1955 Bowman football card of Hall of Famer Tom Fears, a top split end for the Los Angeles Rams in the 1940s and ’50s. A Mexican-American, Fears was the first Latino to play in the NFL. He played a total of nine seasons, all with the Rams, breaking a number of receiving records along the way, and … Read More
NFL – Bills’ Game Review
In a tight AFC playoff race that finds 12 of the 16 teams with .500 records or better, the Buffalo Bills kept themselves in the hunt in that race with a 26-10 win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday at Ralph Wilson Stadium. Their chances of actually qualifying are razor thin, but they kept themselves … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
This logo, used from 1936 until 1962, represented a pro football team that plays in the Canadian Football League, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Founded in 1930, the Bombers have appeared in a CFL record 24 Grey Cup championship games, winning 10. The current Winnipeg roster includes two quarterbacks who’ve played in the NFL – Drew Willy … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1974 Topps football card of former offensive lineman Conrad Dobler, who played 10 seasons in the NFL for 3 different teams. Most of his success came in his first 6 years with the St. Louis Cardinals, where he was voted to 3 Pro Bowls. He finished his playing days with a pair of 2 year … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: Birth of The K-Gun Offense
The game from this week’s NFL schedule that we’ll feature in this week’s Throwback Thursday post is a contest between the Cleveland Browns and Buffalo Bills. The game was played in January of 1990 and was an AFC divisional playoff game. It featured a classic shootout between two of that era’s top quarterbacks, Buffalo’s Jim Kelly and … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of a college football program, the William & Mary Tribe, used from 1974 until 2003. The team competes in the Colonial Athletic Conference. Former coaches of the team who have gone on to bigger and better things include Lou Holtz, Mike Tomlin and Marv Levy, while former Tribe players who’ve gone on to play pro … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1989 Score football card of former pro football wide receiver Don Beebe, who played nine seasons in the NFL for three different teams. He is still considered one of the fastest players in league history. Beebe holds the distinction of having played in six Super Bowls, including the four consecutive title losses suffered with the … Read More
NFL – Bills’ Game Review
The Buffalo Bills have been on a downward slide, losing two games in a row to fall to 5-5 for the season. With their hopes of breaking a 14 year playoff drought slowly slipping away, the Bills had every excuse to fold up their tents and give up on the year after the weather event … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of a pro football team that played in the Canadian Football League for only a single season, the Las Vegas Posse. They were part of a mostly failed experiment by the CFL of adding American expansion teams, and existed for only the 1994 season. Their coach was Ron Meyer, who had previously coached the … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1970 Topps football card of former Buffalo Bills’ quarterback Dan Darragh, who played three seasons with the team. In his rookie season of 1968, he was one of five different quarterbacks to play the position for the Bills, as injuries knocked out Jack Kemp, Tom Flores, Kay Stephenson and “disaster” QB Ed Rutkowski. By the end … Read More