Sonny Jurgensen

Thanks to our friends at Fang's Bites for the tip on this video of the Nov. 19, 1978, game between the Eagles and Giants at Giants Stadium, whose 30th anniversary is Wednesday. Play-by-play man Don Criqui does a fantastic......

Here's a tasty legacy from the visit I shared with some of my Swedish cousins a few weeks ago: Gevalia! It's a brand of coffee in Sweden, and it's good to the last drop. I had it when I was in Sweden two years ago and sort of forgot about it because I...

Moxie is defined by Webster's New World dictionary as "courage, pluck, perseverance; guts." And if there's one thing Hagerstown native Jon Macht, 52, has, it's moxie. Moxie was what lead Macht as a teenager to have the nerve to send a note to The...

— To see how much influence Robert Griffin III is beginning to accumulate in the Washington, D.C. area, consider that the Washington Redskins quarterback is being given credit for helping the last-place Washington Wizards upset the reigning NBA...

Although many Johnny Unitas plays are seared in Baltimore's collective memory, the NFL is betting folks might want a refresher. The organization has introduced a collectible it's calling the Keepr. People plug it into their computer and can revel in...

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — So much for Cam Newton vs. Robert Griffin III. For the ticked-off players in the visitor’s locker room, it was more like the Carolina Panthers vs. Sonny Jurgensen, Sam Huff and Bobby Mitchell. Newton and the Panthers...

The question still makes Peyton Manning wince, many years and countless times since it first was asked. The comparison to a legend who wore the familiar blue-and-white uniform, with the trademark horseshoe on the helmet, remains an uncomfortable topic for...

Orioles great Brooks Robinson, who played third base in Baltimore from 1955 to 1977, said last night that John Unitas took himself and the game in stride. "He was simply the most unassuming guy I knew, and he had every right to be big-headed. If he...

It'll soon be 40 years and John Unitas has hardly been challenged, meaning the unapproached record of throwing a touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games. A mark that seems sacrosanct, almost indelible as his exclusive property. Hundreds of quarterbacks...

Incredible? Yes. Fantastic? Indeed. Unbelievable? Nope. You'd better believe it by now. For the sixth time this season, the Chicago Bears yesterday found themselves struggling furiously down to the wire with the outcome very much in doubt. And, for...

Records indicate Michael Jordan was born into this world in the winter of 1963, but witnesses believe his birth as an otherworldly basketball talent occurred over the summer of 1979, between his sophomore and junior years at E.A. Laney High School. "Mike...