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A Buffalo News columnist, Donn Esmonde, writes (http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/522566.html) that O.J. Simpson's name should be taken off the stadium's Wall of Fame. Esmonde is apparently a news columnist, not a sports columnist. Sportwriters tend to be adamant that criminal...

I was 8 years old in 1958, and saw the game on TV. I especially recall the game-tying FG, and the announcers saying that "we are going into Sudden-Death overtime." My other vivid memory is of Alan Ameche's winning TD. There were several thousand Colt fans in Yankee Stadium that day. They are...

This reminds me of an article in Life magazine in, I believe, 1970. The story was about Raider QB's Daryl Lamonica and George Blanda. That year the 43-year old Blanda was taking Lamonica's place and pulling games out in the 4th quarter. In the article, Lamonica was quoted as saying that he...

The NFL Network is showing the Top 10 Elusive Runners at 2 PM ET on Friday December 12, and again at 10 PM on Saturday December 13, with a repeat at 2 AM ET.

Of course, Rodgers has to win to be considered as good as Favre. That's part of the game. This is especially true of a young white QB some might say.

I have several baseball and football encyclopedias as well as a large personal library which enables me to look things up. I do have a good memory. I try to give a historical perspective in my posts. You can find box scores of pro football games going way back at pro-footballreference.com/

If Peyton Hillis weighs around 250, he would need to lose 20 pounds to play regularly at TB. Both his college and (until a few weeks ago) pro teams have wanted him bulked up for FB.

On the Dan Patrick blog, SI's Peter King comments on whether O.J. Simpson should lose HOF status: "King doesn't think O.J. Simpson will have his membership in the Pro Football Hall of Fame revoked because of his legal trouble.Nor does King think the Hall should take his bust away. King said...

So-called parity was what Pete Rozelle wanted, with as many teams in playoff contention as possible. Rozelle is supposed to have said that he wanted every team to be close to 500. I agree with Don that there are more really bad teams than ever before.

Sorry, I pushed the wrong button. Magee's column said: "Behold Tom Brady, Right down to the cleft in his chin, Brady is the NFL's 'Perfect Man,' princely handsome, squire of a supermodel, a quarterback beyond compare." "You've got to hate a guy like this. I suspect many men do, not hate...

Today, I did a google search for long-time San Diego columnist Jerry Magee, whom I used to read in Pro Football Weekly. In his archived columns for the San Diego Union Tribune, the September 14 piece had this: "Behold

Bronk, A few days ago, I sent an email to the man who runs Rare sportsfilms and asked him if he still has this highlight reel. He said he has this film on DVD only. You can go to www.raresportsfilms.com. He gives an email address and a phone number (630-527-8890). Ask for the DVD of: 1965...

Golden Richards was no longer with the Cowboys. He had been traded to the Bears.

Correction, it is 9pm ET.

Super Bowl XIII is on the NFL Network tonight at 8pm ET as part of a Classic Games series. The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Dallas Cowboys 35-31. Terry Bradshaw had one of his best games and was MVP. The Steelers led 35-17 before the Cowboys scored two late touchdowns. You can see what the NFL...

During the 1960's, the complaint was made that blacks were not allowed to play safety because it was a position that required high intelligence.

Another late 60's fad was throwing the ball into the stands after scoring a TD. Tennessee had a sophomore TB in 1965 named Walter Chadwick. That year, he would throw the ball in the stands after scoring. In his junior year, Coach Doug Dickey told him to stop doing it. Chadwick proceded to have a...

The first football team, college or pro, I ever noticed doing end zone celebrations was the 1966 Notre Dame team. I have watched football on TV since around 1958. When a member of the Fighting Irish (in 1966 ND had only 1 black player, Alan Page) scored a TD, 4 or 5 teammates would hug and...

During about 1962-66, Joe Don Looney was a highly publicized football player. He was featured in Sport magazine in the November 1963 issue, about the time he was kicked off the Oklahoma team. The Giants still drafted him No.1 that year. In training camp, Looney wouldn't take orders and was...

Anne Pressley's parents, on the Today Show, rejected the bland police acoount of "a robbery gone wrong." The always tough-minded Lawrence Auster has a thread today (http://www.amnation.com/vfr/archives/011989.html).

Jim Taylor had 26 100-yard games, plus 1 post-season (the 1960 NFL Title Game). There weren't the large number of playoff games in that era. Taylor gained 85 tough yards against the NY Giants in the 1962 NFL Title Game. He outgained Jim Brown 96-50 in the 1965 NFL Title Game. Larry Csonka had...

Terry Bradshaw was criticized as being all physical talent, and lacking in mental qualities in his first several years, but later in his career was considered the quarterback you didn't want to go up against in a big game.

Possibly if they want to board a bus to play in the Music City Bowl.

If "most mainstream sports editors loathe hockey," this is a development of recent decades. Before 1975, that would not have been true.