Read more about the article Duffy Daugherty needs a Bill Walsh-like letter

Duffy Daugherty needs a Bill Walsh-like letter

PHOTO: Michigan State coach Duffy Daugherty upon his retirement following the 1972 season. Visit my homepage: TomShanahan.Report Click here for review and purchase link: THE RIGHT THING TO DO, The True Pioneers of College Football Integration in the 1960s. *** By TOM SHANAHAN I need a Bill Walsh-like letter from Alabama coach Bear Bryant. I need it to secure Michigan State coach Duffy Daugherty’s legacy leading college football integration. Facts, curiously, haven’t been enough. Daugherty’s leadership remains unjustly lost in…

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Read more about the article Antonio Gates quietly climbs Spartan Stadium to watch namesake while awaiting Hall-of-Fame call

Antonio Gates quietly climbs Spartan Stadium to watch namesake while awaiting Hall-of-Fame call

Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report PHOTO: Antonio Gates Jr. scored his first career touchdown September 9 against Richmond at Spartan Stadium. By TOM SHANAHAN Antonio Gates Sr. prefers climbing Spartan Stadium’s steps to its upper reaches when attending Michigan State football games. The vantage point allows one of the NFL’s greatest tight ends to anonymously watch his namesake, Antonio Gates Jr. “I get the game tickets on my own with friends, and I don’t leave my name at…

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Read more about the article Coryell’s daughter lands the Pro Football Hall of Fame flight in Canton

Coryell’s daughter lands the Pro Football Hall of Fame flight in Canton

PHOTO (PFHoF): Mindy Coryell Lewis, Don Coryell's daughter, with Air Coryell pilot Dan Fouts, the Chargers' Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback at the bust unveiling Saturday in Canton, Ohio. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN CANTON, Ohio – Mindy Coryell took the stage to represent her father Don Coryell on Saturday afternoon at his post-humous Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement. She was by his side for the unveiling of his bust. Of course, she…

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