Five Funky Facts 1. People might think Green Bay or Chicago is the oldest pro football franchise, but the Cardinals were founded in 1898 and in 1920 became a charter member of the National Football League, known then as the American Professional Football Association. The Cardinals are America's oldest professional football franchise still in existence. ...more

January 31, 2009

The three words I'm about to type in the next paragraph may not make it through the filters the NFL planted in our computers, designed to prevent anything but "happy" things from being printed during Super Bowl week. I'm going to risk it anyway. There's no buzz. ...more

January 30, 2009

Regina Henschel did not fully grasp her fiance's love for football until the couple began making wedding plans for Oct. 16, 1976. ...more

January 26, 2009

Every generation has its "Where were you when ... ?" question. From Pearl Harbor to the Twin Towers, history's landscape bears the craters of pivotal, often literally explosive, moments. ...more

November 23, 2008

upsets or unlikely finishes - that continue to resonate. ...more

October 22, 2008

In the last three meetings against Zephyrhills, Mitchell coach Scott Schmitz watched as his electrifying offense was grounded by penalties and mistakes and his team lost by agonizingly close margins. ...more

September 13, 2008

Brett Favre held up his new green jersey, hoping he made the right decision. ...more

August 8, 2008

Brett Favre went on national television to try and explain something he couldn't quite explain. He's got plenty of company, because when it comes to retirement there aren't many athletes who can figure out when it's really over. ...more

July 17, 2008

It's Oscar time. Sunday, we'll learn who the big winners are, not to mention the designer label on the evening gowns the PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants are wearing under their men's clothes when they bring out the envelopes. Thank ya, boys! ...more

February 22, 2008

They said the right things the past two weeks as their perfect season was about to be matched, but somewhere late Sunday night, some members of the 1972 Miami Dolphins, who went 17-0 for the NFL's only unblemished season, were popping champagne and celebrating. Instead of the 2007 Patriots going down as the greatest NFL team of all time, they become another Super Bowl footnote much like the 1968 Baltimore Colts, who were stunned by Joe Namath and the New York Jets in Super Bowl III. ...more

February 4, 2008