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Sports Legend Revealed: Did NBC send an employee on the field to delay an NFL title game?
The Fabulous ForumFOOTBALL LEGEND: NBC sent an employee running on to the field to delay the 1958 NFL title game because they had lost the TV signal. STATUS: I'm Going With True. I've already written in the past about the great influence...... -
Summer's Calling: Master of beer and memorabilia
It's 30 minutes before game time at Camden Yards, and Greg Schwalenberg peers out at the vast expanse of empty green seats. He grimaces.
"What kind of crowd are they expecting?" he asks a nearby usher.
"Let's see, 10,000," the man replies.
"It's been...Tags: Sports Legends at Camden Yards, Baseball, Athletes, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Muhammad Ali
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The greatest
Eighth gold: 400 medley relay -- Aug. 17
A frenzy of golden energy, Michael Phelps exited the pool, shaking water off his lithe and lean body. Onto the pool deck splashed the droplets -- those Baltimore roots, the memories from Greece and the...Tags: Brooks Robinson, Michael Phelps, 2016 Olympic Games, Awards and Prizes, Babe Ruth
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Missing Unitas: 5 years later, his city has changed, but love remains
It's been five years since he left us.
Five years since his heart stopped at age 69, an act that, even now, feels much bigger than a man's physical death. It was dubbed the end of an era by a thousand scribes, but that barely scratched the surface. It...Tags: Sports Legends at Camden Yards, New York Jets, Dining and Drinking, Baltimore Orioles, Memorial Stadium
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Colts great 'blocked out the sun' and rushers, too
Sun StaffHis crushing blocks launched Lenny Moore's runs and saved John Unitas' skin. Jim Parker, the Hall of Famer who anchored the Baltimore Colts' offensive line during the club's glory years, died yesterday of congestive heart failure and kidney disease at...Tags: Don Shula, Doug Atkins, College Sports, Hamburgers, Crimes
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Jim Parker was the lineman next door
JIM PARKER was one of our great storytellers. Some of the stories were true, and some were embellished for comic effect. Buddy Young used to say, "Parker'll call you up at 2 in the morning, just to make up a story." But here's one that's true: Parker, the...Tags: Health Treatments, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Baptist, Baltimore Colts, Jim Parker
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Baltimore Sun readers recall the Colts' move to Indianapolis
"From 1972 to 1983 I was part of the Baltimore Colts Radio team. At WCBM, I produced and directed the Baltimore Colts football play-by-play broadcast for the 40-station Colts Radio network. Before all games, home and away, I hosted the "Coaches Corner," a...Tags: Politics, Health and Safety at School, Crimes, Vehicles, Memorial Stadium
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1958 NFL championship game: Men who made the moment
Ernie Accorsi watched the 1958 NFL championship game between the New York Giants and Baltimore Colts as a 17-year-old Colts fan. He went on to become general manager of both teams that played in the historic contest. He has probably watched the game 40...Tags: Roosevelt Brown, Baltimore Colts, Football, Jim Parker, Tom Landry
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Memories of '58
Today we examine the historic Dec. 28, 1958, game between the Colts and Giants through the eyes of a player from each team, and a Colts fan, cheerleader and band member. As the 50th anniversary approaches, we'll have more stories about those who played in...Tags: Towson University, Vehicles, Weeb Ewbank, Memorial Stadium, Baltimore Colts
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Start of 'roids rage
Was the doctor a genius, delighted with the creations that sprung from his mind, or a hopeless egotist? Louis Riecke wasn't sure. But something made him want to believe in John Ziegler, the big scientist with an even bigger ego. Riecke had pumped iron...Tags: Weightlifting, Steroids, Athletes, Death, Science and Technology
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When pro football was a lark
For Mark Bowden, writing a book about the 1958 pro football championship game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants was a return to his roots. Bowden made his name writing prize-winning articles for The Philadelphia Inquirer and best-selling...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Baltimore Colts, Football, Book, Death
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'Greatest' came from NFL's best
On Dec.28, 1958, the NFL's best offense and defense, its finest quarterback, its best possession receiver and big-play threat, its most dominant defensive lineman and prototype offensive tackles, its best-rounded linebacker and its most promising...Tags: Doug Atkins, San Francisco 49ers, Haloti Ngata, Roosevelt Brown, Weeb Ewbank
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