“Keep matriculating that ball down the field, boys!” That NFL Films video, of Kansas City Chiefs’ coach Hank Stram on the sidelines of Super Bowl IV, is a treasure for football fans who love the game’s history. No history of the NFL can be written without including Stram, the subject of our NFL 100 post … Read More
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Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of a small college football team that plays in the Southwestern Athletic Conference, the Prairie View A&M Panthers. The school began play in 1907, and has claimed 11 conference titles and 5 Black college football national championships. The Panthers also hold the dubious record of having lost the most consecutive games, a total of … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1973 Topps football card of former pro football defensive back Emmitt Thomas, who enjoyed a 13 year career in the NFL with the Kansas City Chiefs. He was a five-time Pro Bowler, helped the Chiefs win the Super Bowl following the 1969 season, and holds the franchise record for career interceptions. After retiring as a … Read More
NFL 100 – Expanded Hall of Fame Class
Back in 2010, Rayonsports.com published a series of 9 posts pointing out the many players who we felt were gross omissions from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Since then some of those players have been voted in, but there still remains some notable men who stand out as having Hall of Fame resumes but still aren’t … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of a college football team that plays in the Big Sky Conference, the Idaho State Bengals. The program, which first began play in 1902, has captured 8 conference titles and a Division I-AA national championship in 1981. Numerous former Bengal players have gone on to play pro football, including Merrill Hoge, Jared Allen, Eddie Bell, … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1985 Topps football card of former wide receiver Cliff Branch, who played 15 seasons in the NFL for the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. A former college track star, he held the NFL records for career playoff receptions and receiving yards until Jerry Rice broke them in the 1990s. Branch, who passed away in 2019, was a four-time … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: Walking The Walk?
The Detroit Lions take on the Denver Broncos this week in the penultimate game for the NFL teams. For this week’s Throwback Thursday post, we’ll travel back to a strange time in pro football’s history, the 1967 preseason. This is the second time we’ve featured a game from that year that was just an exhibition … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of an old Canadian football team that played in the Ontario Rugby Football Union, the Sarnia Imperials. The ORFU preceded the Canadian Football League and competed for the Grey Cup until 1955. The Imperials won the Cup twice, in 1934 and 1936. Some notable players who competed for Sarnia are Norm Perry, Orm Beach, Gino … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1968 Topps football card of former NFL flanker/punter Bob Scarpitto, who played eight seasons of pro ball in the American Football League for 3 different teams, most notably the Denver Broncos. He was an AFL All Star in 1966 and was named to the AFL’s All Time second team. He still holds team records for … Read More
NFL 100 – The College Draft
How does the National Football League maintain it’s position as the most popular sport in the country? One of the main reasons is the parity developed through the use of the yearly draft of college talent. This NFL 100 feature will explore the evolution of this process over the years. The first draft wasn’t held … Read More