a career path.
His first choice would be NFL quarterback, but if things didn't work out Brady figured he might head to Europe to concentrate on international business. That's probably how it would go, he supposed.
Above him, a red light flickered "Exit," not "Sexy Superstar." As Brady spoke, no scantily clad women tossed up marriage proposals. No paparazzi hounded his every step. No throng of reporters knelt mesmerized at his feet.
It was just the two of us, standing in the shadow of Michigan Stadium, discussing self-esteem issues. It was 1999, five days before the Ohio State-Michigan game. The senior finally was overcoming the self-doubt that had bothered him for several seasons.
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Patriots' whiz kid got his start in Ohio
31-year-old coach learned offense from his father
Thursday, January 31, 2008 3:22 AM
By Judy Battista
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Stephan SavoiaAssociated Press
Offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, left, is the man behind the man that drives the Patriots' potent offense, Tom Brady.
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- He knew early on what his happiest days would look like, rising before the sun when he was 4 years old to be with his father at football practice at Canton McKinley High School. Thom McDaniels is an Ohio coaching legend; Josh McDaniels wanted to be a coach -- a high school coach -- just like him.
"From that point on, I was bit by the bug and I never didn't want to be a head coach or a position coach at the high school level," Josh McDaniels said. "That's what I dreamed of doing."
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A Manning all his own
Friday, February 1, 2008 3:20 AM
By Mike Klis
THE DENVER POST
JEFF ROBERSON Associated Press
Manning has outplayed Jeff Garcia, Tony Romo and Brett Favre in getting to the Super Bowl.
DAVID J. PHILLIP Associated Press
Eli Manning, left, jokes with his dad, Archie, after the Giants' 23-20 overtime win over the Packers in the NFC title game. Archie admits he had to work harder to get to know Eli the way he knows his other sons.
NEW ORLEANS -- Like all silent types, Eli Manning isn't easy for people to read. When people don't talk, what can they be thinking?
His famous father, Archie, is friendly by nature. His famous brother, Peyton, is so expressive he could pose as a human exclamation point in his next commercial. Another older brother, Cooper, is spirited and humorous.
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Patriots remember Hill
Defensive end died in watercraft accident on Memorial Day
Friday, February 1, 2008 2:53 AM
By Mark Maske
THE WASHINGTON POST
Lisa poole associated press
Marquise Hill had spent three years with the Patriots when he died in an accident on Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Randall Gay left his home in Louisiana for an early-morning workout on Memorial Day. He noticed on his cell phone he had missed a midnight call from New England teammate Jarvis Green. It was odd, he thought, for Green to have called him at that hour.
"He knows I don't stay up that late," Gay said. "I go to sleep early."
But then Gay's phone rang twice more. It was Green. "I was like, 'Something's got to be going on,' " Gay said.
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OSUsushichic;1075651; said:God, can they just play this fucking game and get it over with?
Brady. Foot. Brady. Foot. Brady. Brady. Brady.....
