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Sports Legend Revealed: Did a $1 investment turn into 10% ownership of the Minnesota Vikings?
The Fabulous ForumFOOTBALL LEGEND: A $1 investment by a team manager eventually turned into 10% of the Minnesota vikings. STATUS: Basically True. The early days of the National Football League (NFL) were so much different than NFL today that they are barely...... -
Sports Legend Revealed: Were the Washington Redskins once the Duluth Eskimos?
The Fabulous ForumFOOTBALL LEGEND: The Washington Redskins used to be the Duluth Eskimos. STATUS: Close Call, but I'm Going With False. I wrote about the Duluth Eskimos a while back (you can check the legend out here), and how their owner, Ole...... -
U.S. Approves Project to Clear Bunker Hill
The Daily MirrorGuess what happens after a plumber connects a butane line to Crestview, Fla.'s water supply Someone, we're not sure who, reminisces about Halloweens of the past. I figured out how to make the "ticktack" the woman describes, but the first problem is... -
Delicious memories
Some of the NFL’s most memorable characters and unforgettable plays are associated with Thanksgiving Day, and the list of holiday classics begins with November 28, 1929. That’s when Chicago Cardinals fullback Ernie Nevers wrote his name into the NFL...Tags: Pittsburgh Steelers, Randall Cunningham, Johnnie Morton, Chicago Bears, Holidays
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Nevers again
Running back Corey Dillon was shoeless at a press conference in October, 2000, when the Bengals honored their star for his 278-yard rushing effort against the Broncos. That’s because Pro Football Hall of Fame historian Joe Horrigan was on hand to claim...Tags: Wrigley Field, Walter Johnson, Chicago Bears, Paul Hornung, Jerry Rice
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Thanksgiving Day Records
The top performers on Thanksgiving SCORING Most Touchdowns, Game 6 Ernie Nevers, Chi. Cardinals vs. Chi. Bears, Nov. 28, 1929* 4 Sterling Sharpe, Green Bay at Dallas, Nov. 24, 1994 3 By many players RUSHING Most Yards Rushing, Game 273 O.J....Tags: Lance Alworth, Troy Aikman, Holidays, Scott Mitchell, Thanksgiving
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Pilgrims & pigskins
Before facemasks and player substitution and championship games, the NFL had Thanksgiving. A generation of younger fans might have a hard time believing the marriage of football and Thanksgiving is older than the careers of Barry Sanders and Emmitt...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Leon Lett, Chicago Bears, Stanford University, World War II (1939-1945)
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Bears win: Sayers scores 6 TDs
Tribune staff reporterThe ghosts of Red Grange, Ernie Nevers, George McAfee and Jim Thorpe moved over in football's Valhalla yesterday to make room for a mercurial rookie from Kansas, who tore up the record book and the sodden turf of Wrigley Field with one of the most...Tags: Wrigley Field, Dave Wilcox, Chicago Bears, Mike Ditka, Thanksgiving
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Dec 12, 1965
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