Open In The End Zone, But . . . Pass Is Overthrown

Without any notice Coach Perry tells me to go in at tight end. In sixteen years of football I had never lined up once at tight end. As we huddle around him he tells our quarterback Deontae Brown I’m his first read and to hit me with a pass if I can get open in the end...

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Kevin Costner’s Screenplay

Kevin Costner’s Screenplay

For two years I worked on and wrote a screenplay pertaining to The Golden Gladiator. I do not know why I wrote a screenplay before I wrote the book, but I did. I started it late 2014 and had it finished by the spring of 2016. Now, writing one is easy . . . getting it...

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Cross Road Blues

Cross Road Blues

I went to the crossroad, fell down on my knees, I went to the crossroad, fell down on my knees, Asked the Lord above, “Have mercy, now, save poor Bob if you please. . . .”                                                                                      —Robert...

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The Touchdown Pass

We were playing against my dear friend and former coach, Ernest Givins, who was coaching our opponents the Dunedin Pirates. I had talked to him and Coach Thad before the game and it was great seeing them. Late in the game Coach Perry told me to take the field after we...

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    About Me

    Michael Lynch, the “Golden Gladiator” was born in New York City in 1949. As a young boy, Michael preferred sports to the classroom, more likely to pick up a football or a baseball than a book. A commitment to the love of the game of football and following a dream led him to trying out for a semi-pro football team in his mid sixties.

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