Tag: Football

Story By Mitchell Smith When you hear Da Bears you think of Ditka, SNL skits, and maybe new recruit Peyton Manning. The Chicago Bears have been let’s say a bit lackluster in recent years. They have never matched the 1985 Super Bowl team. They had Jim McMahon, The Fridge, and the Super Bowl Shuffle. Despite their lack of winning another Super Bowl they have sported some of the greatest players to play the game. Dick Butkus who was born in 1942 in Chicago and played his entire career in Illinois…

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Hello everyone. Today I’m taking a look back at the legend Jim Brown. Brown was born in 1936 in Georgia and at age 8 moved to Manhasset, NY. This would lead Brown to Syracuse University where he was an all star running back. His number 44 is retired along side other greats Ernie Davis and Floyd Little who also wore 44 at SU. All 3 have a statue on the SU campus. Brown excelled at Track, basketball, football, baseball, and considered one of the greatest lacrosse players of all time,…

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Hello everyone, Tom Brady is one of the most accomplished NFL quarterbacks, many consider him the goat, perhaps he is, but many still choose to hate his success over the last 20 + years. Todays young quarterbacks have talent that seem almost nonhuman, with abilities like Patrick Mahomes’ no look pass to Josh Allen’s hurdling other players. Over the past 40 years I have watched many quarterbacks who were maybe not always great but were fun to watch. Joe Montana was one of the first quarterbacks I enjoyed watching. He…

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