Why was coach Bill Belichick snubbed from the NFL Hall of Fame?

How to win friends and influence people. Way back during his ill-fated tenure as head coach of the Cleveland Browns, Bill Belichick did a weekly spot on local sports talk radio. The slot was designed to give fans an opportunity to call in and ask the boss about the team. One December day, a caller prefaced his question by politely saying: “First of all Bill, I want to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas.” There followed 20 seconds of very uncomfortable, very dead air. “I remember looking at the radio,” said Bill Livingston, a sportswriter with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, “and screaming, ‘Well, wish him a Merry Christmas back, you schmuck!’” This kind of yarn about his celebrated dour...