Archives for June 15, 2014

‘The idea, they say, is to deemphasize tailgating by getting them into the stadium early. That should work like a charm. You get the drinkers into the stadium at 11 a.m. sharp to allow more time for family singalongs and trading football cards with their kids. Why didn’t I think of that? I’m tempted to question whether anyone associated with the idea has a marginal allotment of working brain cells. But I must assume the brainstorm has almost nothing to do with family atmosphere and almost everything to do with family revenue.’

‘”I knew he did play because I would sit in the basement and watch old films and read old newspaper clippings and see what he did,” said Preston. “So it was always in the back of my mind that I wanted to be a linebacker like my dad. That’s kind of how it happened.”‘