Pete Rozelle

What time is the Super Bowl?

2013-02-02 11:05:00

Seven-layer dip? Check. Appropriate jersey? Check. Friends and loved ones gathered near a TV? Check. What time is the Super Bowl?... Oh for Pete Rozelle's sake, what time is the Super Bowl? Calm down. The Super Bowl may be prime-time viewing on the East...

David Stern, iron-fisted NBA commissioner, to step down

2012-10-25 21:01:00

If David Stern ruled the NBA with an iron fist, he cushioned the blows by transforming a league that couldn't get its championship final live on national TV in the early 1980s into a powerful marketing machine that made players and owners incredibly...

Steve Sabol dies at 69; president of NFL Films

2012-09-18 13:19:00

Steve Sabol, who helped his father get an unlikely fledgling movie company off the ground, then later took over and expanded the family business, now known to sports fans as NFL Films, has died. He was 69. Sabol, who had served as president of NFL...

Art Modell dies at 87; Cleveland Browns owner enraged fans with move to Baltimore

2012-09-07 00:00:00

Art Modell, a marketing executive who helped negotiate the NFL's first television contract and later enraged fans when he moved the Cleveland Browns franchise to Baltimore, has died. He was 87. Modell died Thursday of natural causes at Johns Hopkins...

R.C. Owens dies at 77; 49ers 'alley oop' receiver

2012-06-24 00:00:00

R.C. Owens had an up-and-down career as a receiver for the San Francisco 49ers. The ball went up, and Owens routinely came down with it. Owens, whose leaping catches became his signature and introduced the term "alley oop" into the sports lexicon,...

Al Davis dies at 82; Oakland Raiders owner transformed team

2011-10-09 00:00:00

Al Davis, the tough-minded owner of the Oakland Raiders who transformed a failing team into a three-time Super Bowl champion and one of the most successful franchises in professional football only to preside over its dramatic decline in recent years, died...

Sports Legend Revealed: Was Jack Lambert ejected from a game for hitting a quarterback too hard?

2011-02-01 16:33:31

Injured Diver Dies After Falling From Rescue Helicopter

2009-11-23 16:32:45

Cullen Bryant dies at 58; former L.A. Rams running back

2009-10-16 00:00:00

Cullen Bryant, a mainstay of the Los Angeles Rams for 11 seasons and a running back on their 1980 Super Bowl team, has died. He was 58. Bryant died of natural causes Tuesday at his home in Colorado Springs, Colo., according to sister-in-law Wanda E....

Sports Legend Revealed: Did NBC send an employee on the field to delay an NFL title game?

2010-07-28 16:33:35

President Visits L.A.!

2010-01-28 16:32:51

The Philosophy of Passing

2005-09-01 00:00:00

Known as the dean of American pro football writers, Bob Oates has been long known as a strong advocate of pass offense, the subject of this two-part series. The second part follows. The significant advantages of passing over running have been...

"I believe very strongly that Art Modell is one of the most important figures in the history of the modern NFL. He and Pete Rozelle developed the magic formula that married the potential of television to the game. Those funds from this marriage propelled the game into what it is today.

2012-09-06 09:02:30

Raiders coach Tom Flores clutches the Super Bowl trophy as Raiders owner Al Davis is interviewed by Brent Musburger in the locker room after 38-9 victory over the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XVIII on Jan. 23, 1984. At right is NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle .

2011-09-21 14:38:27

NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle , right, presents the Super Bowl XV trophy to Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis , left, as Raiders coach Tom Flores, second from left, and sportscaster Bryant Gumbel look on.

2011-09-21 12:39:35