The Story of the First Televised NFL Draft in 1980
"I'm sorry - you want to what??" It was early in 1980, and ESPN had a crazy idea that they pitched to Pete Rozelle, former Commissioner of the NFL: Let's broadcast the NFL draft. At the time...
"I'm sorry - you want to what??" It was early in 1980, and ESPN had a crazy idea that they pitched to Pete Rozelle, former Commissioner of the NFL: Let's broadcast the NFL draft. At the time...
Ryan Leaf. JaMarcus Russell. These are the names that people talk about when the words "NFL draft bust" come up. Charles Rogers, however, was one of the biggest busts in NFL history, though no...
There have been some terrible teams over the rich history of Major League Baseball. The 1899 Cleveland Spiders famously went 20-134 over the course of their season, which resulted in the worst win...
On February 18th, 2002, the biggest trade in the history of the NFL involving a head coach went down. On that day, Jon Gruden was traded from the Oakland Raiders to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I...
If we choose the name that you submit, you'll win season's tickets for a year! This was the pitch that Pittsburgh's NFL team had for their naming content in 1940. At the time, Pittsburgh's NFL ...
Did the Cincinnati Bengals threaten to move to Cleveland in the mid 1990s if they didn't get a new stadium deal? Mike Brown, the current owner of the Bengals, denies that such a threat was made, th...
Jimmy Walker can lay claim to a title that will almost certainly never be duplicated again. Jimmy Walker can say that he is the only player to ever be drafted FIRST overall in one league's draft (...
In the second game of his rookie campaign, Wilt Chamberlain posted 36 points and 34 rebounds. The "30/30" is one of the toughest statistical marks in the NBA to hit. 30 points in a night is do...
The shortest coaching tenure in NBA history belongs to Jerry Tarkanian, who was fired after just 20 games by the San Antonio Spurs. Tarkanian was a college coaching legend, as he took UNLV to four...
For long-time fans of the NBA, April 9th, 1978 is a day that will live forever in history. On this day, two men - George Gervin and David Thompson - battled it out in the closest scoring race in N...
In 2013, wide receiver DeSean Jackson posted the best season of his young career. 126 receptions, 1,332 yards and 9 touchdowns. At the age of 27, Jackson was in his prime and had established himse...
It was absolute chaos. The Minnesota Vikings were on the clock to make their first round pick at the 2003 NFL Draft, and the clock ran out on them. This wasn't some late round mistake where th...
Jerome Bettis was nicknamed "The Bus" and it wasn't hard to see why. The 5'11, 252 pound running back was an absolute tank of a man. Bettis was very hard to take down, as he was big with a low cen...
There have been some fantastic drafts by individual teams over the years. There was the Baltimore Ravens draft class that produced two Hall of Famers in Ray Lewis and Jonathan Ogden. There was...
In 1992, the Pittsburgh Pirates and Atlanta Braves agreed on a trade to send Barry Bonds to the Braves. In return, the Pirates would have received Alejandro Pena and prospect Keith Mitchell. A...