From an Essentially Sports story carried by Yahoo under the headline, Russell Wilson Reveals Why His Lawyer Dad Worked at a Gas Station & Shares His Impact on NFL Career (LINK):
Long before he helped the Seattle Seahawks win their first-ever Super Bowl, it was his father who ensured his son got the very best. Recounting a childhood incident, the signal caller revealed why his old man worked at a gas station despite being a full-time lawyer. Wilson says the story rooted in sacrifice still drives him today.
“I go home to my dad. I’m like devastated…I’m like, ‘Dad, you work at the gas station?’ He goes, ‘Yes, son…I’m working extra hours.’” he said on the Good Inside podcast. I said, ‘Why?’ He goes, ‘You want to go to a great school, right? Like, you want to go do all the things you want to do. I got to do extra for you guys. I’m doing anything for you.’ And I remember him saying, ‘I got to buy those books.’”
Green Alert Take: Russell Wilson never fails to credit his father, a former Dartmouth wide receiver from the class of 1977, for the role in played in his life.
Green Alert Take II: This is a peccadillo, I know, but the journalist in me is really annoyed when conversations are transcribed and the result is someone who knows better being quoted as said, "I got to do extra," and "I got to buy those books." I would be really annoyed if I said, "I've got to . . . " and when the story came out someone quoted me as saying, "I got to . . ."
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Tough news out of New Haven where tremendously successful head football coach Tony Reno is stepping down for health reasons just days after turning 54. Reno, who led the Bulldogs to five Ivy League titles in 13 seasons while compiling an 83-49 overall record and a 55-36 Ivy League mark, had announced after the season that he was taking time away to concentrate on his health. Last fall Reno led Yale to the Ivy League's first-ever win in the FCS playoffs and to a one-score playoff lost at eventual national champion Montana State.
From a Yale release noting that the school will be running a national search for a new coach (LINK):
"Given my current health situation, I have made the decision to step down as head coach of Yale Football," said Reno. "When I arrived at Yale 14 years ago, I could never have imagined what this journey would become. The relationships formed, the moments shared, and the people I have been privileged to be surrounded by have changed my life and my family's lives forever. I am deeply grateful to the players, the coaches, and the staff who gave everything they had to Yale Football."
The Yale Daily News largely reprises the release with a few new thoughts at the end of the story HERE.
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EXTRA POINTThe turkeys were back this morning and although I got a pretty good shot of them in a nearby tree, this view out to the White Mountains was too pretty not to share:
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