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NFL Hall of Fame Jets, Redskins Running Back Bulldozer with Sticky Hands A.K.A. Riggo, the Diesel, Soaps Mitch Hendon (1949 - ) Life Before the Pros Im...

Jan Reid is a former senior editor at Texas Monthly and has contributed to Esquire, GQ, Slate, Men’s Journal, Men’s Health, and the New York Times. An early article about Texas music spawned his first book, The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock. Among his ten books are a well-reviewed novel, Deerinwater, for which he won a Dobie-Paisano Fellowship; a collection of his magazine pieces, Close Calls,</em< that was a finalist for a Texas Institute of Letters book of the year award; R...

The Titans have eight total games against seven total playoff teams from last season, including five consecutive games from Oct. 18 to Nov. 14.

Bob Donnan/USA TODAY Sports An NFL team once went two months without winning a game and still made the playoffs. The 2014 Panthers beat the Bears on Oct. 5 and tied the Bengals before losing six straight, leaving them 3-8-1 on Dec. 6. Thanks to a four-game win streak (and a terrible division), Carolina (19th on offense, 21st defensively) hosted a playoff game and won it. Of course, the Cardinals were on their third quarterback, Ryan Lindley, by then to set up one of the worst playoff mat...

Bears safety Eddie Jackson (39) intercepted Aaron Rodgers in the end zone to all put seal the Bears’ 24-17 victory over the Packers in 2018 at Soldier Field that clinched the NFC North title. Jackson suffered an ankle injury on the 13-yard return and missed the Bears’ playoff game against the Eagles. Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images The Bears are fortunate to still control their playoff destiny after surviving a six-game losing streak. But the prospect of beating Aaron Rodgers and the Packers o...

Read Sids column from 1974, when Ara Parseghian left Notre Dame On every remaining Sunday in 2020, the Star Tribune will republish a memorable Sid Hartman column from the archives.  December 13, 2020 — 1:30am Text size Copy shortlink: Sid Hartman Instant replay Editors note: On every remaining Sunday in 2020, the Star Tribune will republish a memorable Sid Hartman column from the archives. This is Sids column from the Dec. 15, 197...

David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports Fired by the Browns (er, the Ravens) in 1996, Belichick has created a vast gulf between he and his peers 20 years into his second-chance gig. Spurning the Jets as Bill Parcells would-be successor, Belichick maneuvered his way to New England in 2000. He is the only head coach with more than four Super Bowl wins. While Tom Brady receives deserved credit for the six Lombardis, Belichick outfitted the historic QB find with reliable defensive backing nearly e...

shrug off the crisis, there are deep concerns. polls say two-thirds of south koreans want this country to have nuclear weapons. but that would spark an immediate crisis with the north and the risk of nuclear proliferation across asia. secretary of state kerry coming here next week is already sending a message. >> the last thing the world needs is more nuclear nations. >> reporter: but south koreans worry about the new young leader in the north. north korea cant realize its threat to at...

0 my greatest guy. >> all right. so that is the point for tonight. well be back again tomorrow night. thanks for being here. new this morning, north korea ramping up its nuclear program as the u.s. navy moves in with a missile defense ship. a stunning revelation in the murder of colorados prison chief. how a paperwork mistake allowed his alleged killer to walk free. taking no chances in kaufman, texas, armed guards at the courthouse where prosecutors are trying to figure out who would want...

0 for both economic and military reasons. this morning, how the u.s. is responding. new details in the murder of a texas d.a. and his wife. where investigators think the clues are leading them, even as security is stepped up for every prosecutor in the state. and hear about this coach yet? remember the cinderella team all the way to the sweet 16? but florida gulf coast universitys coach andy enfield will now call a new school home. >> cha-ching. >> uh-huh. >> plus jay leno, jimmy fallon addr...