Reporter’s Notebook: The story behind the Heisman Trophy

October 8, 2025
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In modern language, to give someone the Heisman is to reject them and brush them off completely. The phrase originates from the Heisman Trophy, whose figure forever stiff-arms an invisible defender. But there’s a much more fitting history for the term. “CBS Evening News” co-anchor John Dickerson explains.

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