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Brian wolf wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:13 pm John Riggins and Allen Iverson didnt like ... practice

When Paul Hornung was asked if he should make so much money for playing a game, he replied, "I love football and I play for free, but they have to pay me to practice."

I can't see Hamlin as comeback player of the year. To me, that award goes to a guy who was pretty good at some point in the past, went through a fairly long down period (meaning a season or more), and then returned to his "pretty goodness" for the season in question. Hamlin was okay in 202...

He was a lot like Boyd Dowler...very big for his time with great hands and a terrific downfield blocker. He wesn't quite as fast as Dowler, though.

That's not unfortunate! That's some of the best money I spend every year! :) Ha, Ha - same here. I resisted subscribing for years thinking they were overcharging for something that should be free, but as the actual free sources started drying up, I gave in and now I look at it the same way. I get m...

I wonder if the NBA's success with Christmas Day games had anything to do with the NFL decision.

The NBA embraced Christmas a game day right from the beginning, with 3 games in 1947 and 5 in 1948.

Thanks for the all kinds words about the Archives. I hope to make an announcement in the near future about what will happen to my data. It does NOT involve reviving the Archives web site. Yes, I was thinking that the data must still exist, so it can be turned into a book or some sort of database.

Denver looks horrible tonight. They can't even make a first down in the second half. Meanwhile, New England is moving the ball like a playoff team. On the other side, winning games, New England is screwing itself out of a top 5 pick. They have a very strong strength of victory that could very well ...

"University of Xavier"?!

Saleh and DeMeco Ryans were the hot commodities coming from SF, but while Ryans is having an outstanding coaching season, which should get COTY ... Saleh is struggling. Both inherited talented young QBs but the Jets face more scrutiny and distractions than the Texans. How long before Saleh is back ...

My oldest son is a very successful engineer/project manager. He and I have discussed how head coaching failures may often be failures in project management of the sort he has often seen on the job. Someone who is very good at managing a smaller group may not do as well when put in charge of a larger...