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49ers Year-by-Year: 1997
Welcome to the 1997 edition of the 49ers Year-by-Year. Many probably remember this as the season that Warren Sapp took down Steve Young and Jerry Rice in one game, but the rest of the season was - for the most part - a true triumph for the aging, evolving 49ers franchise. Do you know know what...
Robert Brazile
At my age, it's stupid to be a fan-boy. But when it comes to two players, I make exceptions. There's the Tyler Rose, Earl Campbell. And then there's Robert Brazile (#52 above behind O.A. "Bum" Phillips [and I believe that's Billy "White Shoes" Johnson in the background]). Over this past...
All He Does is Catch...Snubs?
Note: Gonzo obviously wrote about this subject as well on Tuesday. Of course I wrote this article right before he published his...what can I say, great minds think alike! We're obviously still working out this whole "multiple Daily Norseman front-page bloggers" thing, so hopefully you won't mind...
Randall McDaniel to be Enshrined in Pro Football Hall of Fame
Well, that was a bit of a surprise. Yes, a member of the Vikings will be a member of the 2009 Class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. . .but it wasn't the one that I expected. Per the press conference that just concluded on NFL.com and the NFL Network, all three of the Vikings that made the final...
Vote Derrick Thomas into the Hall of Fame
With the voting for the Hall of Fame coming near, I happened across nearly two and a half minutes of awesome Derrick Thomas footage. Enjoy.
Assessing Derrick Thomas' Hall of Fame Chances
via www.profootballhof.com The selection process for the NFL Hall of Game begins with a 44 person Board of Selectors that votes on the candidates. The board is largely made up of sportswriters who are members of the Board for life and only can be removed from the Board by death, retirement, or...
DJ's "Development"
Kcchiefs.com posted a fairly underwhelming interview with Derrick Johnson yesterday. I don't claim to be an expert in how to extract information from professional athletes, but as we saw on Hard Knocks last year, athletes are coached to be cordial and avoidant. So I would do everything I can to...
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