Passing of Dr Z adds extra motivation for rugby Eagles in Chicago

Paul Zimmerman was a US sportswriting giant, a football oracle. He died, at 86, in a huge week for the other game he lovedOne by one they have gone, and this week the last of them took his final breath. Paul Zimmerman, known to anyone who ever took a passing interest in the NFL as Dr Z, has died. He was 86, and had lived with aphasia for the past decade. What a cruel fate to befall a man whose thoughts once danced off the page and rolled so mellifluously off the tongue. Silence. Related: Gary Gold's US Eagles face stiff challenge against Māori All Blacks Related: Firefighters and cops face of…