Word: colts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Dolphins' principal owner, a fast-talking attorney named Joe Robbie tried to lure Coach Paul ("Bear") Bryant from the University of Alabama. Bear declined, so Robbie then turned to Shula, who had twice been named N.F.L. Coach of the Year during seven successful seasons with the Baltimore Colts. Shula won a lifetime enemy by bolting a five-year contract with Colt Owner Carroll Rosenbloom (who this year swapped his downsliding Colts for the Los Angeles Rams) to snap at the hook Robbie had baited with part ownership. Rosenbloom filed a "tampering" charge with the office of N.F.L. Commissioner Alvin...
Veteran Baltimore Colt QB John Unitas said that he would not make a token appearance in Sunday's National Football League game against the Buffalo Bills, in the Colts last home game of the season and perhaps Unitas's last home appearance of his 17-year career, Unitas said. "They (the fans) have seen me for 17 years. They know what I can able...
...football has been a bettor's nightmare. After yet another round of upsets last week, the Minnesota Vikings and Baltimore Colts, both play-off participants last season, were in last place with a woeful total of only three victories in twelve games. Meanwhile, the surprising Green Bay Packers, dead last in their division last year, are now in a first-place tie with the Detroit Lions. As Joe Willie Namath might have said last week, after he threw a desperation pass that a Colt defender bounced volleyball fashion into the arms of Jet Receiver Eddie Bell...
...trick for the quarterback is to recognize a zone forming while he is retreating into the pocket. In the case of Baltimore's rotating zone, the essential key for Namath was the way the two Colt safeties reacted at the snap of the ball-by bolting to the left. Joe and the Jets tried to counter the zone by using a slot formation (see diagram), in which one wide receiver was slotted inside another on the right side, while the tight end was split wide to the left. When Namath dropped back to pass, the outside receiver, Don Maynard...
Many a young thoroughbred speeds to a performance that starts his owner dreaming of the Kentucky Derby. All too often, that kind of early foot fades long before the call to the post at Churchill Downs. Not so with Riva Ridge. The handsome bay colt was the logical favorite in everyone's winter book, and he has remained the choice of the chalk players ever since. He will make the run for the roses this week as one of the hottest favorites in the Derby's 98-year history...