The Green Bay Packers won five NFL titles between 1961 and 1967. Raymond Ernest Nitschke anchored the defense for every one of them. Born in…
The longest game in National Football League history was played 44 years ago today. On Christmas Day, 1971, the Kansas City Chiefs played host to…
George Allen Summerall was a superb athlete but his greatest success came as a sports broadcaster. Born in Lake City, Florida—a former Seminole village along…
The Army-Navy game is the most traditional and enduring rivalry in college football. The Army Black Knights and Navy Midshipmen first met on the football…
In tackle football, a sack occurs “when a player making an apparent attempt to pass is tackled or downed at or behind the line of…
Johnny Rodgers is the greatest Nebraska Cornhusker of the 20th century. Johnny The Jet did it with pizazz. The first Nebraska player and first wide receiver to win…
The Canadian Football League is the second oldest professional gridiron football league in North America. The Ligue Canadienne de Football is the highest level of…
Jon Steven Young is the greatest left-handed quarterback in pro football history. Born on October 11, 1961 in Salt Lake City, Utah—a city that was…
In football, a “pancake” is a type of block in which an offensive player hits a defensive player with enough force to knock him down,…
Terrell Lamar Davis is the greatest postseason running back in NFL history. Born in San Diego, California, on this date in 1972, he was named…