Otto Graham

Bounty hunters are not new in the NFL

2012-10-09 00:00:00

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...

Sports Legend Revealed: Did Red Holzman get his start in pro basketball due to the fact he was Jewish?

2010-11-30 16:32:52

Jim Murray, March 29, 1961

2011-03-29 16:33:15

Dante 'Gluefingers' Lavelli dies at 85; sure-handed Cleveland Browns receiver

2009-01-22 00:00:00

Hall 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...

Great Coaching

2000-11-28 00:00:00

Coaching 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...

Do not confuse antique tobacco jars with cookie jars

2012-11-09 01:05:27

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...

New reminder of price NFL retirees pay

2011-05-05 00:31:30

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...

Big Ten unveils Leaders and Legends as divisional names, new logo, and 18 new football awards

2010-12-13 09:34:00

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When the Big Ten plays its first conference championship game next season, it'll be the Leaders division against the Legends division. The conference, expanding to 12 teams in all sports and adding divisions and a championship...

August 27: Author - Taylor Bell Talks About His Book Dusty, Deek, and Mr. Do-Right: High School Football in Illinois

2010-08-25 13:01:58

Taylor 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,...

New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner Dies From Heart Attack

2010-07-13 00:00:00

George Steinbrenner, who rebuilt the New York Yankees into a sports empire with a mix of bluster and big bucks that polarized fans all across America, died Tuesday. He had just celebrated his 80th birthday July 4. Steinbrenner had a heart attack, was...

Highlights Of George Steinbrenner's Career As Owner Of The New York Yankees

2010-07-13 11:23:23

Jan. 3, 1973 - Heads group that purchases Yankees from CBS Inc. Sept. 30, 1973 - Manager Ralph Houk resigns, the first of 20 managerial changes under Steinbrenner through 1995. Aug. 30, 1974 - Fined $15,000 by U.S. District Court in Cleveland...

George Steinbrenner Dies at 80

2010-07-13 00:00:00

Hall of Fame quarterback Otto Graham stands on the sidelines at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 20, 2002. Graham died of an aneurysm to the heart on Dec. 17 in Sarasota, Fla. He was 82.

2003-12-18 06:52:57

Otto Graham: Cleveland Browns quarterback Otto Graham picks up 12 yards for a first down in the first quarter against the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League championship game in this Dec. 24, 1950, file photo.

2003-12-18 00:00:00

Coach Otto Graham with his 1965 College All-Star co-captains, Dick Butkus (left) of Illinois and Roger Staubach of Navy.

2003-12-17 00:00:00