Nov 28, 2024 · Born: Aug. 19, 1967 (Palm Springs, California) Height: 5-foot-10 Career highlights: Four-time Ironman Pro Invitational champion (1999-2002), two-time San Francisco Pro Invitational champion (2001, 2003), three-time Grand Prix Australia champion (2001 …

Nov 26, 2024 · Born: July 25, 1954 (Columbia, Mississippi) Died: Nov. 1, 1999, 46 years old (South Barrington, Illinois) Position: Running Back Teams: Chicago Bears (1975-87) Career highlights: Super Bowl champion (1985), NFL Most Valuable Player (1977), NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1977), eight-time NFL All-Pro (1976-80, 1984-86), nine-time Pro Bowl, NFL 1970s …

Nov 27, 2024 · Every discussion about the enduring popularity of the Hartford Whalers can be traced back to the team’s logo. Hands down, it is one of the greatest logos in the history of North American professional sports.. The original Hartford Whalers design came into existence when the team joined the NHL in 1979.

Nov 27, 2024 · Illinois has only had three winning seasons in the last 20 years and been two games above .500 just once, when they went 9-4 in 2007. Former NFL head coach Lovie Smith was almost as bad as they come on the FBS level during his tenure, winning just 17 games in …

Nov 26, 2024 · From left to right: Wayne Gandy, Alan Faneca (First Team All-Pro, Pro Bowl), Jeff Hartings, Rich Tylski, Marvel Smith Rush yards/game: 173.4 (first) Rush yards/attempt: 4.8 (second) Rush touchdowns: 17 (seventh) Sack percentage: 6.4 (19th) Bottom line: The Steelers ran for at least 120 yards in all except one of their first 16 games. Seven times they went over …

Nov 27, 2024 · Cheerleading and football have long been synonymous ever since the Baltimore Colts became the first NFL team to have cheerleaders in 1954. Today, 26 of the 32 NFL teams have a cheerleading squad, with several proponents of the profession saying that it gives female fans a role model as well as helps young women engage in the sport.

Nov 30, 2024 · The world only comes to a grinding halt for one sport. Soccer. Say what you want about the popularity of the four professional sports leagues in North America, but nothing compares to the worldwide fervor for soccer and the players who define the game.

Nov 28, 2024 · Bill Raftery held the title as the greatest prep basketball scorer in New Jersey history for 35 years and was a star at La Salle and a coach at Fairleigh Dickinson and Seton Hall before he moved into the broadcasting booth, where he seemed to find his true calling.

Dec 2, 2024 · Perkins played with some pretty fair players in his career — Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Gary Payton and Reggie Miller to name a few — and some would tell that he was the victim of low expectations as a result.

Nov 28, 2024 · Technically, only one of Johan Kriek’s Grand Slam single titles go on the books under the U.S. tally. He was a citizen of South Africa when he won the Australian Open in 1981, then became an American citizen before he repeated as champion in 1982.