Pride states, “There’s really no argument that the name Chiefs is offensive. The same goes for Braves and even Indians (Thorman).” The main difference between the name ‘Chiefs’ and ‘Redskins’ is that ‘Chiefs’ is not considered to be slang directed towards Native Americans, while ‘Redskins’ is considered a racial term. Plus, the Chiefs have been silent on the issue and probably will stay silent till the the whole debate dies down. Even if the Chiefs do make a stand against groups wanting franchises to
The First Super Bowl Many football fans may not know that the first super bowl in 1967, was not officially named Super Bowl I. The third super bowl game, played in 1969, became the first officially titled “Super Bowl” game. In the previous two years the championship game was titled “AFL-NFL World Championship Game”.(Packers Beat) Many fans would ultimately agree that the title “Super Bowl” is a much more riveting name to the game then its previous title. During the middle 60’s, the game had grown
After the Seattle Seahawks' 23-0 victory over the New York Giants on December 15, I was interested in how often NFL teams travel on the road and shutout their opponent. During the game, the broadcasters informed viewers that the last time the Giants had been shutout at home was September 4, 1995, a 35-0 opening day loss to the Dallas Cowboys. Viewers were also informed that the last time the Seattle Seahawks shutout a team on the road was December 5, 2005 when they traveled to Philadelphia and
Joe Montana (Football Star) Joe Montana was born on June 11th, 1956. (Channel) He was born in New Eagle, Pennsylvania. He was an only child and showed unsurpassed physical attributes. His mother once said “He nearly destroyed his crib by rocking it back and forth and managed to get out of it from time to time and ran to Joe’s and I bed”. Joe started playing sports all year long when he was only 10 years old. Even though he was a Multi- Sports Star, football was his main sport. He lived in a port
belief this could be the year of total dominance. One of the new season's biggest mysteries is in which direction will the Philadelphia Eagles head. With the controversial Chip Kelly era officially in the past, the team now belongs to former Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Doug Pederson. He will be charged with the task of trying to develop some team cohesiveness, something that was always missing under Kelly.
Super Bowl has gotten more and more popular because of the more and more people wanting to watch the game both in person at the stadiums or at home on their televisions with friends and family. Because more people want to attend games, the owners and cities ar emaking stadiums bigger than ever before. The average stadium size nowadays sets somewhere around 70,000 whereas in the 60’s it was only around 50,000-60,000. According to a site called “Sportology” “American Football is the most popular sport
The game is tied, there are only three seconds left on the clock, and they have a mere ten yards left to score. The players look to the quarterback as he runs onto the field with the final play of the game. It is times like these that most people look for a leader to lead them to victory. However not all leaders are on the field. Throughout history there have been many leaders and they all share some of the same qualities. Those qualities are bravery, experienced, and dedicated. Without these qualities
What you do not understand is that the Patriots have gone to eight Super Bowls in the past 20 years, and have won 5 out of the 8. In 2002 “The Greatest Show on Turf” was beaten by the Patriots with an Adam Vinatieri kick with 4 seconds left on the clock to win Super Bowl 36. Another record the Patriots have set is winning two Super Bowls with a game winning kick. The Pats game plan going through the game was hit Marshal Faulk on every single play, which made him exhausted, and not as good as he
On February 7th the 50th anniversary of the NFL Super Bowl was presented with the Carolina Panthers vs. the Denver Broncos, with the final score being 10-24 leaving the Broncos champions of this historic sports event. For all football super fans and Americans in general the Super Bowl is deemed a national holiday of beer, pizza, chips, jerseys and sports fandom. Throughout the four hours of the Super Bowl I paid particular attention of the mannerism, talk, comments and commercials that were presented
The Super Bowl and the World Series The World Series and the Super Bowl are the games that happen at the end of the year between the best teams in their leagues. The Super Bowl comes from football and the World Series comes from baseball. “The first Super Bowl was played on January 15, 1967. “ (superbowl) The winner of the Super Bowl receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The reason it was called the Lombardi Trophy was because of his great success as a NFL coach. Lombardi won the first ever Super
Solomon B. The Packers fought back after a disastrous first half which saw them down 26-3 at halftime and somehow completed a comeback win that kept their playoff hopes alive. In an unbelievable rally, the visiting Packers stormed back from a 23-point halftime deficit to stun the Cowboys 37-36 on a Sunday afternoon.The victory kept the Packers a half game behind the Bears with two games left to play. This game has gone down as one of the best comebacks ever Since it was the Packers playing, it is
in a selfish manner completely oblivious to the diseases that could be transmitted. Drugs were also selfishly abused and shared among Americans during this era, this also contributed to the spread of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. This greedy behavior proved fatal for thousands of people and left the survivors infected with the disease. Greed proved to be a big problem within this era as people were enjoying drugs, money, sex and fame excessively and created negative effects for future
The most-watched event in the US every year, the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is the championship football game of the National Football League (NFL). A brief explanation of football is this, a game of two teams trying to score as many points as possible in the allotted amount of time. Each team has an offense and defense when the team is on offense they either run the ball or pass the ball to try and score a touchdown, while the opposing team's defense is trying to force the team's offense to give
The smaller combine is called “Pro Days” this is where draft eligible prospects perform the same drills they performed at the NFL Combine (player can also decline to participate and keep the numbers they posted at the NFL Combine if they had participated and believes that their numbers were good), but now they are doing it at their college campus. In Matt Bowens’ article “What to expect at the Pro Day Workouts” he stated that “the pro day on campus. Another opportunity for prospects to display their
Throughout his freshman season in college, Tebow had a bit of a rough year. He was the backup and only attempted 33 passes for 358 yards and 5 touchdowns. Although he had a rough year, the Florida Gators ended up winning the National Championship that year. His coach, Urban Meyer, decided to start him the following season as a sophomore. Tebow had an outstanding season as he passed for over 3,200 yards and had 32 passing touchdowns. That same season, Tebow won the Heisman Trophy which is awarded
The quarterback (QB) is the undisputed on-field leader of a football team. As such, it is the QB that the team and the fans turn to with the game on the line. Some QB’s embrace the challenge and excel, others falter and fall on their faces. Joe Montana was a QB who embraced those moments and not only excelled, but excelled above all others. Montana was born on June 11, 1956 in New Eagle, PA. From an early age he showed interest and talent in football as well as baseball and basketball. In fact,
Tom Brady should be inducted into the hall of fame It is an honor to be inducted into the football Hall of Fame, and Tom Brady who is a quarterback has come a long way to reach the point where he is at now. He had faced many challenges and downfalls which showed his true character, but Tom Brady is different than most of the Hall of Fame players. He proved that anybody can make it into the Hall of Fame, and that it doesn't matter how much of a better player the guy next to you is. To begin with,
The combination of its quick-strike offense and the powerful running from its backfield propelled visiting Pacific University to a 21-12 win over host Willamette on Saturday afternoon in Salem. The Boxers (3-4, 2-2 NWC) scored all 21 of its points on drives under 3:00 and have scored 69 of its last 76 points in an expeditious manner. Pacific running back Brandon Boyd (Gilroy, California) had his third two-touchdown game of the season in the win. Boyd led a Pacific offense that outgained the Bearcats
Finally, the day is here. It's time for another Super Bowl Sunday, and this one is a doozy. Super Bowl 50 will kick off at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, at 6:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. local time). It's a stellar matchup between the Denver Broncos (14-4) and the Carolina Panthers (17-1), pitting the No. 1 defense against the No. 1 offense, respectively. The Broncos got here by winning the AFC Championship Game 20-18 over the New England Patriots, while the Panthers won the NFC Championship
The cultural event that I attended was the Paseo First Friday Art Walk. I chose this event opposed to others because of the unique environment. This was located in downtown Oklahoma City as a strip mall known as The Paseo Arts District. There were art galleries, art demonstrations, live music, pottery, and food. This was all very fascinating to me and I enjoyed my time there. I took a friend with me to experience it as well. When we first arrived around 7 p.m., which the event started at 6p