The NFL's only stripped title happened nearly a century ago. In 1925, the Pottsville Maroons beat the Chicago Cardinals 21-7. That win should have sealed the championship. Instead, it triggered one...
Quarterbacks usually win MVP. Running backs, sometimes. Wide receivers? Rarely. Defense? Almost never. Except once. In 1986, Lawrence Taylor won NFL MVP. A linebacker. A defensive player. Unhear...
On December 20, 1980, NBC made NFL history - by eliminating the announcers. Jets vs. Dolphins. Late-season, low-stakes. NBC wanted to experiment. What would a broadcast sound like if fans experienc...
It was 1968. The AFL Western Division was a bloodbath. Raiders. Chiefs. Two titans, one playoff spot. Both teams finished 12-2. Back then, no tiebreakers. No strength of schedule. No head-to-head r...
Fred Warner is built to hit. But this offseason, he trained to float. The 49ers All-Pro linebacker shocked fans when he revealed his new regimen - ballet. Not yoga. Not swimming. Ballet. It star...
No warmup. No drive. No tackle. Just a coin toss, a quick scuffle, and a walk to the locker room. That's exactly what happened to Dallas Cowboys linebacker Larry Brown in a 1994 preseason game agai...
Norm Snead's final game in the NFL was one for the books - but not for the reasons you'd expect. November 14, 1976. Giants vs. Washington. The aging veteran took the field for the last time. His st...
December 12, 1982. Foxborough, Massachusetts. The Patriots were tied 0-0 with the Dolphins in brutal snow and ice. Field conditions were nearly unplayable. Visibility was low. Offense was nonexistent....
The Oakland A's of the early 1970s were a dynasty. Three straight World Series titles. Stars like Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter, Rollie Fingers. A powerhouse on the field. Chaos off it. At the cen...
August 17, 1965. Maple Leaf Gardens. The Beatles were in town. Fans lined up for hours. Teenagers screamed. The buzz was unreal. Toronto was about to witness rock and roll history. But behind th...
Marge Schott was not happy. Her team, the Cincinnati Reds, had just swept the Oakland Athletics in the 1990 World Series. Four games. Total domination. No drama. No Game 5. No Game 6. No Game 7. ...
Andrew Engelage wasn't the biggest name heading into the 2008-09 OHL season. But by the time it ended, he had etched his name into league history. Engelage won 46 games that year. That's the most w...
How many quarterbacks have beaten all 32 NFL teams? Just four. Brett Favre. Peyton Manning. Drew Brees. And, of course, Tom Brady. Brady joined this exclusive group on October 3, 2021, when h...
Most people remember Randall Cunningham for his legs. Some remember him for his arm. Almost no one remembers the punt. But on December 3, 1989, in a game against the New York Giants, Randall ...
The NFL Combine tests size, speed, strength - and smarts. Every year, prospects sit down for the Wonderlic test. Fifty questions. Twelve minutes. Logic, math, word problems, and reasoning. Most sco...
