Author: Matt

Numerous NFL stars have died during their glory days, from Jerome Brown to Derrick Thomas, but Delaney was the first. Not ever, of course, but he remains the most indelibly marked on my memory.

Spring, 1984. Morning in America. Jobs for all, uncertainty vanquished, world peace finally at hand. Even the homeless had a little extra bounce in their step

Once my parents divorced, there were few reasons to spend any amount of time at my dad’s house, and I’m fairly sure he knew it. He was grouchy, mean, and smoked so much that a visit was like having a front row seat at a round-the-clock forest fire.