A Football Life-Season Four

[sport historian]

The NFL Network has been running Season Four of "A Football Life" for several weeks. This year's subjects have been "blacker" than before. So far its been Joe Greene, Brandon Marshall, Sean Taylor, and Warren Moon. Eric Dickerson is on tonight (Friday). Also Terrell Davis, Earl Campbell, and Ricky Williams will have episodes.

Dickerson demanded his contract be "renegotiated" almost every year. Blacks seem to not believe in contracts unless it is in their self-interest, as they see it.

Doug Flutie is scheduled for next week. There is supposed to be one on "Csonka, Kiick, and Morris" in November. Also Lyle Alzado, "Butkus and Sayers," and Roger Staubach.

 

[sport historian]

After five straight black subjects, tonight (Friday) the NFL Network premieres an episode on Doug Flutie. From the trailers, it appears the theme is the NFL considered Flutie "too short" and never liked him.

His success was attributed to "Flutie Magic," rather than superior skill. It looks like a very good show.

 

[sport historian]

Tonight (Friday) the A Football Life series has an episode on Earl Campbell, making eight out of nine black subjects.

Next week they will have one on Larry Csonka, Jim Kiick, and Mercury Morris called "The Perfect Backfield."

The following week's episode is on Lyle Alzado.

 

[sport historian]

The show on Csonka, Kiick, and Morris premieres tonight (Friday).

 

[Carolina Speed]

The show on Csonka, Kiick, and Morris premieres tonight (Friday).

Thanks for the heads up on the show SH. I'll be watching.

 

[sport historian]

Larry Csonka was always a media favorite. He is an articulate interview subject.

Next week's show features Lyle Alzado, who is now forgotten, except for his steroid use. Medical opinion is the brain cancer that killed him may not have been due to steroids.

In 1979, Alzado announced he would consider a boxing career and a televised exhibition was staged with Muhammad Ali. This will figure in the program.

Alzado said after the exhibition promoters were interested in him "because they wanted a white heavyweight champion."

Alzado continued his football career with Cleveland, who had just traded with the Broncos for him.

 

[Westside]

Larry Csonka was always a media favorite. He is an articulate interview subject.

Next week's show features Lyle Alzado, who is now forgotten, except for his steroid use. Medical opinion is the brain cancer that killed him may not have been due to steroids.

In 1979, Alzado announced he would consider a boxing career and a televised exhibition was staged with Muhammad Ali. This will figure in the program.

Alzado said after the exhibition promoters were interested in him "because they wanted a white heavyweight champion."

Alzado continued his football career with Cleveland, who had just traded with the Broncos for him.

I still remember watching that boxing exhibition with Ali. Granted Ali came into the bout out of shape, but from my recollection, Lyle was battering him from ring post to ring post. I remember how I hoped that Lyle would give up football and pursue a boxing career. No doubt if a primed Ali came into the match, Lyle would would have little chance of winning.

 

[Leonardfan]

I watched the preview of that Lyle Alzado episode. I was to young to remember him playing but watching the clips of him I wish that that mentality he had was adopted by white athletes present day. He was tough and brash - the last white player to be anything like that was Bill Romanowski. Seemed like a hell of a personality.

I don't condone his steroid use but I also don't doubt his statements that most of the league was abusing steroids during his era.

 

[celticdb15]

I watched the preview of that Lyle Alzado episode. I was to young to remember him playing but watching the clips of him I wish that that mentality he had was adopted by white athletes present day. He was tough and brash - the last white player to be anything like that was Bill Romanowski. Seemed like a hell of a personality.

I don't condone his steroid use but I also don't doubt his statements that most of the league was abusing steroids during his era.

Yeah he was a real hard ass! Before my time to but I've seen clips of him on NFL network. I believe he's from Philly area. Him and Howie were quite the tandem at defensive tackle.

 

[white is right]

I watched the preview of that Lyle Alzado episode. I was to young to remember him playing but watching the clips of him I wish that that mentality he had was adopted by white athletes present day. He was tough and brash - the last white player to be anything like that was Bill Romanowski. Seemed like a hell of a personality.

I don't condone his steroid use but I also don't doubt his statements that most of the league was abusing steroids during his era.

He was from Brownsville. That probably helped shape his character. He was an intimidator who played borderline dirty football. I recall when he launched his comeback SI had a story about him attacking a rookie lineman for an after the whistle block. Lyle whipped his helmet down the field and started swatting him.

 

[GiovaniMarcon]

A personality like his is probably less acceptable today because any White athletes that are allowed to be in the league are expected to be politically-correct, boyscout types, meanwhile only the Black players are allowed to behave like thugs. In the latter case, acting as ghetto and stupid as possible is not only accepted, but encouraged. Probably a lot of sick people like to live out their bully fantasies through sports (and video games, too), but only through the Black players because they are held to a different standard than Whites. Ironically the DWFs are racist in this regard though they love to accuse Whites of imaginary racism at every turn.

Also, why does Barry Bonds keep getting DWF apologists for his steroid use?

Oh, that's right. Because to define his career through his cheating would be "racist."

Not The Rocket, though. It's okay to dismiss Roger Clemens.

*sigh*

These people...

 

[sport historian]

Tonight's episode on Alzado should be interesting.

 

[white is right]

The show on Csonka, Kiick, and Morris premieres tonight (Friday).

The balls on these bullies. Larry Csonka's first nickname was Larry the Fairy....:scared: I love when he said I went through a growth spurt and he attacked the original tormentors who gave him that nickname. I also found it interesting that Kiick is a city guy who never went fishing and was from one of the Jersey cities that are part of the out fringes of NYC. Also what anti aging serum is Mercury Morris on he looks like 55 not 67....

 

[sport historian]

On Friday night, December 5, the NFL Network will premiere an episode on Roger Staubach, followed by a single show on Butkus and Sayers.

I don't know if they will make the point, but Staubach was The Man on the Cowboys, more so than a QB usually is. The Cowboy veterans always said the Cowboys couldn't have finally won a Super Bowl without Staubach.

 

[sport historian]

The Roger Staubach and the Butkus & Sayers shows premiere on the NFL Network tonight. Last month Staubach said Johnny Manziel is a lot like him, a QB who runs well.

Roger Staubach is one of many examples of the "athletic quarterback" who has long existed. Staubach learned to operate from the pocket and became a hall of fame player.