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Why So Many People Dislike NFL Quarterback Tom Brady

With an unprecedented six Super Bowl rings, Tom Brady is a polarizing athlete. According to a 2017 poll, he is the NFL player most passionately either ...


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Audacious NFL Walk-On Rookie Scored 86-Yard TD

In a preseason game against Washington, Cleveland Browns rookie receiver Damon Sheehy-Guiseppi returned a punt 86 yards for a touchdown. Not only were ...


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Injured NFL Washout Sued to Recover Signing Bonus

Former Michigan State football standout Malik McDowell has been sued by the Seattle Seahawks. The lawsuit alleges that McDowell is in breach of his contract ...


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NFL Star Lambasts Shallow Prayers

Fran Tarkenton, a former All-Pro quarterback who led his team to three Super Bowls, wrote an article for The Wall Street Journal lambasting himself and ...


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The 24-year-old Retiree

Rookie player Chris Borland finished his first year playing football in the NFL. He was considered one of the best defensive rookies in the league and ...


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Superbowl MVP Kurt Warner

The St. Louis Rams 1999 Cinderella season is not without a Cinder-fella. A virtually unknown quarterback by the name of Kurt Warner rose from the ashes ...


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Clay Shiver: No Thanks, Playmates

Florida State University's sports information department had big news for Clay Shiver early this year [1995]: Playboy magazine had selected him for ...


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Cheerful Linemen

Buffalo Bills offensive lineman Glenn Parker speculated as to why NFL linemen are generally cheerful: "There are not a lot of well-paying jobs for ...


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God of the Super Bowl?

Luke DeRoeck of Chicago, in a letter to the editor: "To suggest that God really cares about the outcome of a sporting event is preposterous. Conservatively, ...


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Confidence in a Crisis

Green Bay Packers' head coach Mike Holmgren looks back at a heartbreaking moment, when he was cut from the New York Jets as backup quarterback to ...


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