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RIP Rashann.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/11578286/revisiting-miracle-michigan-20-years-later
Colorado RB Rashaan Salaam: My thing was to give Kordell enough time. There was a three-man rush, and I was told to block. I went to the left, and I stepped up and made the block. Everybody was on the same page. Kordell stepped up.
Colorado assistant coach Rick Neuheisel: The unsung hero was Rashaan Salaam. He does an amazing job of picking off a guy and giving Kordell absolute free access to throw that ball.
The ball spirals nearly 70 yards in the air -- Stewart was about 5 yards back in the pocket -- and the pigskin eventually deflects off Colorado wideout Blake Anderson and falls into the waiting arms of Michael Westbrook. The play was drawn up that way: Anderson tips, Westbrook catches.
The immediate aftermath
With no time remaining on the clock, the scoreboard shows "Colorado 27, Michigan 26." The Buffaloes have just won on a last-second, 64-yard Hail Mary touchdown. Colorado's sideline empties, and the Big House goes quiet. ABC's Keith Jackson ends the broadcast by saying, "All those who were involved will never forget it. Either for the joy of it or for the pain of it."
Colorado RB Rashaan Salaam: I couldn't see the touchdown. I just saw guys running downfield and was like, 'Wow -- we must've done it.' It was gratifying. Everybody was happy, hugging, pointing to Michigan fans, talking a little trash.
Looking back, 20 years later
The game has been in the books now for exactly two decades. But no one's forgotten. It's impossible to forget. Colorado went on to an 11-1 record, with its only loss against Nebraska. Michigan went on to finish 8-4 with a Holiday Bowl win. But most of these players -- at least on the winning side -- remember this play more than anything.
Colorado RB Rashaan Salaam: That was the biggest moment of my football career. It was even bigger than going over 2,000 yards. Bigger than winning the Heisman. Just being down and staying together and Kordell being a leader. ... I just knew when that happened -- in front of the Big House, in front of one of the biggest crowds in college football -- I knew it was going to be something special. On YouTube, I go back to that play every couple days. It was amazing, man. It was special. It's one of those plays I was part of.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/11578286/revisiting-miracle-michigan-20-years-later
Colorado RB Rashaan Salaam: My thing was to give Kordell enough time. There was a three-man rush, and I was told to block. I went to the left, and I stepped up and made the block. Everybody was on the same page. Kordell stepped up.
Colorado assistant coach Rick Neuheisel: The unsung hero was Rashaan Salaam. He does an amazing job of picking off a guy and giving Kordell absolute free access to throw that ball.
The ball spirals nearly 70 yards in the air -- Stewart was about 5 yards back in the pocket -- and the pigskin eventually deflects off Colorado wideout Blake Anderson and falls into the waiting arms of Michael Westbrook. The play was drawn up that way: Anderson tips, Westbrook catches.
The immediate aftermath
With no time remaining on the clock, the scoreboard shows "Colorado 27, Michigan 26." The Buffaloes have just won on a last-second, 64-yard Hail Mary touchdown. Colorado's sideline empties, and the Big House goes quiet. ABC's Keith Jackson ends the broadcast by saying, "All those who were involved will never forget it. Either for the joy of it or for the pain of it."
Colorado RB Rashaan Salaam: I couldn't see the touchdown. I just saw guys running downfield and was like, 'Wow -- we must've done it.' It was gratifying. Everybody was happy, hugging, pointing to Michigan fans, talking a little trash.
Looking back, 20 years later
The game has been in the books now for exactly two decades. But no one's forgotten. It's impossible to forget. Colorado went on to an 11-1 record, with its only loss against Nebraska. Michigan went on to finish 8-4 with a Holiday Bowl win. But most of these players -- at least on the winning side -- remember this play more than anything.
Colorado RB Rashaan Salaam: That was the biggest moment of my football career. It was even bigger than going over 2,000 yards. Bigger than winning the Heisman. Just being down and staying together and Kordell being a leader. ... I just knew when that happened -- in front of the Big House, in front of one of the biggest crowds in college football -- I knew it was going to be something special. On YouTube, I go back to that play every couple days. It was amazing, man. It was special. It's one of those plays I was part of.
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Consensus All American defensive end for Oklahoma's 1975 national championship team. Died in an automobile accident early this morning.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Rashaan Salaam's death reminds us, again, of how devastating football can be
You could have missed this news — those leaks about DEFLATEGATE 2.0 may have grabbed your attention — but Rashaan Salaam’s brother told USA TODAY Sports that the former college and NFL running back committed suicide after experiencing memory loss and depression.
These are tell-tale signs of CTE, the degenerative brain disease linked to concussions and the sort of repetitive blows to the head that football players take.
There is no plan to study Salaam’s brain — his Muslim faith prevents “desecration” of the body — but that’s probably beside the point. CTE has been found primarily in players whose families suspected it was present; it’s a self-selecting group. It was present in the brains of other players who committed suicide: Junior Seau, Andre Waters, Dave Duerson.
Entire article: http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/12/rashaan-salaam-cte-nfl-marijuana-study
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Craig Sager, TV sports reporter known for colorful wardrobe, dies at 65
Sager, who worked for Turner Sports for more than 30 years and was best known as an accomplished NBA sideline reporter, had been battling cancer. In March, Sager announced he had three to six months to live after doctors told him the leukaemia he has fought for two years was no longer in remission.
1951 - 2016
R.I.P.
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OHSportsFan
Fan of Ohio Sports in Indy
Oh man. Felt like a part of my home for years. A+ human being. And so remarkable during his cancer journey.
RIP
RIP
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For those of us who were NBA on TNT junkies in the 80s, this hits really hard, because I've been watching him for a long time. He will be greatly missed. RIP
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What this man meant to his craft was best shown by his memorable post game interviews he did with LeBron and Steph, when on both occasions each player lauded how much he meant to them and what a true inspiration he was to them. Craig was the perfect "man's man." Who amongst us wouldn't have loved to live the life this man did? Who wouldn't have wanted to have this guy over for a backyard barbeque to pick his brain. This man went undefeated against the devil (cancer), by that I mean there was NEVER a day this man spent on earth that cancer beat him. Nope, he won every day. EVERY single day. Even today. You might say to yourself "what are you talking about Dubs, he died from cancer today? My answer to that is simple. There are going to be people today that don't even know who Craig was that will hear that he passed away and what numerous folks in the Hoops world are saying about him. They'll do Google searches and watch youtube videos, and they'll start to "get it." They'll be moved and donate to cancer research. They'll take a look at their own life and maybe look at things a little more positively than they may have yesterday.
I'll sum Craig's contributions to this world in a favorite Randy Travis song of mine, "Three Wooden Crosses"
" I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world behind you, it's what you leave behind you when you go."
R.I.P. Craig. You will be greatly missed.
Peace
I'll sum Craig's contributions to this world in a favorite Randy Travis song of mine, "Three Wooden Crosses"
" I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world behind you, it's what you leave behind you when you go."
R.I.P. Craig. You will be greatly missed.
Peace
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Rashaan Salaam's death reminds us, again, of how devastating football can be
You could have missed this news — those leaks about DEFLATEGATE 2.0 may have grabbed your attention — but Rashaan Salaam’s brother told USA TODAY Sports that the former college and NFL running back committed suicide after experiencing memory loss and depression.
These are tell-tale signs of CTE, the degenerative brain disease linked to concussions and the sort of repetitive blows to the head that football players take.
There is no plan to study Salaam’s brain — his Muslim faith prevents “desecration” of the body — but that’s probably beside the point. CTE has been found primarily in players whose families suspected it was present; it’s a self-selecting group. It was present in the brains of other players who committed suicide: Junior Seau, Andre Waters, Dave Duerson.
Entire article: http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/12/rashaan-salaam-cte-nfl-marijuana-study
Former Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam's death ruled a suicide
Rashaan Salaam, whose body was found in Boulder, Colorado, on Dec. 5, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head, the coroner's office reported Thursday.
The Boulder County Coroner's Office reported that the autopsy showed the cause of Salaam's death was a gunshot wound to the head.
Entire article: http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...olorado-buffaloes-rb-rashaan-salaam-shot-head
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
LaVell Edwards, who coached BYU for nearly 30 years, dies at 86
http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...rmer-byu-cougars-coach-lavell-edwards-dies-86
R.I.P.
http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...rmer-byu-cougars-coach-lavell-edwards-dies-86
R.I.P.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Baseball Tragedy: Two Players Die in Crashes in the Dominican Republic
When Yordano Ventura won Game 6 of the 2014 World Series for the Kansas City Royals, he wore the initials of Oscar Taveras on his cap. Taveras, an outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, had just been killed in a car accident in the Dominican Republic, the homeland they shared.
Early Sunday morning, Ventura was killed in a car accident there at 25. Andy Marte, 33, a former infielder who spent parts of seven seasons with Atlanta, Cleveland and Arizona, was killed in another car crash Sunday in the Dominican Republic. Major League Baseball announced the deaths on its social media accounts.
The traffic authorities in the Dominican Republic said that it was not clear whether Ventura had been driving when he died on a highway about 40 miles northwest of the capital, Santo Domingo. Marte died when the Mercedes-Benz he was driving hit a house about 95 miles north of Santo Domingo, the authorities said.
Entire article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/22/sports/baseball/yordano-ventura-andy-marte-car-crashes.html?_r=0
When Yordano Ventura won Game 6 of the 2014 World Series for the Kansas City Royals, he wore the initials of Oscar Taveras on his cap. Taveras, an outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, had just been killed in a car accident in the Dominican Republic, the homeland they shared.
Early Sunday morning, Ventura was killed in a car accident there at 25. Andy Marte, 33, a former infielder who spent parts of seven seasons with Atlanta, Cleveland and Arizona, was killed in another car crash Sunday in the Dominican Republic. Major League Baseball announced the deaths on its social media accounts.
The traffic authorities in the Dominican Republic said that it was not clear whether Ventura had been driving when he died on a highway about 40 miles northwest of the capital, Santo Domingo. Marte died when the Mercedes-Benz he was driving hit a house about 95 miles north of Santo Domingo, the authorities said.
Entire article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/22/sports/baseball/yordano-ventura-andy-marte-car-crashes.html?_r=0
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