Ogden could also easily claim a first year entry, but in the end I don’t see the non-glamor positions getting more than one guy in two years in a row. I was tempted to go really crazy and put all three wide receivers in one class—I do think that the criticism over not putting ...
Because, well, in the owner’s words, “Their positive working relationship is an asset to the Dolphins, and I believe in the value of stability.” This in the wake of a humiliating 32-20 thumping in the season finale by a Jets team that came in 4-12 with nothing to play for but ...
And when he went to the All-America Conference [and convinced several other Chicago players to go with him], everything he did was gone.” It was an unusual collection of talent that Halas had assembled. Musso played without a helmet early in his career and got up to 300 pounds near ...
That brings us to the Last But Not Least part of this post: Gifford’s arm. He threw the ball about as well as any running back in the modern era — as his14 touchdown passes, a record for his position, attest. On five occasions he staked the Giants to a 7-0 lead with a TD t...
I think the helmet data is going to be helpful to determine how many of these little head traumas do players get each year. And that’s going to be helpful in the long term to determine: Is there a load of head traumas or number of traumatic incidences that you can [safely] ha...
After Stafford hurt his thumb on a helmet earlier in camp, the linemen were soon wearing extra padding outside of their helmets. (The Rams are full of fun tricks, such as condensed goal posts to challenge kickers.) Building the Rams Arms folded and sm...
At least the Dodgers added a new churro sundae served in a helmet to the menu for this weekend. If I shovel one of these down between kickoff and first pitch I’ll be ready for anything tonight. I really hope those are pieces of a full size churro. ...
Who he hit shouldn't matter -- what should matter is that he launched himself headfirst and head down. Any attempt at a helmet-to-helmet, even if unsuccessful, should be penalized." Binyamin Berkovits of Bronx, N.Y., writes, "In last week's TMQ you said that Jerod Mayo quit on ...
according to the school newspaper, was the byproduct of being of “being one of the better soccer players from the St. Louis area.” After graduating from college, he spent two years in the Air Force during the Korean War — growing to 6-foot-2, 188 pounds — before giving the pro ...
In 1938 Dick Plasman, the last man to go without a helmet in the NFL, ran into the wall trying to catch a pass. He suffered a broken wrist, a cut-and-bruised head and who knows what else. (He also met his future wife — one of his nurses — in the hospital, so it wasn’t...