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E:60 To Make Spring Debut
ESPN’s award-winning news magazine, E:60, will make its Spring debut Tuesday, April 24 at 7 p.m. ET for a four-week run . See today’s separate detailed release for more.
QB Mentors
Outside the Lines (Sunday, 9 a.m. ET, ESPN)
SportsCenter (Sunday, 10 a.m., ESPN)
Some NFL quarterbacks embrace the idea of mentoring a young signal caller once he joins the team. Others refuse to share what they know with a player who may ultimately take his job. But, regardless of draft slot or pedigree, every NFL quarterback experiences the mentor/protégé dynamic at some point in his career. With players like Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III expected to be high draft picks, Chris Connelly examines the concept of NFL quarterback mentoring and how it can be good, bad and sometimes uncomfortable.
“As a parent, you have an obligation to give your children wisdom: you can give them possessions but the best thing you give a child is wisdom. Well, the best thing a quarterback can give another quarterback is wisdom.” – Herm Edwards, former NFL head coach, ESPN analyst
“It wasn’t easy. I was on the headphones with him, calling the plays in for the game, while I was still in street clothes on the sidelines. When it became strained was when I was healthy again. When somebody takes your job, you don’t feel like giving him a big hug very often you know?” – Drew Bledsoe, former Patriots quarterback on Tom Brady
“Joe Montana had come off back surgery. My expectation was I would be on the field pretty quickly — until Joe Montana came out for the first practice. And, I remember whispering to coach, ‘He doesn’t look real hurt.’ And, it became obvious that this was going to be a long haul.” – Steve Young, former 49ers quarterback, ESPN analyst
Ozzie Guillen Controversy Reveals a Changing Miami
ESPN.com
The Marlins’ manager’s comments about Fidel Castro reached every corner of Miami’s powerful Cuban community in the week following his apology. What was the reaction here? And what does it mean? Wright Thompson reports this Outside the Lines piece.
Widespread Pot Use Within Oregon Ducks Football Program
ESPN The Magazine (on newsstands Friday, April 20)
Sam Alipour finds that marijuana is a significant part of the culture amongst players within the Rose Bowl Champion football program at the University of Oregon, with both current and former players. Estimates are that one out of every two Duck players — nearly double the number in a recent NCAA study — engages in regular pot usage. Nineteen former and current Ducks revealed widespread marijuana use by players over the past 15 years. Former Ducks estimated that between 40 and 60 percent of their rosters smoked pot, surpassing numbers from NCAA studies that pin pot usage at 26.7 percent among football players.