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I saw a little of the NFL Network today. They said Colt McCoy was "on the bubble" and in danger of being waived.

Chandler (6ft) and Tilley (5-10) weren't tall. Dave Logan was 6-4 and played several years.

Don, Do you remember the CBS pregame show before Super Bowl X? This was in January 1976, 3 years before Hollywood Henderson's act at Super Bowl XIII. Joe Namath and Burt Reynolds spent about 10 minutes doing Terry Bradshaw jokes. In other words, how dumb Bradshaw was. It was worse than what...

Thanks for the compliment. If you were around back then, you have seen things that younger people did not.

Biletnikoff had been with the Raiders since 1965. Steve Largent was drafted on the 4th round in 1976 by Houston who gave him away for an 8th round choice to the then-expansion Seattle team. In 1977, Tennessee WR Larry Seivers was drafted by Seattle in the 4th round. He was cut without having...

This is something I alluded to in a post on the Peyton Hilis thread. I recall reading a draft report back in 1973 in a football magazine. There was a quote from an anonymous NFL scout about a white WR from Florida State named Barry Smith. The scout called Smith a "shake a bush player." This...

Funny thing. Offhand, my memory is that white running backs did better in the 1970's than did white wide receivers. Csonka and Riggins were two of the biggest names of the era and Rocky Bleirer got a fair amount of touches, and was very popular (in large part from being a wounded Vietnam...

For the last week or so, Tru TV has been showing the taped replay of the trial resulting from Walker's beating and robbery.

This weekend "The Tillman Story" opened in New York and LA. It is not shown in Flyover Country until next month. Has anyone seen it or planning to? Pat Tillman is the Cardinal safety who turned down a big contract to join the Army Rangers in 2002. He was killed by "friendly fire" in 2004, to...

Back in the 60s, sportswriters would complain about free safety being a "white position." It was said that blacks were slotted at the corner because FS required intelligence. Free safeties being mainly white was attributed to the NFL's "chronic racism," as it supposedly existed around 45 years ago.

I checked the Titan's hometown paper, The Tennessean. A commenter on the article wrote, "Someone needed to pop that guy." As I have written previously, the DWFs in the state of Tennessee take a backseat to none.

Don, Speaking of Chuck Noll, do you remember when Joe Gilliam started the first 6 games of the 1974 season for the Steelers? There was a strike during training camp that year and Gilliam came into camp before Terry Bradshaw and looked spectacular during the preseason games. The racial dynamics...

Oh yes! Nancy Grace has covered it full bore. Last night when a guest suggested a plea deal, Grace shouted "NO DEALS!"

Yes, Hall's Air Force background might help him make the team. It would be what used to be called a "human interest story." Remember Vince Papale? Chad Hall has better credentials.

I have seen this since the late 1960's-pass receivers without good hands. There was a saying that started around then: "He has 9.5 speed and 12 flat hands."

There is a Bleacher Report story today by one Brad Goldbach titled, "PGA Championship 2010: Tiger Woods is on His Way Back to the Top."

Yes. Picture the reaction if a "White Tiger" got himself into the sexual scandal Woods is in.

Here is a hypothetical. What if Tiger Woods was white? The question assumes that he was as good a golfer as the actual Tiger Woods. Would Woods have been as celebrated by the media if he was white? Would he be considered the world's Number 1 athlete?