The Minnesota Vikings once drafted Dave Winfield … who hadn’t played football since childhood.

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Over the course of three days every year, representatives from all 32 NFL teams gather to draft the next generation of players who will hopefully propel their f
Sports teams use popular music to rally their fans. Sometimes, they compose their own. And that's how you wind up with lyrics like "Abracadabra, alakazam, slam dunk sesame."
The NFL has a reputation for being a little overzealous in levying fines against its players and coaches. But just where does the money go?
If you think it’s weird that this year’s Super Bowl is set for the day before Valentine’s Day, you’re right. Here’s what happened.
It probably wasn’t a coincidence that Dan Quayle, who famously misspelled ‘potato,’ started shilling for potato chips.
Before there was football tailgating, crowds used to gather for parties before public executions. Find out more about the history of this sports ritual.
In 1920, an Eastern Michigan University football referee named Lloyd Olds got tired of being mistaken for an open teammate.
Will The Weeknd’s 2021 Super Bowl halftime show outshine Beyoncé’s past appearances? It’s *technically* not impossible.
American football is home to a lot of nonsensical terminology, but 'hut' has a fairly clear origin.
The two-sport athlete slammed home runs in baseball and rushed for 950 yards in football, but it was an endorsement deal with Nike that made Bo Jackson a household name.
The game has been locked in a vault and a legal battle for years. A new Kickstarter could unearth it for the first time since 1967.
The job of an NFL quarterback comes with heaps of high-stakes pressure and even bigger heaps of money.
Tom Dempsey was born with only a partial right foot, but that didn't stop him from making NFL history on November 8, 1970 in a play so amazing even the referee jumped.
On January 15, 1967, when the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game took place, it was something bordering on a disaster, with television mishaps, a dispute over the name, and thousands of empty seats.
Twenty-five years ago, the team behind 'Hoosiers' collaborated once again to prove that Indiana college sports are the perfect fodder for feel-good movies.
College football is usually a young man’s game, but occasionally an old timer finds his way onto the field.
Coach John Heisman was bent on revenge.
It may rankle purists, but American English isn’t the culprit.
With a 3D 'Moonlighting' episode canned, Coca-Cola was sitting on 26 million pairs of glasses. Enter the 1989 Super Bowl—and Elvis Presto.
If you attend a Super Bowl party on Sunday, you’ll probably hear at least one casual football viewer ask, “How do they get that yellow first-down line on the field?”