LITTLE ROCK — Fans prefer their sacks over cereal
The Buffalo Bills certainly love their cereal.
First, there was “Flutie Flakes” during Doug Flutie’s tenure as the Bills quarterback, then when wide receiver Terrell Owens joined Buffalo for a season, Pittsburghbased PLB Sports introduced “T.O’s.”
Now, defensive end Mario Williams unveiled “MariO’s,” a limited edition honey toasted oats cereal named after him, on Tuesday.
“Cool” as Williams said it was to have his picture on a cereal box, more important to him was donating all of his proceeds to Carly’s Club, a Buffalo charity which supports children with cancer and their families.
“The biggest thing is not being on the cereal box, it’s the opportunity and the chance to give back to those who need help,” Williams said at a Buffaloarea supermarket. “My father wasactually diagnosed two years ago with colon cancer, so I definitely know what it’s like to go through with a family member having cancer.”
Of course, fans at the news conference were ready to put the cereal on the shelf, with one asking him a more pertinent question about how many times he expects to sack New England quarterback Tom Brady when the AFC East rivals first meet Sept. 30 in Buffalo.
“Ah,” Williams said, breaking into a big smile, “we’ll get to that.” Insecure Jaguars
Greg Billing of the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News thinks theJacksonville Jaguars’ field security “has an interesting concept of what security means.”
“In Jacksonville, security took a knee watching a fan run around the field - for 55 seconds - almost begging for someone to chase him,” Billing wrote. “As the yellow shirts watched, one security guard finally gave chase but failed to bring him down.
Jaguars defensive back Dwight Lowery ran the fan down, but unfortunately stopped short of a tackle.
“There are two jokes going around Jacksonville: One is the stadium security. Two is that fan has rushed for more yards than Jaguars star Maurice Jones-Drew.”
Cracking Coughlin
Brad Dickson of the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald wrote that New York Giants Coach Tom Coughlin didn’t look happy Sunday after his quarterback, Eli Manning, was hit by a Tampa Bay defender while taking a knee to end the game.
“Which doesn’t mean much since the last time Coughlin had a happy expression was when he got a skateboard for his ninth birthday,” Dickson added.
He isn’t chicken
Former Cincinnati Reds pitcher Tom Browning will get a chance to perfect his chicken dance moves.
The city has chosen Browning as grand marshal of its annual Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati, which means leading a mass chicken dance Saturday at the German festival on Fountain Square downtown.
Browning, a former All-Star who is the only Reds pitcher to throw a perfect game, has a little experience doing strange things.
He once snuck out of the Reds dugout in full uniform during a game to sit with fans on a rooftop overlooking Wrigley Field in Chicago.
Quote of the day “We need to get some momentum going into conference. That’s what
we’re focused on and wanting to play well.” Arkansas State Coach Gus Malzahn on the team’s goals following Saturday’s loss at Nebraska
Sports, Pages 20 on 09/19/2012