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I saw him play in person for the Cardinals once. Best known for being the catcher for the 60s Cardinal pitching staff, Tim McCarver's biggest hit was a three run homer that gave the Cardinals a victory in the fifth game of the 1964 World Series.

I read Jon Krakauer's book on Pat Tillman several years ago. There was very little on Tillman's relationship with Arizona Cardinal teammates. His only friend on the team was QB Jake Plummer. Tillman joined up thinking he would fight those who attacked the WTC. He thought Bush 43's invasion of...

It's common for comments at the NY Post to be "based" regarding crimes by this type of perpetrator.

Can't think of anybody else who won three offhand. Starr, Staubach, Plunkett, Elway, and Eli Manning won two.

Today regarding the Chiefs-Eagles Super Bowl, Christian McCaffrey said: "I hope they both lose." After two seasons wrecked by injury, some of us thought CMac's best days were behind him, but after the trade, he came back strong. As noted in another thread, NFL.com said Christian McCaffrey was...

He beat dozens of other asinine brains to it who wanted to ask the same question.

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

I had previously opined that Tom Brady shouldn't play a year too long. By retiring from football now, he leaves on top.

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

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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...

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...

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

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...

A familiar story. Tom Brady played one year too many.