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Bounty hunters are not new in the NFL
There they were Sunday night, during the televised NFL game, their pictures flashed to a nation of TV viewers, with penalties incurred listed below. They were three known New Orleans Saints evildoers. They might just as well have been on the wall of a...
Tags: St. Louis Rams, Football, George Halas, ESPN (tv network), Sean Payton
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Sports Legend Revealed: Did Red Holzman get his start in pro basketball due to the fact he was Jewish?
The Fabulous ForumBASKETBALL LEGEND: Red Holzman got his start in professional basketball due to the fact that he was Jewish. STATUS: Basically True. William "Red" Holzman was one of the most successful coaches in the history of the NBA. He coached the...... -
Jim Murray, March 29, 1961
The Daily MirrorJim Murray on Otto Graham: Crazy Otto is still bucking a trend. Where Bob Waterfield, Norm Van Brocklin and other of his contemporaries in the NFL have chosen glamour jobs in the pro game, Crazy Otto has picked the head coaching job and athletic... -
Do not confuse antique tobacco jars with cookie jars
The first U.S. Surgeon General warning on tobacco products was required in 1964. Tobacco was labeled as bad for your health. Americans were soon using fewer tobacco products, like cigarettes, pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco and cigars. In the late...Tags: Auction Service, Stan Musial, World War II (1939-1945), Japan, Tobacco Products
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Cutler struggles as Bears drop NFC title game
![<span style="font-size: small;">CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears were rallying behind a young quarterback, forcing the Green Bay Packers to sweat out what looked like an easy win with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-01/109263060-23180346.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\">CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears were rallying behind a young quarterback, forcing the Green Bay Packers to sweat out what looked like an easy win with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line.</span>")
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears were rallying behind a young quarterback, forcing the Green Bay Packers to sweat out what looked like an easy win with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line.
No, it wasn't Jay Cutler leading the charge.
The...Tags: Football, Green Bay Packers, Olin Kreutz, Soldier Field, Multi-Sport Events
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New reminder of price NFL retirees pay
Joe "The Jet" Perry died and Fred "Curly" Morrison got a little sadder. They had lots in common. Perry was 84 when he died last week in Tempe, Ariz. Morrison is 84 and lives in Murrieta, Calif. Both were star pro running backs in the 1950s, Perry...Tags: Surgery, Health, Football, Broken Nose, Injuries and Wounds
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August 27: Author - Taylor Bell Talks About His Book Dusty, Deek, and Mr. Do-Right: High School Football in Illinois
WGN NewsTaylor Bell From small towns like Metamora, Aledo, and Carthage to East St. Louis and Chicago's South Side, Illinois's high school football fields have been the proving ground for such future stars as Dick Butkus, Red Grange, and Otto Graham. In Dusty,...Tags: High Schools, Racism, Education, Dick Butkus, Schools
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Dante 'Gluefingers' Lavelli dies at 85; sure-handed Cleveland Browns receiver
Associated PressHall of Famer Dante "Gluefingers" Lavelli, a sure-handed receiver who helped the Cleveland Browns build a pro football dynasty in the 1940s and '50s, died Tuesday night at a Cleveland hospital. He was 85. Lavelli had been hospitalized with congestive...Tags: Death, Lou Groza, Football, Interior Policy, National Football League
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The Golden Colt
Sun StaffJohn Unitas' importance in pro football history can't be emphasized enough. He was not only one of the game's all-time greatest quarterbacks, but also a central figure in the NFL's rise from relative obscurity to the nation's No. 1 sports obsession. When...Tags: Johnny Unitas, Joe Montana, Football, Johnny Unitas, Arts and Culture
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Great Coaching
Latimes.com ColumnistCoaching seems to be the decisive variable in the development of a successful football team, although, in New Orleans as well as in Philadelphia on Sunday, that might not be apparent. One game doesn't make a career. The odds are that Jim Haslett of...Tags: Football, Denver Broncos, Arts and Culture, Edgerrin James, Jon Gruden
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Ewbank, Donovan and McCormack common threads in shared history
Sun StaffArt Donovan? A Cleveland Brown? It happened, in 1951. Donovan spent that summer in the Browns' training camp. Why Cleveland? Baltimore was between franchises in the NFL, and when the old Colts folded after the 1950 season, Donovan needed a job. He didn'...Tags: Crimes, Death, Armed Forces, Football, Bars and Clubs
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Youngster's drive couldn't be sacked
Sun StaffWhen John Unitas was in seventh grade at a Catholic grade school in the hard hills south of downtown Pittsburgh, his teacher asked each of the students in his class what they wanted to be when they grew up. A pro football player, Unitas said. His...Tags: Vehicles, Teaching and Learning, Football, Weather Reports, Arts and Culture
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