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    The Most Beautiful Women of All Time

    Several generations of boys and men have had a crush on Angie Dickinson.
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    Tom Brady

    I had previously opined that Tom Brady shouldn't play a year too long. By retiring from football now, he leaves on top.
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    I was recently turned on to this great message board at the urging of a listener...

    Don did very well, made the right points. I agree that there aren't any "right-leaning" pro football team owners.
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    Rest in Peace - Bobby Hull

    Bobby Hull was the most famous hockey player ever, becoming so in the 1960s. A goalie said that with a Bobby Hull slap shot, the problem wasn't blocking it. The key was to keep from being killed.
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    Keith Lincoln

    I saw the 1963 AFL Championship game on TV. Keith Lincoln was one of my favorite players in those days. In the 1964 Bills-Chargers AFL title game, Lincoln was off to a hot start putting the Chargers ahead 7-0 on the first possession. Soon after, Lincoln caught a pass in the flat and Bills LB...
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    2022 NFL Wildcard Round

    In a way, Brady is a typical pro football player. Nearly all play as long as they can, until they are cut or no longer wanted by anybody after the contract runs out. At his age, he can go suddenly, have a good season, but the following year his arm is gone.
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    2022 NFL Wildcard Round

    Before the season I observed Brady was playing a year too many. It won't matter now if Brady wants to keep playing. No team will want him. This happens to everybody.
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    A Football Life

    It was the old feelings about the AFL. The first team to win the Super Bowl after the merger was an old line NFL team, the Baltimore Colts, who had won the AFC. The next year in Super Bowl VI the Cowboys dominated the Dolphins, which caused "NFL Superiority" to come back in vogue. Thus, the...
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    A Football Life

    The NFL Network's A Football Life episode on the 1972 Miami Dolphins premiere's at 9 pm ET tonight (Friday). Note how many White players the 1972 Dolphins had. They are the only undefeated team in NFL history, but were not that respected going into Super Bowl VII, which was 50 years ago this...
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    Christian McCaffrey

    I can't think of a player coming off two big years (2018 and 2019) having two straight seasons plagued by injury, come back for a 1139 yard rushing season, 4.7 yards per carry, 1880 yards from scrimmage, and many big plays.
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    Peyton Hillis

    I just checked the internet and several sources say Peyton Hillis "is on the road to recovery."
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    2022 NFL Week 17

    I remember Chuck Hughes in 1971. He was not hit but fell over dead late in a Bears-Lions game. It was found he had a heart condition. We hope Damar Hamlin will recover. The hit looked harder than mere "routine," especially since it was in the chest.
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    Christian McCaffrey

    Yes, if he plays well and helps his team win, the stats will take care of themselves. CMac's run with a swing pass breaking through several tacklers to set up the game winning field goal was a perfect example.
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    DeSantis/Gabbard 2024

    If DeSantis intends to run for POTUS he has to do it in 2024.
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    Richard Lapchick

    I started this thread in 2005 to tell about Lapchick staging a phony "racist attack" by self-inflicted wounds some 45 years ago. He's still around. The 1968 Black Athlete SI series, which I've referenced before, wasn't about "black superiority" but "exploitation." An unending preoccupation with...
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    Pittsburgh Steelers General Thread

    Yes, that's how it was then. I recall a banner titled "Rocky's Flying Squirrels." The game tonight and presumably the ceremony will be in sub-freezing weather. In the 1970s the NFL didn't schedule games in cold weather areas at night. They were in the daytime around noon if at all possible...
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    2022 Pro Bowl Rosters

    Still, it would be best if Christian McCaffrey could make the Super Bowl and have a big game.
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    Pittsburgh Steelers General Thread

    At Penn State, Franco Harris played second fiddle to Lydell Mitchell, especially in their senior year 1971. Joe Paterno built up Mitchell for All American and gave him twice as many carries. Franco never made a big thing of it. The play was bang bang and the replays indicate the officials made...
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    2022 NFL Week 14

    A familiar story. Tom Brady played one year too many.
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    Pro Football HOF Semi-finalists

    For this year there are 28 semi-finalists up for the HOF selection which will be announced Super Bowl weekend. I think all 28 are black. Years ago Don wrote that from now on the HOF selection and ceremony will usually be a "blackfest" aside from an occasional QB. There might be a White...
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    A Football Life

    Friday night, the NFL Network shows a new episode on Julian Edelman at 9 pm ET. The 2017 Wes Welker show is on right after at 10 pm ET.
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    The Last White Men to Lead the NBA in Scoring

    I saw Pete Maravich play in person twice when he was with the Atlanta Hawks. They were preseason exhibition games. In 1972 I saw him score 42 points against the Celtics.
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    2022 NFL Week 8

    Thanks for the comment. I believe it is better to leave a season too early than a season too late. It's not as if Tom Brady hasn't already done again and again everything a football player could do.
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    2022 NFL Week 8

    So what? Do you think Brady's ability will last forever? It wouldn't be any different with another team.
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    2022 NFL Week 8

    Tom Brady is making the mistake some great players make. Namely, staying too long. Apparently, Gisele is leaving him because of it.
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