by Steve Love | Mar 1, 2022 | Blog
John Scott is anything but a slow study yet it took him years to complete his marvelous archetype of learned sports biography. He began Bud Wilkinson and the Rise of Oklahoma Football in 1986. It wasn’t published until 2021. Do the math. It took Michelangelo less time...
by Steve Love | Jan 19, 2022 | Blog
Before he unceremoniously dumped the Oklahoma Sooners for USC and the lure of LaLa Land, Lincoln Riley had become known as a Quarterback Whisperer. Usually if a person works in Oklahoma, he is more likely to be known as a Horse Whisper. In a sense, Riley was. He...
by Steve Love | Jan 14, 2022 | Blog
Photo by Connor Betts on Unsplash The Supreme Court of the NFL is the General Manager’s Office The National Football League can appear a heartless realm: From teams that did face-plants short of even the shallow end of NFL mediocrity to those who...
by Steve Love | Jan 10, 2022 | Blog
National Football League coaches like to claim that their goal is to put their teams and players in situations that provide them the best opportunity to succeed. But this isn’t always true. Take the Cleveland Browns. (Please!) They beat Cincinnati 21-16 on Sunday at...
by Steve Love | Jan 8, 2022 | Blog
Before he ascended into the heaven that is the Cleveland Browns radio broadcast booth, Doug Dieken played a hallowed position: Left tackle. It is the one spot along the offensive line where anonymity can be turned into celebrity if a man is good enough and tough...