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Kellen Winslow's Miraculous Weight Loss Turns 30 Years Old
Monday was the 30th anniversary of The Epic in Miami, a playoff showdown between the Chargers and the Dolphins that is widely considered the best NFL game of all time. The game had it all: an epic comeback, a series of clutch plays, a miracle hook-and-lateral at the end of the first half, an...
NFL Record Watch: The Packers and Colts Trudge Towards History
The Green Bay Packers may not be perfect. Their defense is lousy, they don't have a running back, and they just lost Greg Jennings for the final three games of the season. The good news is that they have one of the most prolific quarterbacks in the history of the game, and they don't need no...
Painter and Orlovsky, two of the worst ever
The quarterback position is being played as well as it ever has before, but that doesn't mean there aren't still some awful QB's bringing the league's stats down. The Colts, amazingly, have two of them. If John Beck's 0-7 lifetime record looks bad, consider this: Curtis Painter has lost all eight...
Today in Sports History: December 11th
12/11/1977 - Bucs get first win The Tampa Bay Buccaneers finally get on the board by beating the New Orleans Saints, 33-14, in the second-to-last game of the year. For the Bucs, who had joined the NFL the year before, it was their first win in franchise history. They lost 14 regular season...
Today in Sports History: December 3rd
12/03/1985 - The Super Bowl ShuffleFollowing a Monday Night Football loss to the Dolphins -- their only blemish of the season -- the 1985 Chicago Bears hopped on a charter plane, looking to restore the dignity and ferocity they had attained by winning their first dozen games. So what did they...
Today in Sports History: October 27th
10/27/2002 - Emmitt sets rushing record With an 11-yard burst through the defensive line of the Seattle Seahawks, Emmitt Smith surpasses Walter Payton's career total of 16,726 rushing yards, making him the all-time leading rusher in NFL history -- eclipsing the most significant milestone in...
Today in Sports History: October 23rd
10/23/1931 - Dodgers fire Wilbert Robinson The Brooklyn Dodgers announce the firing of Wilbert Robinson, their manager since 1914. Robinson was universally addressed as "Uncle Robbie" and and was so beloved by his players that while he was their manager, the team was known as the Brooklyn...
Today in Sports History: September 5th
9/05/1791 - Town draws up baseball lawsOn a Monday afternoon in 1791, the town of Pittsfield, Massachusetts voted to ban the game of baseball and other activities that had disturbed many of the townspeople.In 2004, historian Jim Thorn, searching for the birth place of baseball, managed to ascertain...
Today in Sports History: August 26th
8/26/1987 - Molitor's streak ends Paul Molitor has his hitting streak end at 39 straight games, as his Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cleveland Indians 1-0 in ten innings. Molitor went 0-4 but could have had another at-bat to extend his hitting streak; instead, pinch-hitter Rick Manning drove in the...
Today in Sports History: October 14th
10/14/1970 - Namath debuts in C.C. & Company New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath makes his theatrical debut with the release of C.C. & Company, in which Namath starred as a motorcycle rider -- C.C. Ryder -- who grapples with a rival bike gang after rescuing a damsel in distress. The movie...
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