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Blogcasting the National Football League, Blogcasting the NFL
The year is 2008 and pro football is the most popular sport in America. Tell that to the 1920s and you would get a look of disbelief. There were no JumboTron scoreboards. No FieldTurf. No cheerleaders. No multimillion-dollar paychecks. No staggering endorsements. And definitely no personal conduct policy. Not even close. Pro football was played by rough and tumble types whose only reason for participation was their love of the game. Or to find a good reason to get into a fight. They were WWI vets, farmers and coal miners …read more

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Blogcasting the National Football League, Blogcasting the NFL
Continuing in the vein of James Dean or a young Marlon Brando, actor Trey Moore is a rare young talent. In just a few years, Trey has managed to carve a niche for himself on the stage — appearing as Oedipus Rex and Romeo — and on the big screen as a sports writer in the new football flick Leatherheads, which opens in theaters nationwide today. He’ll also star as the lead in upcoming movies Captive and Perennial. I caught up with Trey from his home in Spartanburg, …read more

Blogcasting the National Football League, Blogcasting the NFL
I’ll be attending an advance screening of the new football flick Leatherheads this week. The film opens April 4 and stars Academy Award winners George Clooney and Renée Zellweger, who match wits in a romantic comedy inspired by the stranger-than-fiction beginnings of America’s pro football league in 1925. Long before the days of jumbotrons, Astroturf and cheerleaders; multimillion-dollar paychecks and staggering endorsements; some men played football only for the love of the game. They were rough and crass. They were foul-mouthed and hardheaded. They were “leatherheads.”
In addition to the screening, I’ll be interviewing …read more