Most of you remember former Falcons running back Jamal Anderson as the proprietor of the “Dirty Bird,” that variation of the Chicken Dance that was all the rage during Atlanta’s run to Super Bowl XXXIII. Anderson’s choreographic brilliance shone yet again over the ...
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