Green Bay Packers Yearbooks from the (Vince) Lombardi Era (1960-1967). The yearbooks
here are from the team's return to glory under Lombardi. Arriving in 1959, Lombardi led the Packers to their first winning season in eleven years in his first year as coach. From that auspicious start, Lombardi's Packers had nine winning seasons and claimed five NFL championships in the 1960s. Each yearbook contains roughly 80 pages of text and photos.
posted by cashman
on Jan 29, 2011 -
8 comments
The absurd amount of over-laughing that occurs during NFL Pregame Shows has long been a cliche. The Wall Street Journal
recently calculated that one show spent 2 minutes and 22 seconds, or 11.6% of its length, laughing. But
this recent video may be the defining moment of the trend, raising over-laughing to an art form.
posted by JoeGoblin
on Jan 14, 2011 -
68 comments
In 1974, a Cleveland Browns season ticket holder was frustrated with a new fad of throwing paper airplanes in the stadium, and wrote to the Browns to let them know.
The Brown's response likely failed to alleviate his concerns.
posted by CharlieSue
on Dec 22, 2010 -
55 comments
Malcolm Gladwell did an article about this in the New Yorker, but
this GQ article shows the opposition the researchers who discovered CTE faced from the NFL.
posted by reenum
on Dec 19, 2009 -
61 comments
(American) Football
trick play video roundup: the
Statue of Liberty,
Fumblerooski (
2), the
Puntarooski, the
Hook and Lateral (
2), the
Flea Flicker (
2), the
End Around (
2), the
Double Pass, the
Fake Punt (
2) (
3), the
Fake Field Goal (
2) (
3),
Fake Field Goal/Fake Punt, the
Swinging Gate, and the
Bouquet Toss.
[more inside]
posted by starman
on Dec 5, 2009 -
57 comments
After ending the 2007 season for Green Bay with pretty much e
very passing record in the NFL and a Super Bowl win under his belt, Brett Favre announced his retirement in a
tearful press conference. He later
rescinded his retirement to play for the Jets in 2008. Citing an aging body unable to stand up to the rigors of another season, he
retired again after last season. Despite rumors of moving to the Minnesota, he was still
officially retired as late as July. Well,
not anymore.
He’s back, and playing for the rival Vikings. Needless to say, the move has made him an arch- villain in
the town that built him into a legend.
[more inside]
posted by jadayne
on Aug 19, 2009 -
51 comments
Max McGee was not expected to play in Superbowl I. He ended up catching 7 catches for 138 yard and two touchdowns including the first ever in Superbowl history.
After retiring he became one of the most
popular broadcasters the team ever had.
He also was one of the founders of
Chi-chi's restaurant.
He
died from a fall on Saturday. He was 75.
posted by Bonzai
on Oct 21, 2007 -
14 comments
The Final Cut. "I never thought the end would come like this -- with me holding the end of my life's passion in one hand and a foot-long Italian sub on wheat in the other." The side of the NFL you rarely see: former Redskins lineman Ross Tucker tells his story.
posted by bijou
on Sep 9, 2007 -
84 comments
One of the stars of the new NFL season will make its debut this Sunday. It's not a player - it's Arizona Cardinal's stadium. It's got a retractable roof, and a
movable grass field that can roll out of the facility where it will reside most of the year and get its nourishment, maintenance and grooming. First of its kind in North America. NPR
audio piece.
posted by jaimev
on Sep 8, 2006 -
37 comments
There's an excellent
two part dialog between
Bill Simmons and
Malcolm Gladwell on ESPN's Page 2 this week. The two cover a wide variety of topics such as writing, how a kid with no TV from the middle of nowhere in Canada can be a sports fan, the NFL, the economics of sports, and everyone's favorite NBA GM Isiah Thomas.
posted by togdon
on Mar 3, 2006 -
13 comments
Jerome Bettis is a hometown hero. After "leading" (OK, he doesn't play much anymore) his
Pittsburgh Steelers to
Super Bowl XL in his native Detroit, the locals came out to celebrate the future Hall of Famer. Last week was declared "Jerome Bettis Week" in Detroit and Bettis was awarded the key to the city. The last person to receive such an honor from the city?
Saddam Hussein in 1980.
posted by b_thinky
on Feb 6, 2006 -
29 comments