McKinley Davis
PROFILE/DESCRIPTIONArticle text courtesy of nytimes.com; “For nearly three decades, the thrill of victory for football coaches everywhere has often come with the unmistakable taste of orange. Or fruit punch. Or lemon-lime. The Gatorade shower may not be football’s oldest tradition, but it is surely the most flavorful, and it would be fitting if the Giants doused Coach Tom Coughlin this weekend if they beat the San Francisco 49ers in the N.F.C. championship game. After all, it was 25 years ago that the Giants popularized the postgame rite on their way to a Super Bowl title in 1987, with Harry Carson, Lawrence Taylor and Jim Burt standing as its somewhat sticky forefathers.”