Saturday, October 10, 2026

Question: On a 1999 magazine cover, Mike Ditka posed in a wedding tuxedo. Who stood beside him in the wedding gown?

Answer: Running back Ricky Williams. To draft Williams fifth overall in 1999, Ditka’s Saints traded eight picks to Washington, and ESPN The Magazine marked the “marriage” with an August cover titled “For Better or Worse“. The Saints went 3-13, and Ditka was fired.