With an impressive combination of German precision, Irish luck and Catholic fertility, my parents managed to produce exactly four NFL championship rings and exactly four children. For most of my childhood, the rings rested unceremoniously on a plaque in our family room, just a few feet from an unlocked side door. Though he valued them [...]
Category: Super Bowl I
Sweet as an NFL issue button
My dad, who stood 6-4 and played defensive tackle in the NFL for nine years, was a sentimental guy. A few years after my oldest son and my parent's oldest grandson Charlie was born, my dad spent an evening crafting. He cut the buttons off one of his NFL issue Green Bay Packer suit coats [...]