Week 13 on the NFL schedule includes the league’s annual Thanksgiving Day games, and this year two old NFL rivals face off in the annual game in Detroit, the Lions and the Green Bay Packers. For this week’s Throwback Thursday feature, I decided to re-post an article about a game played between these two teams in … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Not a team logo, but an NFL promotional logo for their annual “Thanksgiving Classic” football games. The league has played a game on the holiday in Detroit since 1934, and added a second game in 1966, to be played each year in Dallas. Recently, a third, evening, game was added, originally only airing on the … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1966 Philadelphia football card of former NFL defensive lineman Roger Brown, who played 10 seasons in the National Football League, and was named to the Pro Bowl six times. He played his first seven seasons with the Detroit Lions, then was traded to the Los Angeles Rams, where he joined the famed “Fearsome Foursome” defensive … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: The AFL’s Inaugural Game
One of the marquee games on the entire 2013 NFL schedule will be played this week, pitting the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots. It’s a dream matchup that league and television executives wish they could showcase every week – a battle between two future Hall of Fame quarterbacks in Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo used on the helmets of one of the original eight teams in the American Football League, the Boston Patriots. The logo was used in the inaugural 1960 season, then replaced with the “Pat Patriot” logo, a minuteman hiking a football, for the rest of the ten year AFL history, on into the team’s NFL … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1962 Fleer football card of one of the top players in the old American Football League, former Denver Bronco halfback Gene Mingo. Known for his versatility, Mingo played halfback and returned kicks, and was the first African American placekicker in pro football history. He was an outstanding runner, and once threw two touchdown passes in … Read More
NFL – Bills’ Game Review
The Buffalo Bills rebounded from a dismal performance in Pittsburgh last week with a resounding 37-14 win over the AFC East rival New York Jets on Sunday. It was an impressive win by the Bills, who have been inconsistent all season, but highly competitive at home. The win was mostly orchestrated by the defense, which … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of the Texas Christian University football program, a member of the Big 12 conference since 2012. The Horned Frogs played in the Mountain West Conference before that, beginning in 1995. The school won 2 national championships in the 1930s, and boasts one Heisman Trophy winner – Davey O’Brien in 1938. TCU has sent many … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1976 Topps football card of former pro football defensive back Dwight “Ike” Harrison, who played 10 seasons in the NFL for 4 different teams, most notably as a cornerback for the Buffalo Bills. Harrison also played some wide receiver during his career, and was a member of the Oakland Raiders’ team that won the Super Bowl in 1980. … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: Second Greatest Comeback Game
It’s common knowledge among football fans that the greatest comeback of all time in the NFL came in 1992, when the Buffalo Bills overcame a 35-3 deficit in the third quarter to overtake the Houston Oilers, 38-35 in a playoff game. NFL Films even christened the game with that title in their Greatest Games series. … Read More