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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 1871073, member: 27"] [IMG]http://www.slamonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/AP420345173938-634x951.jpg[/IMG] [B][URL="http://www.slamonline.com/nba/dwight-freeney-basketball-interview/#GM8HH0dv6vy5hV4F.97"]Spin Cycle[/URL] (slamonline.coml Schwadron)[/B] [I]At the peak of his powers, defensive end [URL='http://www.atlantafalcons.com/team/roster/dwight-freeney/006d9af6-0b1e-432d-ae43-daa3fc180945/']Dwight Freeney[/URL] was one of the scariest forces in the NFL. A first-round pick in 2002, the seven-time Pro Bowler and three-time All-Pro helped Peyton Manning and the Colts win Super Bowl XLI, and his 119.5 career sacks rank top-20 all-time. Freeney, 36, played on the basketball team back at Bloomfield High in Connecticut—he [URL='https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwjel-W-s4DPAhUT42MKHdCTBJsQFggcMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fblog%2Farizona-cardinals%2Fpost%2F_%2Fid%2F18271%2Fdwight-freeney-developed-his-signature-spin-move-on-his-own-on-the-basketball-court&usg=AFQjCNGglpEyiKJytNj9hWarAQhgiY1o8w&sig2=GVwH5XawlPbmfShCmGSNNA']credits basketball for the footwork that goes into his signature spin move[/URL] on the gridiron—before earning a football scholarship to Syracuse. (He says fellow ’Cuse alum Donovan McNabb is still the best NFL hooper he’s seen.) He’s also a Jordan Brand athlete, for which he’s thankful beyond the player exclusive cleats he laces up on Sundays, since the now-Atlanta Falcon is a long-time Bulls fan. With NFL season kicking off on Thursday night, we caught up with Freeney over the phone to find out what kind of game he had on the court, and which NBA players he roots for now. ... [IMG]http://www.post-gazette.com/image/2016/09/08/720x_q90_cMC_z_ca4,0,664,660/WEB-Paterno-vs-Pitt-1985.jpg[/IMG] [/I] [B][URL="http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/zeise-is-right/2016/09/08/Paul-Zeise-How-much-would-be-different-if-Penn-State-joined-the-Big-East/stories/201609080175"]Paul Zeise: How much would be different if Penn State joined the Big East?[/URL] [/B](post-gazette.com; Zeise) [I] Pitt and Penn State will play each other in football this weekend for the first time since 2000, and then they’ll play in each of the next three seasons before the series takes another hiatus. It’s a shame, really, that these two schools can’t figure out how to make this an annual game. The subject of why they don’t/can’t play has been in the spotlight this week, and there have been plenty of theories floated about it. One that is often thrown out there is that this game would still be happening — in the form of a league game — had the Big East just accepted Penn State as a member in 1982. It’s a reasonable thought. Penn State joins the Big East, everyone is happy, they hang around the league, and once Miami, West Virginia, Virginia Tech and company join in 1991, it becomes a dominant football league. I watched the ESPN documentary “Requiem for the Big East” two days ago for about the 10th time, and in it, former Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese said when Penn State was voted down by the members (5-3 vote) he told Dave Gavitt (the commissioner and Tranghese’s boss at the time) that the Big East would “rue the day” of that decision. Tranghese has said the same thing numerous times in numerous settings, including in [URL='http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/quad-qa-big-east-commissioner-mike-tranghese/?_r=0']a Q&A from the New York Times in 2009[/URL], when he was retiring. ... [/I] [/QUOTE]

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