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Herschel Walker Back in the NFL? Mike Flynt Is a Believer

By Jim HenryJan 25th 2011 – 7:49PM

Mike Flynt smiled when he heard Herschel Walker wants back into the National Football League. Walker, now 48 years old, says he's 100 percent certain he can help a team. As in right now. Preferably for his home state Atlanta Falcons. Sure, this might be as different as apples and oranges, night and day, white and gray...

Herschel Walker Ponders NFL Comeback

By Mike ChiappettaJan 24th 2011 – 4:23PM

Herschel Walker has already had many diverse chapters in a fascinating sports life. He was one of the greatest college football players of all time while at the University of Georgia, an NFL star, an Olympic bobsledder, and most recently, he's dabbled as a mixed martial artist. But at 48 years old, Walker is still looking...

Dallas Cowboys at 50: Selecting America's All-Time Team

By Dave GoldbergSep 16th 2010 – 10:28PM

"America's Team'' turns 50 this year. Face it, Steelers fans and Packers fans and Raiders fans and fans of all the other teams with national followings: the Dallas Cowboys ARE America's Team because, while it can't be quantified, more people follow them than any other team in any other sport. They follow them to love...

Greatest Living Heisman Trophy Winners

By Brian GrummellApr 29th 2009 – 4:23PM

With the recent passing of Doc "Mr. Inside" Blanchard, FanHouse takes a stab at naming the five greatest living Heisman Trophy winnersIn a game that spans many eras, any task like this is exceedingly difficult and fraught with contradiction. With all the nostalgia built into the Heisman Trophy and the game of college...

Herschel Walker's Ex-Wife Says He Held a Gun to Her Head, Threatened to Kill Her

By Michael David SmithApr 14th 2008 – 11:49AM

Former Cowboys, Vikings, Eagles and Giants running back Herschel Walker had a long and successful NFL career, but he has now written a book in which he says that he was coping with mental illness through his playing days. And in an interview on Good Morning America, Walker's ex-wife, Cindy, said that she sometimes feared...

Herschel Walker News From the Web

  • 05/12/12 Open Records forum found Olens back in his ... Old... Source: Marietta Daily Journal - Marietta GA STATE Attorney General Sam Olens was back in his old Marietta stomping grounds on Thursday, and with a roomful of local notables hanging on his every word.
  • 05/07/12 Kyle Petty's Charity Ride Ends In Victory – Again Source: Racin' Today Moments after the last V-Twin engine went silent, handshakes, high-fives and hugs marked the end of the Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America at Texas Motor Speedway.
  • 05/03/12 Herschel Walker, Kyle Petty ride into Lubbock Source: NBC - KCBD NewsChannel 11 - Lubbock TX The football legend, Heisman trophy winner and former Dallas Cowboy Herschel Walker rode into the Hub City as part of the Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America.
  • 04/30/12 Giving Leads To Receiving Source: Memphis Daily News - Memphis TN Last week we spotlighted Mid-South Food Bank , which is fighting hunger through the efficient collection and distribution of wholesome food as well as through education and advocacy.
  • 04/29/12 Kyle Petty Ride Across America starts in Napa Source: Napa Valley Register - Napa CA Former NFL running back Herschel Walker readies the motorcycle he calls "Betty" before the start of the 18th Annual Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America.

Background on Herschel Walker

Herschel Junior Walker (born March 3, 1962) is a former American college and professional football player and a mixed martial artist.

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