A new heart procedure?

Taking a break from diving deep into EAP for a hastily arranged presentation next week I went wandering in search of news of the NFL. I found the following which was just too funny not to pass along.

Art Modell, who moved the Cleveland NFL franchise to Baltimore, has been named chairman of the board of governors for The Johns Hopkins Heart Institute. Browns fans fear he'll help pioneer a procedure where doctors rip out your heart while it's beating and promise you a new one in five years.

It won't seem too funny to Browns fans, but I found it well worth passing along. The rest of Jon Saraceno's Keeping Score mostly talks about Warren Sapp's fading reputation in Oakland.

Paul Zimmerman (a crusty NFL scribe from 'Jersey — how could I not read him?) has a wonderful piece this week recounting a couple Don Shula stories and other coaching craziness in the wake of last weeks Tom Coughlin controversy.

Next night Shula was walking back to his room and what did he see but Alfred Ogelsby taped to a tree. He kept walking.

Football. It's hard to get too serious about this.