Mark Bavaro, the only tight end on the 2017 ballot, hopes to join only eight others at the position in the Professional Football Hall of Fame. In comparing career stats (total yards, touchdowns, average yards per reception) to other HOF tight ends, one will conclude that Bavaro, albeit a two-time Super Bowl winner, does not make…
Month: September 2016
Tim Tebow Dons Orange and Blue … Again
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, NJ- Today, Tim Tebow, former National Football League quarterback reported for day one of the New York Mets instructional league in Florida. A former Heisman trophy winning Florida Gator, who was drafted by the Denver Broncos, finds himself in an orange and blue uniform yet again. After an 11-year absence…
Yankee Greats Remember Yogi Berra
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, NJ- A United States Navy World War II hero and National Baseball Hall of Famer with the most World Series rings of all time, Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra is the most revered baseball player in history. Berra stormed the beaches of Normandy in the D-Day invasion as a U.S….
Best of: 2016 Nike Color Rush Uniforms
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, NJ- The NFL, for the second straight season, has adopted the Nike Color Rush uniforms for Thursday Night Football. This year, however, the NFL is adapting the initiative, with one team wearing completely team-colored uniforms while the other wears mostly white uniforms (yes, white is a color, too). Last year, there…
Mike Piazza: The Shot Heard ‘Round the World
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY- September 11, 2001: a date that forever changed the landscape of the global community in which we live. 2,996 lives were lost in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. Millions of lives were changed forever. Immediately, first responders, including New York’s Finest and New York’s Bravest, rushed…
We are Missing Colin Kaepernick’s Intention
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan) Has anyone considered that we have missed Colin Kaepernick’s message? Before you profess that I am “un-American”, “anti-police”, or “a traitor”, I am going to enact empathy and my first amendment right: the right of free speech. More than five days after the photo of him sitting during the national anthem surfaced…
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