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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...over. And nowhere are the men more real, and more ready to tell you about it, than Kansas City, where Gunther Cunningham proudly coaches smash-mouth football and his quarterback bravely tells himself that the home fans aren't booing, they're just saying "Elvis." But it's Mr. Grbac that's going to keep the Chiefs down as they win but do not cover against a Chargers defense that will make Elvis into a girlie man before the day is over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NFL: On Top of the Covers | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

...tempting to jump on the Lions bandwagon, and say that the absence of Barry Sanders has made Charlie Batch better because he now has complete freedom with the offense. Tempting also because the Chiefs just lost their big back, and Elvis Grbac is still playing like Elvis Grbac. Still, nobody loses Bad Barry without it catching up to them, and this is the week: go with the Chiefs minus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NFL: On Top of the Covers | 9/24/1999 | See Source »

...stupidest thing to have. San Francisco Mayor WILLIE BROWN, famous for his ability to excite the media, probably thought he was just mouthing-off playfully when he told reporters from Paris that he was hoping to find French people to invest in a new quarterback because ELVIS GRBAC, a reserve for the 49ers who threw two interceptions in a loss to the Dallas Cowboys, was "an embarrassment to humankind." What he didn't know was that Grbac had said he was distracted during the game by worry over his son, who had recently undergone surgery for spina bifida. Brown apologized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 25, 1996 | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...years of catching passes from the likes of Joe Montana, Steve Young and now Elvis Grbac (playing for the injured Young), Jerry Rice has made the 5-yard slant pattern an institution in the City...

Author: By Anand S. Joshi, | Title: Rice's Record | 10/31/1995 | See Source »

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