When his agent called Wednesday night to tell him his record-setting extension with the Detroit Lions that had been in the works for months was close to being finalized, Frank Ragnow's fiancee phoned his mother and invited her over to their house to celebrate.
Marty Ragnow brought cookie dough and baked cookies. Jack Ragnow, Frank's younger brother, watched the Minnesota Timberwolves angrily on TV. And the man of the hour marked the occasion the only way he knows how — by being the same down-to-earth guy that has endeared him to just about everyone he meets.