This week’s Throwback Thursday featured story was an easy one to pick, once I saw that the Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers were scheduled to meet. That matchup immediately brought me back to a game etched in the memory of any NFL fan who followed the game in the 1960s. It happened on a muddy … Read More
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Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of the El Paso Generals, who played one season, in 2009, in the Indoor Football League. They were a successful club, posting a 12-2 win/loss record and advancing to the league’s conference title game, where they lost to the Billings Outlaws. Unfortunately, the team disbanded after the one year despite being successful on the … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1965 Philadelphia football card of former NFL quarterback Rudy Bukich, who is a little known player that enjoyed a long 14 year career that spanned 2 decades (the 1950s and ’60s). He played for 4 different NFL teams, including 2 different stints with the Chicago Bears, first in the late ’50s and then again from 1962 until … Read More
NFL – Bills’ Game Review
The Buffalo Bills’ opening game of the 2014 season solidified the golden rule of trying to figure out the NFL – never put any stock in what goes on in the preseason. Yes, apparently the Bills didn’t show their hand at all in the exhibition games, and came out of the gate in Chicago ready … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
This is the helmet logo of the University of Buffalo Bulls, a Division I college football program that plays in the Mid-American Conference. The school has fielded a football team since 1894, although football was shut down for a seven year period in the 1970s. Although not considered much of a college powerhouse program, UB … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1988 Topps football card of former Buffalo Bills linebacker Shane Conlan, who played nine seasons in the NFL, 6 with the Bills before finishing his career with the Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams. Conlan was a three-time Pro Bowler and a key defensive player on 3 Bills’ Super Bowl teams in the 1990s. He currently works in the … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: Roger The Dodger’s Coming Out Party
The 2014 National Football League season opens tonight, which means it’s time for the season’s first “Throwback Thursday” post of 2014, which highlights a game of the past that was played between two of the teams scheduled to play each other that week. The Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers open the 2014 campaign against … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
The 2014 NFL season begins tonight with a match between the Green Bay Packers and defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks. Today’s featured team logo is of a previous pro football team from the Emerald City, the Seattle Rangers of the old Continental Football League. The league began play in 1965 to compete with the … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1973 Topps football card of former NFL running back Vic Washington, who played six seasons in the league with three different teams, most notably the San Francisco 49ers. Prior to joining the Niners in 1971, he had tremendous success in the Canadian Football League, helping the Ottawa Rough Riders win back-to-back Grey Cup championships, winning … Read More
NFL – Buffalo Bills’ 2014 Season Preview
2014 will mark the second season of the Doug Marrone coaching regime in Buffalo, and after he managed to only match the two previous seasons under Chan Gailey, with a 6-10 won/loss record, the pressure will be on this year for the club to improve and at least show some moderate progress. In fact, the … Read More