If you could assemble a superstar, Frankenstein-style, from Andrews's patients, it would have repaired knees from quarterbacks Peyton Manning and Donovan McNabb; a hip from dual-sports sensation Bo Jackson; shoulders from Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley; and elbows from the New York Yankees' Andy Pettitte and the Chicago Cubs' Kerry Wood. "I've always liked fixing people," Andrews says. "I want to get these athletes back to doing what they did before."

Andrews is 66, owns a private jet and his own minor league baseball team, brings in $60 million in revenue every year, was once an SEC champion pole-vaulter at LSU, and greets every athlete, no matter how famous or talented, by saying, "Hey, big man." Some great paragraphs from an article you absolutely have to read.

Because Andrews treats players on nearly every team and in nearly every sport, his reach is greater than that of any athlete, coach, or even commissioner. The totality of his work — redirecting careers, changing the fortunes of teams, even cities — makes a compelling case that he's one of the most influential figures in all of sports.

How much money has Andrews made for players by extending their careers?

Only a fraction of his patients have been identified in published reports. In an analysis of 40 baseball players who are known patients and whose salaries could be obtained, Andrews's career-extending work has led them to garner almost $1.3 billion in guaranteed money. Ten NFL quarterbacks whom Andrews treated went on to secure more than $333 million in contracts.

"Doc saved my career," says Brees, one of those QBs. "What he was able to do with my shoulder was truly amazing."

Read the article. Even though it's long and Fast Company has broken it up into 9 pages without a view all pages tab. Bill the time to "legal research regarding advanced procedures." Thank me later.

The most valuable player in sports: James Andrews [Fast Company]
Meet James Andrews [My Hogtown]

This is going to run daily, until you decide you don't like it anymore, and then we'll scrap it and pretend it never happened. We are not going to give any of our own thoughts: We want you to go into the polling place with no outside influence. It's nice and simple: Do you approve of the job a particular media member does, or not?

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Everybody's favorite Cowboy spent his evening last night with his daughters swooning at a Hannah Montana concert. Whoever that is.

Yep, there was Mr. Aikman, smack in the middle of a pack of shrieking girls in the front row of a Hannah Montana concert. (No, he wasn't caught singing along. But wouldn't that have been spectacular?)

But hey, he was just like thousands of other parents who braved the crowd and the distressing lack of parking to give their offspring an Event to Remember. To paraphrase one of Miley's many hits, it was Kids' Night Out.

We know he was there with his kids, and it's all good and kind of funny we guess ... but man, we can't get the image of Aikman surrounded by 50,000 screaming teenager girls out of our head. It must be similar to one game with Joe Buck!

Aikman Rocks Out The Show [Uwe Blog Sports]

We're not sure how Lloyd would know the FOX broadcaster and Cowboys legend is a friend of Dorothy, but in an interview with a Washington-area radio station, he seemed pretty certain.

B-Lloyd: If you're listening to a guy like Troy Aikman, and you're a fan and you don't really know much about football, then I'd see why you're confused. ... Theres no such thing as an easy catch in football. Theres no such thing. ... I don't believe Tory Aikman anyway. He wasn't man enough to admit his personal life situation as a player.

Junkies: Do you know that that's true?

B-Lloyd: I'm speculating, just like he speculates.

Junkies: I knew he was queer!

You can hear the full interview here. We are looking forward to hearing Aikman call the Redskins' next game, not just for how Aikman handles Lloyd, but whether or not starts praising his abs.

B-Lloyd Speculates About Troy Aikman's Sexual Orientation [Mr. Irrelevant]