Pigskin Pop

Following the path outlined on his three childrens' long faces led 43-year-old Vinny Testaverde to at least one more week as a quarterback hero.

Old and possibly unloved, Vincent Frank Testaverde, was released in September by the New England Patriots as a backup QB. Keeping in shape from the couch of his Long Island home he had agreed to take a job in Phoenix, but put his kids to sleep having seen how unhappy they were that he would be spending so much time away from them — the family was planning a move to Tampa, Fla. So, instead, VFT wriggled out of the one contract and into a job he could more easily commute to and from in Charlotte, N.C.

And the man immediately named "dad" by his teammates made his first week on the job, at least, into some father feelgood history.

** Sad kids; sad dad. **