Outside Reading #26

For this outside reading I read an article in the Sports Illustrated magazine. The author of this article is a person who goes by the name of Lee Jenkins. He wrote a story of the Wild-Card Weekend in the NFL (National Football League). It was about the quaterback of the San Diego Chargers, Philip Rivers, and it talks about how they started the season 4-8. It then talks about the teams dramtic finish by making the playoffs with a record 8-8 and then winning the first round of the playoffs against the Indianapolis Colts. The article also talks about a plane ride home the Chargers had when the regular season was coming to an end. It talked about that in order for the playoff hope to stilll be alive they needed the Buffalo to beat the Bronco's. It went on to say that the radio they had on the plane had very bad reception and that whenever the team found out good news like when the Buffalo linebacker Kawika Mitchell intercepted a pass with 5:42 left in the game the Chargers team exploded. I thought this was interesting because it shows that it is still possible for things to happen in your favor even when things are not going the way you want them to.