Then, years later, seeing Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick resurrect it from the dead. In New England, it was witnessing how low a franchise could sink. In Washington, there was Joe Gibbs and his ability to get the most out of three different quarterbacks in three different Super Bowls. In Dallas, it was watching Jimmy Johnson build a dynasty thanks mostly to the worst trade in NFL history (Herschel Walker for six Vikings picks, with one being used to draft Emmitt Smith). There have also been seven total books, four of them on football. Those summers would start an odyssey of covering seven different NFL beats with six news organizations across five states for over two decades.
#MIKE FREEMAN PROFESSIONAL#
The obsession would dominate my professional life, beginning with internships at the Washington Post and the Boston Globe. Sometimes I slept with a football in my bed. In high school, through the concussions and slow 40 times and wide eyes. Like many Americans, the addiction started early in my life-in backyards, on gravel-covered streets, on football fields with lines painted crooked and mom in the stands. Hi, my name is Mike, and I’m a football addict. These stories happen seasonally, across the sport. The stories-ever-changing, shifting, growing in depth and number-are what make the NFL unique. Or a Giants team that was supposed to be blasted into low orbit upsetting the Vikings. It can be PEDs or RG3. The concussion conundrum, Joe Flacco putting on his big-boy pads, the potential for a second dynasty in San Francisco. It can be Peyton Manning changing teams or Andrew Luck changing fortunes. It’s the stories. Every year, different stars and different narratives develop. The best part of following the NFL isn’t those two things, though. Except Cleveland. Or that there is a great player on each franchise to follow. So does the fact that any team can reach a Super Bowl any given year. The violence of football has its own singular attraction. It speaks to why sports in general and the NFL in particular have such a dramatic pull on us-a pull that titillates our very DNA. In more than two decades of covering the NFL, that moment remains one of my favorites. “And today, on this field of painted mud, we proved that we’re the worst team to ever win the National Football Conference championship.” “This is the Giants team that was referred to as the worst ever to win home-field advantage in the National Football League,” Giants owner Wellington Mara said as he accepted the NFC championship trophy. It remains one of the more stunning outcomes in title game history. The Giants, not the Vikings, went on the offensive and demolished their opponents, 41-0. Sean Payton, then the Giants’ offensive coordinator, had studied extensive tape of Minnesota's corners. They played the game, and the Giants weren’t the suckers the Vikings were anticipating. No one thought the Giants had the firepower on either side of the ball to stay with Minnesota, which had three future Hall of Famers in Carter, Moss and defensive lineman John Randle. I was covering the game for The New York Times, where I spent 12 years, almost all of them as an NFL writer. Mike also shares a passion that many of us at Venture Realty Group enjoy – Food! Thankfully living in Arkansas we are exposed to a wide variety of food cultures.Green told me the Vikings would win by at least two touchdowns.
#MIKE FREEMAN MOVIE#
Mike was quoted in saying, “I love watching action movies and sports” so can you guess his favorite movie and sports team? He enjoys the outdoors a great deal and enjoys time hunting, riding four wheelers and going to the lake with his family & friends. Mike understands the importance of a balanced life. Most recently Mike has been with ABF Freight for 25-years. Mike also enjoyed 3-years with AR Game + Fish. When talking with Mike about his Work Experience he fondly shared that his dad owned an Exxon service station that he worked at from Age 7 to 20 – Yes! Mike understands serving others & providing customer service for repeat clients. Both older boys play football at Cabot High School and the family LOVES watching Panther Football! Mike & Jamie have (3) boys – Garrett (17), Grant (15) and Grayden (8). Mike resides in Cabot, AR and is proudly married to Jamie Freeman for 22-years. Mike understands the serving attitude, dedication, & discipline necessary to support real estate clients and is ready to serve Buyers & Sellers in Central Arkansas and is primarily focused about real estate within the greater Cabot area (approx 30-min of Cabot). Venture Realty Group, LLC is pleased to announce the addition of Mike Freeman.
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