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"Black skin" is not the equivalent of "redskin." The exact equivalent is "n*gger."

The whole Redskins name change deal. Yeah it was a pretty bad word at one time under a certain context. Things change over time. The word gay does not mean the same thing that it did back then either, you don't see people running around talking about man I feel so gay right now like they did in the...

I remember the first Packer game to be televised from old City Stadium. It must have been about 1950; perhaps '51 or '52. The press box had two booths for radio broadcasts but a separate booth was built for the TV broadcast. It was a little to the side of the press box, not connected to it. I always...

There was a time when the Packers had never won in Dallas and the Cowboys had never won in Green Bay (though they had won in Milwaukee).

Jahmyr Gibbs set a record against the Packers that didn't get much attention. He caught 10 passes for 31 yards, the lowest yardage ever for a receiver with 10 or more catches.

Whats interesting about this past game between the Steelers and Jets, is that the Jets failed on two, two-point conversions. Had they just kicked their extra points, maybe a different outcome? They lost by two ... The Bills also failed on two 2-point conversions. It didn't affect the outcome, just ...

Now he's been suspended for one game, but that one game is the game in which he committed the infraction for which he was suspended

Otto Graham averaged 9.0 yards per pass attempt for his career, which ended in 1955. The runner-up is Sid Luckman with 8.4 YPC from 1939 through 1950.
Paul Hornung averaged 14.67 points per game in 1960.
Jim Brown averaged 104.3 yards per game 1957-65.

Wouldn't it be simpler just to ban pushing the runner, which was against the rules for about 100 years?

Reggie White retired after the 1998 season but came back to play for Carolina in 2000.

And, of course, there was Frank Gifford, who retired after the famous Bednarik hit. Formerly a running back (halfback) he came back as a wide receiver (flanker) after a year away.