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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...

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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