Saturday, February 21, 2026

Linebacker U?

Former Dartmouth linebacker Teddy Gianaris was a welcome addition as a grad transfer in Wyoming, where they see him as a defensive end. Check out this short interview:

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And speaking of former Dartmouth linebackers/grad transfers, Macklin Ayers isn't done yet. After one season at UMass in 2024, and an NFL look, he's headed to the DC Defenders of the spring United Football League. From a Pro Football Newsroom story (LINK):

(Ayers) played college football at UMass and Dartmouth over his four-year career, finishing with 203 tackles and an interception in 40 games played. Following the 2025 NFL Draft, Ayers was invited to Cleveland Browns rookie mini-camp, but was not signed.

During his time at UMass and Dartmouth, Ayers was extremely solid against the run and displayed the ability to play sideline-to-sideline, even at 6’3 230 lbs.

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Ayers joins an impressive DC linebackers corps with Curtis Jacobs, Brandon Smith, Ferrod Gardner, Micah Baskerville, Brian Abraham, and Ayers will be the sixth inside linebacker to be on the camp roster.

The first two of those linebackers Ayers will be joining on the defending champion DC Defenders were Penn State standouts, and the last is a former Yale player who finished up at Albany. The UFL kicks off its first weekend of games March 27-29.  

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ItemLive, a multimedia outlet in the north shore of Massachusetts has a column headlined, Reggie Williams and David M. Shribman: A shared history of struggle. The piece is introduced this way:

With the approach of the end of Black History Month, the two of us — David, a white Jewish journalist, and Reggie, a Black retired NFL standout who played in two Super Bowls, presences in each other’s lives for more than half a century — have been talking about the ties between African Americans and Jews.

Read the column featuring two prominent Dartmouth graduates from the Class of 1976 HERE. 

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EXTRA POINT
If you live in areas of the country that gets snow that lasts all winter – we haven't come close to seeing bare ground here since before Christmas – this might look familiar. If not, let me introduce you to one of the annoying things about driving on snowing, slushy roads:


That is absolutely rock-solid frozen slush behind one of the front tires of my car. I've been known to take a hatchet to the stuff trying to knock it off, but it's stubborn. Maybe I should try a hammer and a long screwdriver. All four wheels suffer the same fate, and at some point you just say the heck with it, hop in and drive.

When I am making a sharp turn and the tire rubs up against the frozen mess it sounds as if I am dragging a shopping cart under the car until I straighten the wheel out. The good news is that spring is coming.  On the other hand, we got about eight more inches last night.
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