From D-Back To Lawyer To Agent

The St. Petersburg Times has a profile of former Dartmouth defensive back John Owens '91, a partner in one of Florida's largest law firms and an up-and-coming sports agent. From the story about Owens, who came to Dartmouth from Prospect, N.Y., and Notre Dame High School:

Owens looks for mentally tough players with a clean background who exhibit leadership on and off the field.

"Often you find that the players that make it in the NFL aren't always the most talented, but the ones who are mentally tough enough to handle the pressure of playing on an NFL team," Owens said. "The other thing we look for are players that will learn the playbook, because coaches like those guys. If you don't learn the playbook, you're gone."

Sounds like the profile of an Ivy League player, don't you think?

The Time Magazine website has yet another story on Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson. As is usually the case in longer profiles, the story mentions that he played football for Dartmouth.

With the Summer Olympics around the corner you may be wondering about Dartmouth's historical impact on the Games – Summer and Winter. For a list of Dartmouth's all-time Olympians, click here. That page is part of a regular blog that will be concerned with Ivy athletes in China. Find that blog here. There's even a link for an all-time medal count for Ivy League schools. It looks like this:

1. Yale 105
2. Harvard 96
3. Penn 63
4. Princeton 55
5. Dartmouth 45
6. Cornell 40
7. Brown 35
8. Columbia 20

If you haven't read the First Person with Buddy Teevens, find it here. From the story:

Buddy Teevens on first-game foe Colgate opening camp this weekend:

It's about a month ahead of us and that's the way that it is so I don't worry about it or complain about it. I think it adds incentive for our players. They can see the pro camps are now up and running. The college camps are getting going, and ESPN has segments on football every day. The feeling is, hey, it's time to play football. That's exciting and encouraging to our players and coaches. It would be nice to start a little earlier, but you can also enjoy the summer a little longer than most folks.