Neil O'Donnell

Joe Montana Super, But Not No. 1

1999-10-04 00:00:00

The San Francisco 49ers, one of the NFL's most successful teams for nearly 20 years, plugged another winning quarterback into the same old offensive system Sunday. He is Jeff Garcia, who was brought to San Francisco by new General Manager Bill Walsh, the...

A New Kind of Quarterback

2004-11-10 00:00:00

The Pittsburgh Steelers, suddenly the best football team in the land, can't have an undefeated season this year — they've already lost once — but they can have an undefeated quarterback. He is Ben Roethlisberger, a jumbo-sized Joe Montana-type...

Former Terps football coach Joe Krivak dies at 77

2012-12-26 13:04:00

Bobby Ross got much of the credit for Maryland's short reign as the most dominant team in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the mid 1980s, but Joe Krivak was often referred to as the guru and play-caller for a string of record-setting Terps quarterbacks....

Heisman often height of success

2011-12-14 00:00:00

The moment when Robert Griffin III stepped to the podium Saturday night to receive the Heisman Trophy, greeted by a contingent of past winners, the Baylor quarterback automatically became eligible for membership in another sort of club. Not that he wants...

Our World: Season's end brings reality's sadness

2011-02-06 01:30:00

It's a sad day. Wasn't it just a few weeks back that I was anxiously anticipating the first games of a new football season? Now, with today's Super Bowl, the season ends, and football fans face seven months of emptiness. Well, pigskin emptiness,...

Past Highlights

2010-12-02 07:31:29

November 27 1985 - Marla Guthmiller poured in 21 points to lead Leola to a 78-49 victory over Roscoe in the semifinals of the District 2B high school girls' basketball tournament. 1990 - Grant Hill and Christian Laettner scored 17 points apiece to...

Game 9: Ravens get OT, can't cash in

1997-11-03 00:00:00

Ravens running back Bam Morris rushed for 130 yards and quarterback Vinny Testaverde threw for 288. The Ravens racked up 447 yards of total offense and held the opposition to 225. The New York Jets benched their starting quarterback and were 4-for-15 on...

Game 4: Holmes carries night

1998-09-28 00:00:00

The Ravens survived a strong second-half comeback and may have found their running back and quarterback of the future in a 31-24 win over the Cincinnati Bengals last night in an AFC Central game at Ravens stadium. Running back Priest Holmes ran 10 yards...

Game 5: Near-miss rankles Ravens

1999-10-11 00:00:00

As the final seconds ticked off the clock, Ravens defensive tackle Lional Dalton was standing with his head bowed as fellow tackle Larry Webster dropped to his knees and pounded his fist into the ground. Wide receiver Qadry Ismail stared at the clock with...

Bears flash big-play ability

2001-08-11 00:00:00

The Bears saw something they wanted very much to see, the big play.. They also saw something that should concern them, the running game, in their 27-24 exhibition loss to the Tennessee Titans in front of a crowd of 68,768 in Adelphia Coliseum. Coach Dick...

Reality bits Bears hard

1997-11-16 00:00:00

If the Bears have not exactly embraced their fate as participants in one of the worst football seasons in their history, they have now, it seems, accepted it. With an odd sense of detachment at 1-10, they numbly go through the motions of analyzing each...

Emotion right potion for Bears

1992-12-13 00:00:00

The Bears wore Mike Singletary patches over their hearts�and their feelings on their sleeves�as they somehow summoned enough emotion to upset the playoff-bound Pittsburgh Steelers 30-6 Sunday at Soldier Field. Winning for the first time since Oct. 25,...

Titans quarterback Neil O'Donnell filled in for the injured Steve McNair and made his first start since Sept. 23, 2001. O'Donnell threw for 232 yards and two touchdowns.

2003-12-29 00:00:00

Tennessee Titans quarterback Neil O'Donnell is sacked by Ravens defensive end Michael McCrary . O'Donnell was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 1990 draft. O'Donnell spent 13 seasons in the NFL , playing for the Steelers, New York Jets , Cincinnati Bengals and Titans. He

1999-12-06 00:00:00

Baltimore Ravens defensive end Michael McCrary pulls down Tennessee Titans (and former Maryland Terrapins quarterback) Neil O'Donnell for one of his 3-1/2 sacks in the fourth quarter at PSI Net Stadium. The Ravens beat the Titans, 41-14.

1999-12-05 00:00:00