The NFL lockout is over so ESPN can mercifully retire the same photo of the locked gate holding back the dirty snow we saw over and over and over again. But this also means our favorite former service academy stars can return to the field and NFL teams can invite recent graduates who will try to catch a coach’s eye before returning to active duty. Sure, this is probably the lazy way to go but let’s see what the players are up to via the Twittersphere now that the NFL’s has announced that football’s back and we can go back…
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Sounds like NFL coaches currently visiting troops on a USO tour are getting an earful from the troops about the NFL lockout. “They were chanting, ‘End the lockout,’ this morning,” said former Atlanta and Seattle head coach Jim Mora, one of the coaches visiting the Middle East as part of a NFL-USO Coaches Tour. “Nine hundred-ninety out of 1,000 questions I get are about the lockout,” said Mora. “If they were holding negotiations over here, they’d be done. Every one of them (military members) wants to know if there’s going to be a season. ” Read the full story on…
Former Air Force standout and current Philadelphia Eagle wide receiver Chad Hall isn’t standing around waiting for the NFL lockout to be resolved. He needs money, like right now, so he’s taking some measures to maintain a decent income, ESPN’s Rick Reilly reports. First, Hall is offering his services as a personal trainer for his friends’ kids. But on the more adventuresome side, Hall is also looking into opening a wing joint in Atlanta with Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, who happens to be dating Hall’s sister. And if the restaurant thing doesn’t work out, Hall may fall back on…
