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Ryan said that Halberstam, a ceaseless worker, was already working on a book about the 1958 NFL Championship Game at the time of his death...
...Rumor has it you're looking to buy one of the upstart football leagues. Do you think it can get enough quality players from the NFL to make an impact? -Dave LaCasse, Wauwatosa, Wis.I don't think there's any question that the UFL [United Football League] or any other league that wants to challenge the NFL can have an impact. The demand for professional football is off the charts...
...field where Van Niel has really broken out this year. He played his first three years in the shadow of Crimson great Clifton Dawson ’07, who was busy climbing to the top of the Ivy League’s all-time rushing list. With an NFL-caliber running back taking carries, Harvard wasn’t forced to run too many two-back sets.With Dawson’s graduation, however, a dual-back system is often employed by Crimson head coach Tim Murphy, and Van Niel has responded to his featured role. He scored the first...
With Dowling, who famously had not lost a game since middle school, and Hill, the next year’s NFL Rookie of the Year with the Dallas Cowboys and later the father of NBA star Grant Hill, leading the way, Yale sprinted out to a 22-0 lead. Little-used backup quarterback Frank Champi ’70 came on for the Crimson, which trailed, 29-13, when it recovered a fumble deep in its own territory with under four minutes remaining...
They also aren't only baseball fans. Indeed, Schwartz says, variety has been essential to the network's growth, fueled by securing broadcast rights of U.S. sports leagues with varying appeal across markets. Although the National Football League pulled the plug on its European operation, the popularity of the NFL in Germany, he says, made getting broadcast rights essential. Meanwhile, National Basketball Association-crazy nations like France, Spain and Serbia have an appetite for NCAA hoops--especially when locals like France's Joakim Noah become stars of the U.S. college scene. How do you say March Madness in Serbo-Croatian...