Deftly blending surefire ingredients—nostalgia, father-son bonding and on-field action—Bildner's (Shoeless Joe & Black Betsy ) story tells of the 1958 championship NFL game between the New York Giants and the
The top-ranked Cornhuskers were 12-point favorites to beat No. 4 Miami. It's easy to understand why -- Nebraska had scored 624 points while going 12-0, the highest-scoring team in college football history (Heisman winner Mike Rozier scored 29 TDs). But Nebraska had played only one rank...
9 Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl, the Fighting Irish's first bowl game in 44 seasons. Only offensive lineman Bob McKay (a future College Football Hall of Famer) made the All-America team. The Longhorns averaged 68 rushes and 13 passes per game. Yet with nine backs rushing...
He played college football for the University of Miami and was drafted by the New England Patriots in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft, and spent the first 11 years of his career there. By the late 2000s, Wilfork was considered to be one of the premier defensive tackles in the ...
Over the years, the Chiefs have played some scintillating football. This year, the product on the field hasn’t exactly been as pretty but it’s led to the best record in team history. It’s an old cliché, but clichés are true for a reason: Some teams just know how to win. And ...
“Paul Brown called him the best football player he ever saw,” longtime general manager Bill Polian, a member of that Daily News panel, said then. “I share that opinion.”Hall of Fame defensive back Mel Renfro concurred, calling Brown “the greatest running back who ever played the game...
where he was drafted in the fourth round by the Buffalo Bills. He bounced around the league a little, and featured in just one game. He was given an opportunity as the starting quarterback for the DC Defenders of the XFL, and played before the league suspended their football operations late...
The Anaheim Angels are again featured, in a reprise of the role that the team played during Angels in the Outfield. Released: 2000 Directed by: Robert King Also ranks #23 on The Best Family Friendly Movies From 2000 Also ranks #24 on The Best Movies About Angels Also ranks #37 on The...
Its hallowed academic status notwithstanding, Harvard qualifies as small for football purposes. The Ivy League program produced one of the NFL's iconic journeymen in Fitzpatrick, who is the only quarterback to ever start for nine NFL teams. The 2005 seventh-round pick played for the Rams, B...
Dan Jenkins calls him "the greatest quarterback who ever lived, college or pro." Slingin' Sammy Baugh, who played for TCU and the Washington Redskins, single-handedly revolutionized the game of football. While the pros still wore leather helmets and played the game more like rugby, Baugh's ...