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One such incident I recall is when the Detroit Lion Owner William Clay Ford fired allof Head Coach George Wilson's assistants, a warning to Wilson to win or else. This was following the 1964 season when the Lions went 7-5-2. Wilson thought it over for a few days and handed in his resignation...

I read a piece by long-time pro football writer Larry Felser on this subject about 25 years ago. His theme was that the Pro Football HOF is the toughest to get into. The two positions that are least popular among the selectors were offensive linemen and defensive backs. Quarterbacks, running...

I've seen this type of column many times. The columnist will eagerly declare that blacks are better athletes than whites in all respects. Then, he will say that this argument must not be used to say that there are racial differences in intelligence.

If results are "preordained by the league," why didn't McNabb's Eagles win the Super Bowl over Brady's Patriots last year? As I wrote last year, there is much more to be gained by winning than there would be by "taking a dive."

This is Steve Sailer's latest piece on Vdare about a just-published book about the 1950 attempt by two Puerto Rican terrorists to assasinate President Harry Truman. Sailer's point is that we may get more of this in the future. Below is the thread: http://www.vdare.com/sailer/060108_gunfight.htm

I recall glancing at Joel Buschbaum's draft book when Alstott was a senior at Purdue. Buschbaum wrote that Alstott would "bring back the days of Larry Csonka and John Riggins." This meant that he would be a large, powerul white runner who would gain a lot of yards. Buschbaum expected that some...

The "fixing" subject came up last year when the Colts lost to New England in the AFC Title Game. I posted then, that I have often seen black guys complain of a "fix" when their team loses.

Telander played CB for a better thab usual Northwestern team in 1970. He was drafted in the 8th round, I believe, by Kansas City. He was cut early in training camp. Telander wrote a piece for SI about his training camp experience. The Chiefs tried him at safety.

Some people actually thought Namath was deliberately corrupting American youth in those days. One of them was Richard Nixon, clueless as always. Nixon, who was a sports fan, despised Namath (see Safire's book). One of Nixon's aides put Namath on the White House Enemies List. This supposedly...

I read somewhere that regarding TV, the commercials are what is important. It doesn't matter what the programming is, drama or sports, just that the products advertised sell. I have read that this Forum's favorite athlete Michael Vick (just joking), gets his enormous salary because the...

Sorry to hear this news. I well remember Jack Snow catching long bombs from Roman Gabriel in the late 60's.

I can remember when Meredith was the Cowboy QB. He had played at SMU and was with the Dallas Cowboys from their first year in 1960. Meredith was a good example of the problems a player has when he is a "home town boy." The Dallas fans came to blame Meredith personally for team failures, both the...

The four players Brown mentioned were all in the NFL, while Lance Alworth played in the AFL. Alworth did get a lot of publicity in those years, the most publicized AFL player before Jow Namath. In that passage from his book, Brown was discussing his teammate Bernie Parrish, and how Parrish...

Don's comment that the WR position should be "as overwhelmingly white as is the quarterback position," has some historical basis. I posted the following several months ago, but I will do so again. In 1964, Jim Brown put out a book titled Off My Chest. At one point, Brown listed four top NFL...

The most productive running backs have always thrived on a heavy workload. They eventually wear down the defense. Kyle Bell is certainly that type.

I have written this on the site before, but I can't emphasize too strongly how much sportswriters have wanted to boost black QB's. It has gone on for 40 years now. I remember an article about a Tennessee State QB named Eldridge Dickey in Sport magazine around 1967. Dickey was TSU's QB before Joe...

About 15-20 years ago, you would see articles about the cards of white stars being higher priced than those of black stars. They were the usual breast-beating and wailing about "racism." I suppose you could say that the "managerial class" raised the prices up. When I drive across the...

There is a very good article by Roger McGrath in the lates TAC. It's about how hispanica have displaced blacks in Los Angeles. High schools that were white in Compton during the 30s and 40s became black in the 50s, then Mexican during the 80s. Here is the thread...

A funny thing. Tennessee beat Kentucky (one out of two) that year. Texas Western was NOT a run and gun team. They played a disciplined offense similar to what Ray Mearsdid at Tennessee. Also, Tennessee was then all-white.

Schwarzenegger is acting out "The Republican Syndrome" I described in another thread. He should have made a decision over a week ago. He insisted on a media event dog and pony show on Thursday, which he didn't do on two prior occasions about a death sentence. This signaled that Tookie is Very...

Joe Namathwould proclaim himself the best QB in pro football during his playing days. Hewas the rare white sports star who talked like that.

The movie, Codebreakers, is about the 1951 cheating scandal in which 83 cadets were expelled, most of themfootball players.Several of the Academy's administrators had nothing but contempt for football players and thought a football team didn't belong at the academy. They used the scandal to kick...

Absolutely. I can't count the number of times I have seen some sports columnist harp on this subject. Incidentally, I once knew a man who was for a time Tony Conigliaro's agent. and who also knew Ted Williams. He told me some stories about them. These working class Bostonians would ride Williams...

Someone whom I exchange emails with had the following comment about George W. Bush giving the Medal of Freedom to Muhammad Ali: "And he doesn't learn. The poetic justice of his giving the Medal of Freedom to an anti-American like Muhammad Ali, and then having Ali diss him! Did he learn from...

Running back is the easiest position to fill. It has always been harder to find (and develop) a Super Bowl-caliber QB.