From Seattle to Singapore: How Shaun Alexander Became the World’s Most Misunderstood Sports Metaphor
In the annals of American football, few names conjure the same polite, transatlantic shrug as Shaun Alexander. To the average Parisian café philosopher or Singaporean derivatives trader, the phrase sounds less like a gridiron legend and more like the alias on a mildly suspicious offshore wire transfer. Yet Alexander’s 2005 MVP season—when he carried the…