Mike Holmgren is in the midst of stumbling through his final year as head coach of the Seattle Seahawks. Today on the sports blog of our sister paper, Seattle Weekly, former RFT staff writer Mike Seely has an interesting take on the likely legacy of Holmgren.Seely speculates that Holmgren will go down as the Tony LaRussa of the NFL. Why? For starters, the pair have nearly identical career winning percentages. It's worth a read, if only to get another look at this priceless, puppy-faced picture L
They may not be crackin' him open, but they're cracking into him.Missourian Tyler Hansbrough is not liked, he's kind of hated actually, by opponents' fans. Probably by his opponents too. They yell out everything, including the fact that his dear ol' mawm was once, umm, hot enough to be crowned Miss Missouri. It was a fact not lost on the RFT in Mike Seely's 2004 story about then-high schooler Hansbrough and his brother Ben (who transferred to Notre Dame in April and will play for the Fighting I
Prince Joe Henry, a native of Brooklyn, Illinois, and one of the Negro Leagues' last great entertainers, died yesterday. He was 78. Before it was cut short by injury in the late 1950s, Henry's career as an infielder included stints with the Memphis Red Sox, the Indianapolis Clowns, the Detroit Stars, the Detroit Clowns and Goose Tatum's Stars.His tenure in the Negro Leagues entitles Prince Joe to a spot in the hallowed annals of professional baseball. But it doesn't begin to do justice to the ma
Riverfront Times Volume 33, Issue 10 (a.k.a. this week's paper!) is on news stands today. Below are a few of the highlights you'll find both in print and online.Unreal chews the fat with Tracie Sanderlin, a south county woman who blogs about her amazing 200-pound weight loss. Writer Matt Kasper profiles free-wheeling defense attorney Frank Anzalone. Our film critic digests (barely) the new film Watchmen; Dennis Brown reviews the Orange Girls' production of Eurydice at COCA; and Ian Froeb likes w
