Well, this was a particularly frustrating sequence on Sunday, as both a Bears fan and a bettor.
Early in the third quarter, with the Bears ahead 14-10, they faced a first-and-goal from the Redskins' 1-yard line. Jay Cutler tried a quarterback sneak, an acceptable call by the Bears when your quarterback is 6-foot-3, 233 pounds and has a propensity for throwing to the other team when he is within 20 yards of the goal line.
But an unacceptable call when your quarterback has fingers made of Crisco.
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Chad Millman, Editor in Chief of ESPN The Magazine, joined The Mag as an associate editor in 1998. A year later he left to write "The Odds" -- about a trio of Vegas bookmakers and wiseguys -- and to find riches working for an Internet company. He made tens of dollars on "The Odds," the web biz tanked and he returned to The Mag. He also worked at Sports Illustrated and wrote some other books, including "Iceman" with Chuck Liddell, "Invincible" with Vince Papale, "Pickup Artists" with Lars Anderson, and "The Detonators." His most recent books are the national bestseller "The Ones Who Hit the Hardest," about the blood feud between the 70s Steelers and Cowboys, written with Shawn Coyne, and the New York Times bestseller "They Call Me Baba Booey", with Gary Dell'Abate.
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