By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) For which team will 29-year-old (30 in November) wide receiver Dez Bryant play in 2018? While some players are having prophetic dreams about the answer to the question, I will consult my crystal ball of logic. Why I had the craziest dream last night. OG @DezBryant was back on…
Month: June 2018
2018: The Year of “Renaissance Manning”?
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- Since 2004, Eli Manning, with one of the punniest names in New York sports media history, has many monikers: “Super Manning”, “Eli-te”, “Easy Eli”, even “E-Lie”. I have a new nickname for the longest tenured starting quarterback in Giants history: “Renaissance Manning”. While Il Rinascimento, the Italian…
NEW YORK GIANTS: Coach Odell Beckham Jr. on Eve of Contract Crash Course
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) METUCHEN, N.J.- Odell Beckham, Jr. (proper noun): “Diva“, “Egomaniac“, “selfish and immature“, “Tantrum-thrower”. It’s hard to believe words from those headlines described the man that hosted his third annual Procamp for 520 of his closest, adoring fans. Odell Beckham, Jr., the most electrifying wide receiver in the National Football League,…
LAS VEGAS ACES Dealt Winning Hand, Achieve First Winning Streak at NEW YORK LIBERTY
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.- It was Las Vegas Aces’ head coach Bill Laimbeer’s first (and only) regular-season return to the Big Apple. After coaching the Liberty to three playoff births in five seasons, he bequeathed the team to one of his assistant coaches, a WNBA legend: Katie Smith. It was…
VICTOR CRUZ: “All I Need is an Opportunity”
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTRY, N.J.- From growing up in the fourth ward of Paterson, New Jersey to catching a touchdown pass in the Super Bowl to secure a win in football’s biggest game for his hometown New York Giants, Victor Cruz has certainly “been there, done that”. Cruz, 31, is not…
INTERVIEWS: CHICAGO BEARS PLAYERS-In Trubisky and Nagy We Trust
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and http://www.Facebook.com/coachmccartan) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.- In the 2017 National Football League Draft, the Chicago Bears, with the second overall pick, selected Mitchell Trubisky, a 6’3″ quarterback from the University of North Carolina. After watching from the sidelines, Trubisky got the opportunity he had been working toward for his entire life in week…
New England Patriots’ Devin McCourty: The Players Coalition and Colin Kaepernick
By Danielle McCartan (@CoachMcCartan and Facebook.com/CoachMcCartan) BERGEN COUNTRY, N.J.- Quarterback-turned-activist Colin Kaepernick ignited a movement in the National Football League, in the United States of America, and in the world by choosing to kneel during the playing of The Star Spangled Banner on August 26, 2016. It was only a preseason game against the Green…
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