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Out of print for more than 30 years, now available for the first time as an eBook, this is the controversial story of John Wooden's first 25 years and first 8 NCAA Championships as UCLA Head Basketball Coach. Notre Dame Coach Digger Phelps said, "I used this book as an inspiration for the biggest win of my career when we ended UCLA's all-time 88-game winning streak in 1974." Compiled with more than 40 hours of interviews with Coach Wooden, learn about the man behind the coach. Click the Book to read the players telling their stories in their own words. This is the book that UCLA Athletic Director J.D. Morgan tried to ban. Click the book to read the first chapter and for ordering information. |
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First third NFL Report 2009 by Tony Medley When I wrote of my appreciation for the New York Jets earlier in the season, I mentioned that their biggest liability was their rookie quarterback from USC. I knew he was inexperienced. What I didn’t realize was how inept he is. He can’t read defenses and, to be charitable, his accuracy doesn’t make anyone think of Ken Stabler. A few years back, the New York Giants benched Hall of Famer Kurt Warner in favor of the potential of Eli Manning. Even though Warner is among the top four quarterbacks in the league, behind Peyton Manning and Drew Brees, and on a par with Bret Favre, Eli has developed into an exceptional quarterback, so that decision was probably a good one, given their relative ages. Sanchez is no Manning. He doesn’t have the arm, but more important, he doesn’t have the eye or instinct. He isn’t even trained in the basics. Watch him run with the ball. He holds it like he’s carrying a cat, with one hand. Last week, he did that and had to switch hands, so he held it like he had the cat in the other hand. I learned how to hold a football in junior high school, but I already knew how. How can a guy, a quarterback no less from a major college (well, I guess USC is considered a major college, even if they don't teach the fundamentals of football), get into the NFL and not know how to hold a football? Even so, the Jets have a shot at making the playoffs because there has never been a year when there have been more horrible teams in the NFL. The truly awful: The just awful:
The overrated:
New York Jets (anybody who can’t beat Lucky to be in such a weak league: Cincinnati Up and coming: Atlanta Good enough to earn the playoffs:
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