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At Tecmo Super Bowl Tournament, Hope Comes 8 Bits at a Time

The first half of the 88 competitors arrive shortly before 10 a.m. on the first Saturday in March. We're meeting at the Badger Bowl, an old bowling alley four miles outside of downtown Madison, Wisc. It's a brilliant sunny morning, snow piles block out several parking places and dry ice cakes the black pavement. On the...

Mile High Misery

Remember when Steve Atwater laid out Christian Okoye on Monday Night 17 years ago? Games at Mile High Stadium were tilted so dramatically in their favor that 218-pound safeties could lay out Nigerian Nightmares as easily as cradling a newborn. Those days didn't end all that long ago, either. From 1996-2005 Denver won an...

Arrrrrrgghh Ya Wonderin' About Christian Okoye?

If you thought it was demeaning for ex-athletes to dress in sequins and prance around on Dancing With the Stars, CBS would like to up the ante. They're taking Christian Okoye, and putting him in puffy shirts and eyepatches, sticking him on a boat, and having him try to find $1 million. On "Pirate Master," 16 contestants...

Christian Okoye News From the Web

02/14/12 Anthony Munoz, Rick Barry Inducted Into California... Source: SB Nation Kansas City Former NFL stars Ted Hendricks and Anthony Munoz are among six announced today as the sixth class to be inducted into the California Sports Hall of Fame. Interestingly enough, it was a former star for the Kansas City Chiefs, Christian Okoye, that created the organization in the first place.
07/06/11 Christian Okoye was a nightmare for the opposition of... Source: Chiefs Locker Christian "The Nigerian Nightmare" Okoye was a beast for the Chiefs before he had to retire due to multiple injuries.
05/31/11 Kansas City Chief, Christian Okoye, to appear in... Source: Nascar Rocks Okoye, AKA "The Nigerian Nightmare" played many great games in his seven-year career as a Kansas City Chief.
01/22/11 Big turnout for charity run in Ontario Source: The Sun - San Bernardino CA More than 1,000 runners and walkers laced up their sneakers Saturday morning for the 5th annual Ontario Mills 5K/10K, more than doubling last year's turnout.

Background on Christian Okoye

Christian Emeka Okoye (; born August 16, 1961), is a Nigerian-American former American football running back for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1987 to 1992. Nicknamed "The Nigerian Nightmare," Okoye was known for his powerful running style and ability to break tackles.

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