Extra Points Archives: Six Inches Short

Posted Nov 25, 2009
Life is good today for Errol Hood and David Bomar, the former recently coaching his two sons to the championship in their 5-6 year old flag football division, the latter welcoming son Jack McCauley Bomar into the world less than a week ago. But one decade ago they were just kids playing football, Hood aspiring to be the next Dre' Bly and Bomar happy to be sporting the same powder blue jersey his dad had worn three decades earlier. (Tar Heel Blue)

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