This is the grave of Reggie Cobb. Born in 1968 in Knoxville, Tennessee, it was almost destiny that Reggie Cobb would be a Tennessee Volunteer. He would become a dominant high school running back, as w
This is the grave of Don Chandler. Born in 1934 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Chandler moved to Oklahoma with his family as a child. He lived in Tulsa and was a football player on Will Rogers Ropers High S
Good story about how the extremely awesome and goofy Ickey Shuffle outraged the NFL so much that it created new rules to stop players from showing any emotion at all. The “Ickey Shuffle” also land
Yesterday is one of the my favorite days of the year. Not so much because of the NBA trade deadline–though that was extremely interesting this year!!!–but because it was the day the NFL an
Scott, Rob, and I recorded a couple of NFL podcasts to get us to the Super Bowl. In this one, we review the season and excoriate the NFL for its racism in hiring coaches. There’s also a good dis
Simply put, John Madden is the single most important figure in the history of football broadcasting, not only because of the transformative video game that used his name but because of what led to a v
The NFL is back! I don’t often root for Tom Brady. But I sure do when he’s playing the team owned that the odious Jerry Jones. That picture of arch-Trumper and anti-player Jones kneeling d
This is the grave of Buck Buchanan. Born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1940, Junious Buckingham. He was a star athlete in both football and basketball. With Jim Crow still dominant in the South and only a