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These Days, Not Enough Hatred Between Bears and Packers

Give me that old-time religion in football, especially when the Super Bowl is on the line. So give me Bill Curry, preaching the gospel of ignoring anything that doesn't involve blocking, tackling or smiling after smacking the breath out of your biggest rival. That's why, if Curry hears one more word from the Green Bay...

Chuck Hughes' On-Field Death Remains One of NFL's Darkest Moments

The big buzz this week has been football brutality, and how something must be done before somebody gets killed. The irony is the only time an NFL player actually died on the field, nobody touched him. It happened 39 years ago Sunday. A routine NFC Central showdown turned into the darkest day in NFL history. With just...

Dick Butkus Fighting Steroid Use Amongst High Schoolers

It's no secret the professional sports leagues have their hands full in terms of keeping the game clean from performance-enhancing drugs. You have testing, player suspensions, breaking scandals and staying ahead of the curve with technology. NFL Hall of Famer Dick Butkus, the legendary middle linebacker of the Bears who...

Junior Seau Is in New England to Potentially Sign With the Patriots

Desperate times call for desperate measures, I guess. Earlier this week, New England welcomed back an old friend in linebacker Rosevelt Colvin, presumably to help fill the void left by outside linebackers Adalius Thomas and Pierre Woods who have been lost to injury. Thomas, if you'll recall, suffered a broken arm a few...

Attention Football Fans: Keyshawn Johnson Is Here to Decorate Your House

Former New York Jets/Tampa Bay Buccaneers/Dallas Cowboys/Carolina Panthers wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson has found himself a new job, but it's not catching passes in NFL stadiums on Sunday afternoons. A new analyst job? No. Coaching? Of course not. Actually, he's going to be the star of a new reality show on A & E where...

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05/23/12 Ina Hughs: Concussions could sideline football Source: News Sentinel - Knoxville TN Back in elementary school, that was our smarty-pants quip whenever someone did something stupid.
04/14/12 Who are you? Probably a Spice Girls fan | Sideline... Source: The Seattle Times - Seattle WA Bill Curbishley, manager for The Who, said London Olympic organizers contacted him to see if drummer Keith Moon could play at their Aug. 12 closing ceremony.
04/12/12 '65 draft produced two Hall of Famers Source: NFL - Chicago Bears One was a ferocious middle linebacker, an intimidating and relentless force who possessed talent, aggression and hostility.
04/07/12 NFL's Top Bounty Hunter and the Misleading Audiotape Source: Bleacher Report I listened to the audio the other day of former New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams exhorting his players to hurt and maim key members of the San Francisco 49ers offense.
04/03/12 Dick Butkus Acts His Buns Off In Hamburger...The... Source: Dallas Observer - Dallas TX Dick Butkus has played with the Chicago Bears; been in movies like Any Given Sunday and Necessary Roughness - he was even on an episode of Murder, She Wrote , but it wasn't always a brauts and champagne lifestyle for Butkus, in 1986 he hit a professional rough patch that could have ruined him entirely.