Saturday, February 17, 2007

Former Dartmouth WR Hired By Seahawks

Former Dartmouth wide receiver John Idzik '82 has been hired as vice president of football operations for the Seattle Seahawks. (Seattle Times story) Idzik had been senior director of football operations for the Arizona Cardinals and before that was with the Tampa Bay Bucs. ... Jay Fiedler's partnership with Tim Hardaway gets another mention in Darren Rovell's Sports Biz column on CNBC here.

A subscriber sent along a link to this New York Times blog post: "Ending a Tradition That Some Find Racist, Others Noble," about the University of Illinois retiring Chief Illiniwek after this season. The quotes from the university president and athletic director make it clear that motivation for accepting the NCAA ruling on the mascot is the school's student-athletes and nothing else. In that regard, I wonder if the mascot opponents won the battle but lost the war.

An alumus/subscriber shared a link to a picture of an edible version of a Dartmouth landmark. (Go ahead and click on the link. It will make you smile. Promise.) ... The alum also sent the link to a friend, who trumped him with this picture of how they do such things in Texas.

Finally, a feel good finish to the day. To see a video interview of Cornell's Khaliq Grant -- the basketball player who was paralyzed in a practice injury but has made an amazing recovery -- click here.

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