The froth on the phone line was starting to break up the signal, but that didn't stop me. The first thing they instruct their agents to negotiate is private rooms on the road. After the game they leave in 45 cabs. Coaches don't know the first thing about teams, I said. Half of them spend half their time trying to get the other half fired.
Defensive coordinators punch out their offensive counterparts on videotape.
He sounded like he should be breathing from a bag. As it turned out, USA Today didn't use all that. Come to think of it, maybe I didn't even say all that. But I know in my heart I was thinking some of it. And it occurred to me, as the interview concluded and I hung up the receiver with a palsied hand, what an empowering device the humble telephone, this black dumbbell-shaped piece of vinyl, really was.