Tag: American Football League
Bill Russell, Civil Rights Leader, NBA Player Dead At 88
Russell took a civil rights stand in 1961.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev66ieSkfQ8
Bill Russell, who passed away at the age of 88, was certainly one of professional basketball's greatest...
Dallas Mayor Wants A Second NFL Team In His City
Jerry Jones's Dallas Cowboys football team does not play its home games in Dallas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s4WolpOUe0
The mayor of Dallas, Texas thinks his city should have a...
Bills Ownership On The Verge Of A Big Win
New York State is poised to give a big subsidy for a new Bills stadium.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6r-Jq35o8U
It appears that the Pegula family-has hit the jackpot and New York...
The NFL’s Big Bounce Back
TV ratings are up, significant issues are on the back-burner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T08os5tj1dw
The National Football League has somehow swept the concussion issue, Colin Kaepernick’s blackballing after he...
Discrimination In Sports Was Common When MLK Became A Civil Right...
Quotas existed and some teams didn't bother signing black athletes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNu7AYbn1BY
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrations are taking place at various venues...
Buffalo Bills Ownership Would Like To Stay In Orchard, But There...
It is Orchard Park or bust this week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnTX9C1wZZM
According to CBS Sports, the owners of the Buffalo Bills National Football League franchise want a new...
The Stadium Dance In Western New York
Talks have a starting point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgUu6oz_yfs
New York State taxpayers should be breathing a sigh of relief because the National Football League’s Buffalo Bills ownership group...
African American Athletes Started Protesting In 1961
The protests were about inequality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeIonZpvMUQ
February is Black History Month and it was in the 1960s that African-American athletes decided they could protest and speak...
Joe Namath Made The Super Bowl An EventÂ
Fifty-two years later, it is America's top entertainment show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Lz7K7RWhE
On the morning of January 12, 1969, there was some question about the legitimacy of the...
JFK’s 1961 Perpetual Gift To Sports Owners Open The Door To...
The Sports Broadcast Act of 1961 Changed American Sports.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xw33JHqX9A
Not every President of the United States leaves a sports legacy. But John F. Kennedy, who was...
