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Sports psychologist Dr. Jim Taylor, who helps athletes up their mental games, told me about the importance of “prime confidence,” a term he coined as an alternative to “peak confidence.”
Refers to a boxer leaving his chin, a vulnerable point, unprotected. AHDI dates this usage to the "mid-1900s"; [44] OED cites Erle Stanley Gardner in 1949. [45] last man out Baseball: a person who is ignored. Comes from when the team comes in and the last person comes straggling in feeling small and ashamed or disgraceful. light the lamp
Jeff Nelligan says he attended about 2,300 of his three sons’ games over 22 years. Here are some lessons he shares with other youth sports parents. Five bold perspectives parents can take as ...
Old Man River: The nickname was given as a reference to his age, being one of the oldest players on the team. Mark Gasnier: Fire Up Bitch! Gasnier was fired from the 2004 New South Wales State of Origin team for leaving an obscene voice mail message on a woman's mobile phone after a 'bonding session'. The transcript of the phone message is as ...
The Pro Bowler suffered what was at least the third concussion of his five-year NFL career in Thursday night's 31-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills and exhibited the same "fencing" response that he ...
In addition to his father's connection to the game, Miller's brother, Sean, was a point guard who went on to play the position at Pitt. Archie views Sean, who is 10 years older, as more of a mentor than a rival. Sean, then an assistant at North Carolina State University, recruited Archie to play as a point guard. Sean later also hired Archie as ...
Heading into his senior year of high school, Vick was one of the country's top quarterback prospects. [2] Although his brother had taken Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia within one game of a national championship and despite Michael's close relationship with Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer, Marcus did not seem sold on attending Tech. [citation needed]
His older brother commented on the matter in an interview with NBC Sports in October. “This is another level of stardom that typically football players don’t deal with,” he said.