* Back in the day, growing up Irish Catholic in Philadelphia meant you were a Notre Dame football fan. It’s what you did–like going to Sunday mass. That all came coursing back after reading that John Lattner, ND’s 1953 Heisman Trophy winner, had died. He was a two-time All-American halfback who also played defensive back and was the team’s punter. And he returned kicks. He even made the cover of Time magazine his senior year.
He later played in the NFL, making the Pro Bowl his rookie year with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Then he served in the Air Force.
No, he wasn’t “Johnny Football,” simply John Lattner from another era.
* Video games, as we know, are now an established, virtual-reality complement to the real action on the field and, especially, the court. So, maybe we should have seen this one coming. Solid Oak Sketches is suing the creators of NBA 2K16 for its replication of copyrighted tattoos without permission.