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Top 10: Athletes Without Championships Disney movies typically have happy endings, but sports careers often have more tragic conclusions. |
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Pro Football Hall of Fame Biggest Snubs This is an updated version of a piece I wrote in 2007. Many of the players I wrote about then have been elected to Canton, some new players have become eligible, and some things I've changed my mind about. |
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The Best Linebackers of All-Time Listing the 30 greatest linebackers of all time. |
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The first pro football player Before Johnny Unitas, college stars were the only famous football players. The great No. 19 changed that forever -- and took the NFL to the top. |
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Q&A: Steve Sabol, President, NFL Films With his very first documentary, in 1965, Steve Sabol became the designated mythmaker of pro football. Now the company is a $50 million family operation embedded within a multibillion-dollar business. |
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The Business Of Sports Commentators If you can talk a better sports game than you can play, you might just have a shot at a career as a sports commentator. |
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What's in a Number? What is it about numbers on athlete's jersey that make them what they are? Pride, superstition, family, identity are only a few reasons why athletes wear the numbers they wear on gameday. |
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January 22, 2005
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Mr. Touchdown vs. The Black Quarterback Are black quarterbacks all painted with the same broad brush -- as players who aren't hardwired to be successful drop-back passers? |
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Top 10: NFL Colleges Colleges producing NFL players. |
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Sports Heaven For every dream that comes true, there are 100 that don't. Everyone has their own ideas of sports heaven, but here's mine. |
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December 11, 2003
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The Bitter Irony of the NFL's Past It is very easy to downgrade or diminish the accomplishments of players in a segregated league, because, well, they simply were not playing the highest level of competition. |
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Top 10 Wacky & Humiliating Sports Moments Here's a list of the Top 10 wacky sports moments of all time. |
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The NFL Offseason Desert We're in the offseason now, but there's a lot to discuss in the NFL: the Pro Bowl, the Kurt Warner situation, Maurice Clarett, coaching changes, free agency, and the draft. |
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A Look at Sports Globalization A look at American sports and a preview of upcoming articles about popular sports in other countries. |
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February 9, 2005
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The Latest, But Not the Greatest Emmitt Smith has a long list of statistics to back up the claim made by many that he was the best running back ever. He retires as the leading career rusher in NFL history, with an astounding 18,355 yards. |
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Bring back the arbitrary college football polls! Sure, the old championship polls were bogus -- but the current system is just as bogus, and it doesn't even give fans anything to argue about... |
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Sports Central
February 24, 2005
Adam Russell |
Which College is Quarterback U? Have you ever heard anyone refer to a school as "Quarterback U?" |
Sports Central
November 27, 2003
Eric Poole |
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Sports Central
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Joe Montana: Tarnished hero He was the greatest quarterback ever, but when he had a chance to be a leader in real life, he punked out. |
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Top 10 Sought-After Sports Trophies Teams and individuals make it their lifelong goal to obtain trophies, even if it's for that often brief opportunity to exclaim, "I'm the best in the world!" Here are the 10 most sought-after trophies in the realm of sports. |
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September 21, 2006
Wailele Sallas |
Why College Football Stands Above Rest It's not the matchups or the players, but the passion that lights the fire under college football. |
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June 9, 2006
Bill Hazell |
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The Reality of the Pretend You can call it acting. You can call it fake. You can call it pretend. You can call it whatever you want, but the truth of the matter is the world of professional wrestling has never been more real. |
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July 25, 2001
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Throw the bums out! It's time to eject baseball's owners for arguing balls and strikes... |
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The NFL's minor league? The marketing firms and New York pundits who want a college football playoff system have one thing in common: They don't like or understand college football. |
Sports Illustrated
July 9, 2002
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Sports Central
October 1, 2012
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Is the Offensive Explosion an Omen? With all this offensive production on both sides of the field, could this be an omen of things to come in college football? |
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October 31, 2004
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Ten Radical Rule Changes For the NFL It's not like football needs rule changes like other sports need them. Still, a sport, in the fans' interests, should continuously evolve; therefore keeping it from flat-lining as tennis or even baseball has at times. |
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Salon.com
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Sports Central
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Matt Thomas |
What Happened to the Good Old Days? It has been said that sport is a microcosm of society. Apply that idiom to basketball in America, and you'll find that the theory bears itself out. |
Sports Central
May 31, 2007
Kevin Beane |
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Steve Seepersaud |
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