Ray Guy and the Pro Bowl Gondola

To complete the 1975 NFL season, the annual Pro Bowl game pitted the best players of both conferences, the AFC and the NFC. It also featured someone who was — and still is — considered to be the best punter in the history of the pro game, Oakland’s Ray Guy. The Pro Bowl game at … Read more

Celebrating 25 Years Since One of the Greatest – And Most Unexpected – Super Bowl Games In History

The Super Bowl is an occasion never shy of razzmatazz anyway, but the 2000 edition – the first of the new Millennium – had the necessary little extra touches to make it even more special. From the iconic host stadium, the sadly now-demolished Georgia Dome, to the diverse half-time show that saw Christina Aguilera, Enrique … Read more

Discussing the 1975 NFC Championship Game

On January 4, 1976, the Cinderella Dallas Cowboys traveled to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the championship of the National Football Conference.  Dallas was expected to tamely submit to the favored Los Angeles team.  The Rams had pounded the St. Louis Cardinals in their divisional playoff game the previous week, while the Cowboys had … Read more