A Heroes Thank You: An Interview with Warrick Dunn

Jaime from over at The Sports Hernia puts on his serious face and talks with former NFL star Warrick Dunn about The Crown Royal Heroes Project.

Read the full interview here.

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Training Camp Postcards, Part 5 of 8: NFC South

As you may or may not follow, SI.com has dispatched "10 writers to report on the 32 NFL training camps across the country" and is featuring their reports throughout August in their Training Camp Postcard segment.

Here at HHR, we prefer to look at actual postcards sent by players to their loved ones, as opposed to Peter King drivel.

Today, we take a look at what's going on in Flowery Branch, GA (Falcons), Spartanburg, SC (Panthers), Jackson, MS (Saints), Lake Buena Vista, FL (Bucs) from a player's perspective.

To See the Complete Parts 1-8, Click Here.

New Falcons Coach Must Love Dogs

As the Falcons new GM and Owner grill Rex Ryan, Jason Garrett and Tony Soprano, Tom and Arthur have but one stipulation...

4th Estate Grafitti

Be sure to check out the chief's latest masterpiece at the Epic Carnival. Click on the banner below for "The Falconer."

Misleading Headlines: Vick is Strictly Exit Only

Sources: USC's Carroll interested in Falcons' opening

But which Falcon's opening is he interested in? If it's Vick's, get in line. If I'm Joey Harrington, I'm geting nervous. Or Excited. OK, excitedly nervous!

Separated at Birth: Darkness!

Resident WIP-AM stand-in man and special teams specialist, Ike Reese stood in for the midday team today on-air. No word whether he will be standing in for Charlie Murphy anytime soon.

Separated at Birth: Arthur Blank, Sucker

The Atlanta Falcons' Mortimer Duke just doesn't learn...

Mike Vick
Bobby Petrino
Tuna Parcells

Misleading Headlines: Zeke's Our Man!

As if the Falcons haven't had a bad enough week, the AP is reporting:

Thomas to Be Falcons Interim Coach

"It's Win or Die."

Hog Slop

You remember when I said I wanted to be your coach? I lied.

As improbable as I thought it could be, Bobby Petrino announced was leaving the Atlanta Falcons, languishing at 3-10, for the vacant head coaching position at Arkansas.

In a season filled with disastrous events, I bet this is the last thing Falcons owner Arthur Blank expected to happen this year.

But in some sick way, Louisville fans probably could have told Blank "let the buyer beware" because, simply put, Petrino is a serial liar. He is a good coach, but he is even better at avoiding the truth.

At Louisville, Petrino built the Cards into a fabulous football team, going 41-9 during his four years at the helm. But in just his second year on the job, he secretly met with a group of Auburn boosters looking to replace coach Tommy Tuberville. When confronted about the meeting by UofL athletic director Tom Jurich, Petrino lied about it and said it didn't happen. Only after Jurich was able to confirm it through other sources was Petrino caught with his pants down.

Petrino was forced to make an embarrasing public apology and vowed at that time he was committed to Louisville. There were rumblings at the time that Jurich was ready to fire him, but he let Petrino stay on. The Cards kept winning.

Then about a year later, after the Auburn fiasco has seemingly blown over, Petrino's name started swirling as a possible replacement for Nick Saban at LSU. So what did Petrino do? He met with LSU representatives in Nashville - as the Cards were on their way to Memphis to play Boise State in the Liberty Bowl. Again, Petrino apparently only acknowledged the meeting to Jurich and his staff after it had been leaked to the press.

Determined to keep Petrino at Louisville, Jurich somehow finagled a 10 year contract for Petrino, paying him more than $1 million a year - an unheard of salary for a football coach in a state dominated by basketball. Petrino held another press conference at which he expressed his love for UofL and flatly stated that he didn't want to coach or live anywhere else but Louisville.

Not a year later, Petrino was huddling with the Atlanta Falcons in Miami as UofL was preparing to play Wake Forest in the Orange Bowl.

After ESPN broke the news that Petrino was bolting for the Falcons, the head UofL's public relations department confronted Petrino about the report. Petrino denied it in its entirety, saying there wasn't an ounce of truth to the report. An hour later, he finally told the truth to his team that he was leaving, and he was off to Atlanta to be introduced as their new head coach.

I know Arkansas fans have to be thrilled to have a new coach, and I know Petrino has to be relieved bailing out of a losing situation in Atlanta. But sure as I write this, Petrino is already on the lookout for the next big opportunity for himself - and damn whoever else might be lost in the wake.

Arkansas has a great program and great tradition, but Petrino will cast that all aside if the right buyer comes along. Watch and see.

Joey Harrington Does What He Does Best

Harrington does it again!

No, not win on the football field. Ruining a coach.

Harrington has run out Morningweg, Mariucci, Saban and Petrino all in six years. He is the grim reaper for coaches. Anyone he touches loses a career in the NFL.

This needs to be some kind of record. Do the guys at Stats, Inc. have a number on this?

I have always been a Joey fan and have wanted him to succeed. I thought if he was put in the right system, he could be a solid QB. Unfortunately for Joey, I think the right system is in his backyard playing with the neighbor kids.

However, I encourage Joey to keep up the good work, but don't do a reunion tour in Detroit.