Even in his last year of coaching at Long Beach, Allen was visibly uneasy about players who wore earrings. He warned his college charges that “we don’t sit on helmets. We don’t litter. We don’t report late for practice and meetings. We don’t let our jerseys hang out. . . ....
Off come the gloves, followed by the helmets. Mirasty and Gillies skate past center ice, circling each other, hands bobbing up and down. Gillies grabs Mirasty, lands three overhand lefts. He leans back, out of Mirasty's reach, keeps his right arm locked. Mirasty ducks his head, takes so...
A college standout NCAA, the NHL's 1967 expansion offered an opportunity to play for the newly founded North Stars, for whom he scored the first goal in the franchise's history. His death sparked a long-running debate in hockey about the merits of wearing helmets and it was 11 years ...
We watched nine football movies — from “Air Bud” to “Varsity Blues” — and tried to capture what makes each film’s head football coach tick. Watching for the best movie football coaches Football movies watched by rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with year released and competition level portraye...
Nothing makes me smile wider than a new-to-us RV park with no bad surprises. Lodi is where Robert Mondavi, who put California wine on the map, grew up. I checked out the deep red wine choices and noted four wineries to visit for tastings. Back in relax mode, we turned in for ...
Just as there are no records for signed helmets and balls he says players use as currency around town for cars and clothing. "It starts at the No. 1 locker and goes all the way around the room," he continues. "You don't even know who you're signing for." Cooper says a t...
The on-field head injuries are only half of the NFL's concussion crisis, the other is a wave of former players who have to wear bike helmets when they shower and are perpetually losing their keys. Never take cognitive function or short term memory for granted,ask Jim McMahon. ...
furniture like soaked diaper prints spiced with road grime and unable to isolate the precise location of the odor but well aware of the smell of several months of sweet saved-up sweat unleashed by heavy rains from shoes, hats, helmets and bags especially the shoulder strap padding on dank ...
All this makes him sound insufferable, but he was read not as a literary titan, nor as a revolutionary newspaper critic, but as something more cherishable: a funny guy. He could eviscerate a subject with a few well-chosen words. Arnold Schwarzenegger was “a br...