FOUR & MORE: Best Inland Area NFL’ers

ALL-TIME SUPER BOWL EDITION 1. Lionel Manuel, N.Y. Giants — Born in Rancho Cucamonga, Manuel caught three passes for 43 yards in a 39-20 victory over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXI. Manuel finished with 23 TDs in seven seasons National Football League seasons, all with the Giants. He’s now a successful restauranteur in … Continue reading →

The Incomparable Vinny Fazio

To know Vinny Fazio is to know your favorite new coach. Fazio recently agreed to become the head football coach at Rialto Eisenhower High School, succeeding Patrick Lord, who was 5-25 in three seasons. It’s Fazio’s first head coaching job, and comes a year after an appearance in a CIF-Southern Section Central Division semifinal as defensive … Continue reading →

’11 Inland Area Football List

I covered 17 games for HS GameTime this season. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from September to December, I saw prep football’s good and bad and mostly pristine surfaces from Ontario to Lake Arrowhead, Rubidoux to Victorville. Here’s FOMB’s best from 2011 Inland Area prep football season: BEST SLICE OF HISTORY: Watching perhaps the … Continue reading →