Posts and episodes from Yesterday’s Sports podcast.
It must be noted that I wrote this article in March of 2018, before Coach Jimmy Johnson and Tom Flores were selected for the Hall of Fame. I don’t normally get involved with debates over who should or shouldn’t be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. For one reason, I think we make the … Read more
Is it just me? Is anyone else getting tired of the endless debates about who was the NFL’s “Best of All Time”, or as they call it now, the GOAT! Don’t get me wrong, I like a good debate as much as any other football fan, but comparing across generations is pointless. Who was the … Read more
We always hear about the teams that win it all, and walk away with the ring. But what about those teams that don’t? Here is my list of the best teams that experienced frustrating playoff runs. I don’t normally have an interest in top 10 or top 20 lists, because most of them are just … Read more
Few saw it coming–before the season began and even at mid-season. But with excellent quarterbacking and a dominant defense, the Raiders won the NFL’s big prize 40 years ago. From 1967–1977, the Raiders had been one of the top teams in professional football, reaching the post-season every year except for 1971. They had played in … Read more
Year after year my brother and I waited for our favorite team, the Dallas Cowboys, to win an NFL championship. They finally did it and, boy, do I remember it well. The date was January 16, 1972. I was about two months shy of turning 10 years old. My brother and I had a favorite … Read more