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At the Pro Football Researchers Association, there is a thread about a ESPN program on "The Black Athlete and the NFL." A poster brought up a 1968 SI series "The Black Athlete, something I mentioned on this Forum a few years ago. The PFRA posters love the SI series, especially the article...

The NFL Network is showing this one again at 2pm ET on Tuesday.

Almost nothing went right for the Patriots all day.

And why did the fixers have Vick lose?

You need to get out of bounds.

The pass Crumpler dropped early in the game, forcing NE to kick a FG really hurt.

This is a thread I started praising Jack Dempsey for his military service in World War II. A poster had claimed Dempsey was a draft dodger in World War I. He was not. In World War II, Dempsey went out of his way to serve and was in danger on the beach at Okinawa.

I'm not the one posting nonsense. That being said, I won't bother arguing with nonsensical posts anymore.

In 1938, Schmeling was almost 33 and past his prime, which was a factor in losing to Louis in 1938. Louis, by the way, was 22 when he lost to Schmeling in 1936. Would you say he lost to Schmeling because "he had not entered his prime at that time?" Over a six year period, I've made plenty of...

How did the fix work when Schmeling was KO'd in the first round by Gypsy Daniels in Frankfurt, Germany on February 25, 1928?

Rodgers can really throw well on the run.

Yes, Ben comes up big in the playoffs, something Peyton Manning year in and year out has not done.

He acted like he didn't give a you-know-what. Dierdorf said "he let it get through to his chest."

The DA's office probably thought they couldn't get a conviction in a jury trial.

Early this season, I glanced at comments to a Boston Globe story on the Patriots. Many commenters were ripping Tom Brady. One commenter wondered why so many Boston fans disliked Tom Brady. Boston area fans use to be criticized for preferring white stars to blacks.

Schmeling was KO'd 4 times (Max Diekmann in 1924, Larry Gains in 1925, Gypsy Daniels in 1928, and Max Baer in 1933) before 1938. Ever see the film of the 1933 Baer-Schmeling bout? Edited by: sport historian

Kearns (never known for his honesty) made that claim in a Sport Illustrated article. Dempsey sued and SI had to make a retraction. Some people tried to duplicate what Kearns alleged had been done to Dempsey's gloves and found it impossible. Dempsey would have broken his own hands. See Randy...

Schmeling was around 33 and past his prime. Louis was 24, at his physical best. Schmeling probably knew he couldn't do it again.

Well, what?

Schmeling's handlers examined Louis' gloves before the fight and vice versa.

Well, where is it?

And where is your proof?

What was wrong with Schmeling that night was having a motivated and in top shape Joe Louis in the ring with him. Schmeling was a notorious slow starter and Louis jumped on him.

The Tea Partiers will have to stay with their beliefs and not apologize.