This is the grave of Duke Slater. Born in 1898 in Normal, Illinois, Fred Slater grew up in a religious household. His father was a Methodist minister. The family had a dog named Duke and for reasons unclear, they started calling Fred Duke too. At...
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This is the grave of Jim Taylor. Born in 1935 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Taylor grew up in the working class. A strong kid and a good athlete, he started.
This is the grave of John David Crow. Born in 1935 in Marion, Louisiana, Crow grew up in the tiny town of Springhill up near the Arkansas border. I am.
This is the grave of Mara family. The main thing to know about the Mara family is their ownership of the New York Giants. Tim Mara was the founder of the Giants. He was born in New York in 1887 and grew up poor. He...
No NFL storyline in the 2019 season has been more compelling than the emergence of Baltimore Ravens’ quarterback Lamar Jackson as the sport's most electrifying superstar, a dual-threat run-pass signal.
CHARLOTTE, NC - SEPTEMBER 18: Eric Reid #35 and Colin Kaepernick #7 of the San Francisco 49ers kneel on the sideline, during the anthem, prior to.
This is the grave of Ernie Davis. Born in 1939 in New Salem, Pennsylvania, Davis grew up in Elmira, New York, where he became a major prep star in baseball, basketball, and football. He attended Syracuse University because he wanted to follow in Jim Brown's...
This is the grave of Walter Camp. The so-called "Father of College Football," Camp was born in 1859 in New Britain, Connecticut. Even at a very young age, Camp became.
Since Texas obviously has the best system of education and most fair social programs in the United States, they have nothing better to spend public funds on. So might as.
There are many, many reasons why we can argue football is a horrible scourge on the nation. The terrible workplace conditions, the exploitation of unpaid college labor, the deification of violence--these are all really good reasons! I'm not going to defend any of them. But,...
I don't know why Jim Harbaugh decided to take the Michigan job when he could have returned to his fine acting career.
P.S. I am not a crank. One of my all-time favorite letters to the editor of @nytimes (1909) pic.twitter.com/Z68ddCocyJ— Adrienne LaFrance (@AdrienneLaF) June 14, 2014 Has anyone ever published a.