Rooses are Dead

Hall of Fame offensive tackle Roosevelt Brown, who spent the last 51 years with the Giants as a player, an assistant coach and a scout, died of a heart attack at 71. Taken from obscure Morgan State as the 318th player drafted, he went to the Pro Bowl 10 times en route to becoming only the second pure offensive lineman inducted into the Hall of Fame. I accept partial blame for this one. After reading an old myth that putting shoes on the table meant that someone close to you would die, I intentionally put my shoes on the table in defiance of the fates. Brown had been scheduled to do an autograph signing at the Echelon Mall, which I can see from my bedroom window, the weekend after his heart attack.