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May 24, 2009

Mindful of Violence, the N.F.L. Rules Out the Wedge Formation

Mindful of Violence, the N.F.L. Rules Out the Wedge Formation Matt Bowen spent seven seasons in the N.F.L., some of the time as a wedge buster, the no-sane-person-need-apply job designed to break up one of football’s most iconic formations, the 900-pound snowplow of linemen, with their arms linked or hands joined, designed to block for…
Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 24, 2009

Ron Higgins: Ricky Rubio good, but still no Pete Maravich

Ron Higgins: Ricky Rubio good, but still no Pete Maravich Every time Spanish basketball star Ricky Rubio’s name is mentioned in the same breath as the late Pete Maravich, I shake my head. The only things they have in common are a facial resemblance, and the fact Rubio throws an occasional blind or behind-the-back pass.…