A chicken raced around the barnyard, spreading new good news. “Hooray!” he said. “We’re going to have bacon and eggs for breakfast this morning!” All the animals except the pig shared in the joy. The chicken approached the pig and asked him why he was so solemn when everyone else was so happy. “For you,” […]
In his first year as coach of the San Francisco 49ers, Coach Jim Harbaugh led the team to its first playoff berth since 2002. On Saturday the 49ers host the New Orleans Saints, another franchise that has prospered after decades of futility. How? How do turnaround artists show people how to win? Harbaugh said something […]
Thomas Morstead is a hero in New Orleans today for his onside kick that helped the Saints win the Super Bowl. But it wasn’t always that way. On the day the Saints drafted him, they received criticism for “wasting” a pick on a kicker. And when he got to camp and started to practice field […]
This coming Sunday, millions of people will demonstrate the power that is within them. They’ll do it by the simple act of watching the Super Bowl. What exactly does watching the Super Bowl prove? Everything. It proves that people have the ability to set goals and work to achieve them. Just think. How often do […]
Just as in Canada’s Grey Cup, a too-many-men penalty made all the difference in yesterday’s Vikings-Saints game. Everyone associated with the Vikings — players, coaches and fans — will long remember a detail that cost the team a chance to go to the Super Bowl. “Just the slightest bit of miscommunication,” left guard Steve Hutchinson […]
By falling to Dallas over the weekend, the New Orleans Saints lost a streak but gained a chance to fix what is wrong with them. Every team has problems, but victory has a way of hiding them. And losing has a way of spotlighting those problems. “You can learn a line from a win and […]
For the second time in three years, the 1972 Miami Dolphins are getting nervous about sharing their place in history. The Dolphins, the only NFL team ever to go undefeated, now see two teams — The Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints — threatening to accomplish what they did nearly four decades ago. Two […]