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Courtney Loves Denver

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Yesterday, I wrote about LaVar Arrington’s departure from the Washington Redskins. Today’s story concerns his Nittany Lion teammate, Courtney Brown, who will be remaining with the Denver Broncos for a long time.

The Denver Post reported today that Brown, 28, and the Broncos had agreed to a contract extension that will keep him in Denver through the 2009 season. While Courtney’s salary is a big hit against the NFL salary cap for the Broncos, his 2005 performance inspired Denver management to protect him.

Prior to moving to the Broncos, Brown had languished with the Cleveland Browns, who drafted him #1 overall in 2000. (Arrington was drafted #2 overall by the Redskins in that same year.) Courtney never had a healthy season in his five years with the Browns. However, as of his 2005 season with Denver, he has finally blossomed into the defensive lineman that every Penn State fan knew he could be.

LaVar Takes a Leap

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LaVar Arrington, dissatisfied with the way he was being coached in Washington, has bought his way out of his Redskins contract for $4.4 million to enter the NFL free agent market. The move was probably best for all concerned, although the D.C. area fans probably don’t think so. The outside linebacker was probably the most popular Redskin since Sonny Jorgenson. [Read more…]

Coaching Little League Baseball

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A friend of mine, Dr. David Grossman, is currently writing a book about the art of coaching Little League baseball. I’m helping him out with some minor geek work that will smooth things out a bit, while Dave Roberts is supplying his marketing expertise. As well, the eleemosynary efforts of David’s sister, Wendy, his brother, Joel, and his friend, Bill Bercik, have energized the project. The editorial experience has been enthralling — if every now and again exasperating. We are essentially an extremely eclectic editorial ensemble: an energetic educator, a couple of eccentric egotists, a People Magazine writer, and a medical oncologist. In spite of all our enterprising machinations, at once esoteric and earthy, all of us editors endured. Elatedly entering the end game, we expect this educational and enlightening epic to emerge later this year. [Read more…]