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This Just In… Going 15 Rounds With Jerry Izenberg by Ed Odeven

July 14, 2021 News Editor 0

Jerry Izenberg’s career as a newspaper reporter and columnist spans generations. From the early 1950s to the present day, he has written about championship teams and Olympic icons, baseball and football superstars and boxing legends. Along the way he became one of the best American sports columnists. Going 15 Rounds With Jerry Izenberg: A Collection Of Interviews With The Legendary Columnist highlights Izenberg’s career and some of his favorite stories. Even beyond his 90th birthday, which […]

NFL Quarterbacks Judged on the “L” Factor: Likability

December 21, 2018 admin 0

A lot of words are written every year about football. A lot. We’re talking NFL here. Oblong American ball. Pigskin and bruises. Quarterbacks in particular. And how they stack up. The stars of the game are ranked by all sorts of things. Size. Talent. Stats. Stuff that matters. Stuff that counts. The rankings we see are not generally based on popularity. And why would they be? Popularity and likability are subjective. These are professional athletes, […]