John Urschel is an anomaly. While offensive lineman have to possess a high football IQ just to make it to the NFL, the Canadian-born Urschel has a master’s degree in mathematics from Penn State, is pursuing a Ph.D. from MIT, and started two playoff games a rookie. What are the odds of that? Urschel has teamed […]
Is there anything cooler than a big guy who doesn’t take himself too seriously? Women love them and men want to be them. Some people get to BE that guy, like Rams offensive lineman Rodger Saffold. Sure, he could pound your face in, or physically embarrass you in a stadium in front of 60,000+ fans, […]
NFL Hall of Fame running back Thurman Thomas is the standard by which all modern day running backs are judged. The league MVP in 1991, Thomas ushered in a shift from large, plodding, power backs, to the dual purpose threats common in today’s game. Thomas led the NFL in yards from scrimmage four seasons in a […]
We don’t know who’ll be playing Super Bowl 50, except Coldplay. The British band that broke through in 2000 with the smash hit “Yellow” will help the NFL celebrate its fiftieth Super Bowl with a gala show sponsored by Pepsi. The Super Bowl takes place on Feb 7, 2016, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, […]