Written by: Jon Finkel THE OPEN Don’t call it a comeback!!!* Oh, man. Has there ever been a more definitive, powerful declaration to start a song? Ever? Have the first five words of a song ever been sung with more anger/purpose/built-up rage? Have the first five words of a song ever said so much in […]
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The 4 Greatest Things I Learned from the Greatest Steeler of All Time
Tuesdays. 3pm. Mr. Greene’s house. I jokingly referred to it as “Tuesday’s with “Mean” Joe”. That was the standing time and location that I sat with one of the most iconic figures in sports history to discuss his life for our book, “Built By Football”. We met every week for about four months and it […]
6 Days, 5 Hotels, 3 Colleges, 2 Road Closures, 1 Dog and the Lamest Super Bowl Ever: A Photo Diary
THE BACKGROUND This fiasco happened in 2014 when I was moving to Dallas from South Florida (update: we moved back to South Florida in the summer of 2020). I took a road trip with my dog to meet the movers at the (then) new house and get things set up before my wife flew out […]