Don't miss the Times, on "He Hate Me."
A great read....intro's the story with:

That's right, in front of an expanding and grateful contingent of reporters already bored by calculatingly courteous coaches and the strategic wonders of ball-control offense, Cooper and He Hate Me are demonstrating their peculiar bonding scheme whereby Cooper greets his new friend and attempts to flip him over his shoulder.

Then they hug because He Hate Me, known to his mother and assorted family and friends back home in Lakeland, Fla., as Rod Smart, is just so filled with unrestrained joy and so enamored of being a part of the ultimate football event, even if the staid N.F.L. (No Fun League) requires him to wear his birth name and not his appellation of choice on the back of his Panthers jersey.