In The News

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The two former Dartmouth players who wrapped up their college careers last fall and earned Undrafted Free Agent contracts last month are both in the news.

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A story in The Athletic under the headline 2026 NFL Draft’s best UDFA fits: 1 undrafted free agent to watch on each roster includes this:

Minnesota Vikings: Delby Lemiuex, C, Dartmouth

A three-time All-Ivy League left tackle, Lemiuex (6-5, 309) is a terrific athlete who moved inside to work at center for scouts during the pre-draft process. He has short arms (31 3/8 inches), but he’s a great athlete and a very intelligent lineman.

Green Alert Take I: Hard to believe the NYT publication misspelled his name. (The story is behind the paywall but last I looked the spelling has not been corrected.)

Green Alert Take II: Lemieux is another example of why Dartmouth head coach Sammy McCorkle and a lot of others around the game think having the chance to pick the right landing spot – if you have the chance – can be better than being locked into the wrong roster as a late draft pick.

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' site PewterReport.com has a piece headlined FAB 5: Inside the Bucs' 2026 undrafted free agent class that includes this (LINK):

Duke DT Josiah Green - 6-0, 284
Green graduated from Dartmouth where he recorded 120 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, two pass breakups and one fumble recovery before transferring to Duke. In his lone season with the Blue Devils, Green notched 37 tackles, seven tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and three pass breakups.

Mike Biehl: "The Duke defensive tackle, yeah I would say he's similar to Deshawn McKnight. I think he's similar as far as like their skill set and things like that. But yeah, we're excited for both of those guys. I think we got a pretty good assortment of body types and skill sets in that room now, which I think will be fun to see how they all mesh together."

Green, of course, grad transferred from Dartmouth. The comment is from the Bucs vice president of player personnel. McKnight is a 6-1, 283 defensive tackle who finished at Arizona after starting his career at Tennessee-Martin and then playing at App State.

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It's Derby Day. Those of you who have been longtime visitors to this electronic precinct may remember I've linked to this before. If you skipped over it the last time, or are new to BGA, I commend to you William Nack's wonderful 1990 Sports Illustrated tribute to Secretariat, the GOAT of horses. ;-)

I can't say I pay much attention to horse racing but I do appreciate very good writing and it doesn't get any better than this. Be prepared to shed a tear.

Click HERE to read Pure Heart: The thrilling life and emotional death of Secretariat.

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EXTRA POINT
Good news. There's now a monthly pill that protects Griff the Wonder Dog, from ticks. 

Bad news. The little pests still hitchhike on him.

Worse news. As a result of the medicine, they eventually lose interest in Griff and hop off when we get back home.

A couple of nights ago we found the second tick of the season in the house and brought out the scotch tape, which is the absolute best way to immobilize, encase and inspect the little buggers.

Here's a question I've asked before. If there's a medicine to protect dogs from ticks, why hasn't one been developed to protect dog's best friend from those nasty carriers of Lyme disease?