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...junior, Bush will probably bypass his final year of college for the NFL's riches (say goodbye to the inmates, Mom). Because he's barely 6 ft. tall and weighs about 200 lbs., skeptics fear his body won't withstand the NFL's pounding. "No question, size has to be a concern," says an NFL general manager. But several smaller backs have succeeded. "If that guy fails in the NFL," says an NFL college-scouting director, "something is wrong." Bush has sold the league's all-time leading rusher. "Aw, come on," says Emmitt Smith of the critics. "They...
...arguably the National Football League’s biggest story, junior running back Clifton Dawson has begun to assess the prospects of joining his former quarterback on the sport’s biggest stage.Harvard coach Tim Murphy said that he and Dawson have discussed the process of wooing potential NFL suitors, and that the two of them will follow the same approach that got Fitzpatrick noticed following his junior season at Harvard. The two of them will likely put together a highlight reel of Dawson’s most outstanding plays for the Crimson and send it to every NFL...
...overtime win. It’s old hat to Harvard fans, who are used to seeing Fitzpatrick light up defenses and lead thrilling comebacks. The rest of the sports world, however, is only now taking notice of the former Crimson standout. On the heels of Fitzpatrick’s NFL debut—the third-highest first-game passing performance in history—the media blitz has been unremitting. He has appeared on ESPN’s Cold Pizza, the Jim Rome Show, ESPN Radio, and NFL Sirius radio in addition to several national radio shows. SportsCenter ran continuous...
...that already seemed long lost while wearing Crimson. It just didn’t seem right to think that a different uniform—or a different level of play—would make him forget how to do it. Fitzpatrick’s performance on Sunday in his NFL debut was one of those moments in sports that comes straight from Hollywood. In fact, even Tinsel Town might have rejected this script for being too predictably cheesy. If you’re still a little fuzzy on the details of what the former Harvard signal caller actually accomplished...
...then speak at a reception for Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele-a U.S. Senate hopeful who is the first black elected official to hold statewide office in ?the Free State,? and one of the party's marquee candidates for the year-at M&T Bank Stadium, home of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens. State Republicans said that tickets for the business-attire event range from $125 for general admission to $500 for a VIP viewing area. Host-committee members who raise at least $5,000 will have a photo opportunity with Bush...