George Blanda

George Blanda dies at 83; football career spanned four decades

2010-09-27 22:10:00

George Blanda, the Hall of Fame quarterback and kickerwho played a record 26 seasons of professional football and once almost single-handedly won five consecutive games for the Oakland Raiders, has died. He was 83. The Pro Football Hall of Fame said...

McNair Is NFL's Best

2003-11-12 00:00:00

The Tennessee Titans, than whom few football teams are more conservative, have always preferred runs to passes. But their famous old runner, Eddie George, who is averaging a bleak 2.9 yards this season, can't move them now. Neither can any other Titan...

Carson Palmer's Year?

2002-11-26 00:00:00

So many pro clubs need the talent Carson Palmer has shown this year as USC's dominating passer that he is a certain first-round choice in the NFL draft this spring. But can the same be said for Palmer's chances to win the Heisman Trophy? In that race,...

Misguided sports predictions

2012-12-24 15:01:00

When you have worked in journalism for more than 30 years and have lived a lifetime of sports like I have, you make a lot of mistakes, say a lot of stuff you shouldn’t have said and make a lot of stupid predictions. �As my Christmas present to all...

Some Bears great, but not Hall of Fame worthy

2012-10-23 17:15:00

Somewhere between Brian Urlacher pushing Charles Tillman for Defensive Player of the Year and Jon Gruden hailing a group of All-Time Bears currently on the defense, the thought occurred that something important is missing from the franchise. No, not...

Bears, Lions share rough history

2012-10-19 17:03:00

The template for dirty play between the Bears and Lions was set more than a half-century ago. So anticipation of over-the-top aggression in Monday night's prime-time game is warranted. My father took me to my first Bears game at Wrigley Field when I...

UK Football: Kentucky honoring Hall of Famer Dawson at Oct. 20 game

2012-10-10 06:47:00

LEXINGTON — The Kentucky football team will honor recent Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Dermontti Dawson on Oct. 20 with Dermontti Dawson Day at Commonwealth Stadium when the Wildcats face Georgia. Dawson, who played at Kentucky from 1984-87,...

Super Bowl memories of Bill Walsh of Phillipsburg

2012-02-04 18:17:00

Ribbs back in the driver's seat

2011-08-30 17:04:51

The latest chapter in the remarkable 35-year career of racecar driver Willy T. Ribbs began "in the middle of an Iowa cornfield." Ribbs, the first African-American to drive in the Indianapolis 500, didn't see any helmeted ghosts of Daytona's past or...

Ribbs back in the driver's seat at Baltimore Grand Prix

2011-08-30 21:28:51

Stover stands toe-to-toe with greatest Ravens of all time

2011-05-25 18:02:00

Matt Stover retiring? At the tender age of 43? What's he going to do, sit home all day and wait for the mailman to show up, like lots of other retirees we know? Me, I still picture Stover working out on a dusty high school field, a couple of kids...

George Blanda tops list of all-time oldest NFL players

2010-09-27 21:35:25

Blanda's football career spanned four decades. He almost single-handedly won five consecutive games for the Oakland Raiders . He also played for the Chicago Bears , Baltimore Colts and Houston Oilers. He was 83. Full obituary Notable deaths of 2010 Notable film and television deaths of 2010 Notable

2010-09-28 07:33:29

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George Blanda

2010-09-27 14:05:16