Fri., 3/6 Steve Marron

[magus]

THEME:   I's removed from team names
   
GOOD ONES:    
Sports cliché [& theme]   THERE'S NO I IN TEAM   
Pre-game decision makers   TOSSES [never thought of a coin as making a decision]   
   
BTW:   
Grey wrote one in a churchyard   ELEGY [that's what the title said, but he wrote it at his desk]   
   
Ray or Jay   ALER [would be a good clue if ALER were a real word used by anyone ever]   
   
This puzzle got to me because so much didn't fit.  Not until I got to the theme clue did I have a chance to solve it.   
   
RATING:    
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun