11-13-2010, 04:02 PM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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"Cool story, bro": Minnesota Vikings DE Jared Allen could salvage season
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The New York Giants' sack and forced-fumble master, Osi Umenyiora, is not only just the third British-born player to claim a Super Bowl ring, but his full first name is Ositadimma, a new entry into my spell check as well as a name of Igbo origins, meaning "from today things will be good." I'm not sure this rang true during Osi's tumultuous summer, but ever since he crafted the league's most dangerous strip sack, possibly ever, good things can continue to be expected.
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It's well known that Green Bay's Clay Matthews III was a walk-on at USC and went from a 165-pound high school senior to a 250-pound first-round NFL selection. What I didn't know until reading a cool piece in the L.A. Times from his college days was that his father, Clay Matthews Jr., a storied pro who is the oldest player to record a sack at 40 years, 282 days, was his son's defensive coach in high school and didn't even start him during his junior season. We all grew up on the Michael Jordan being cut from his high school team legend, but this one is pretty cool, as well.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi
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