1. Draft Round by Round: Greatest Players Selected in Pro Football

    The year was 1935. The Philadelphia Eagles had just completed their third season and again finished at the bottom of the division. In the infancy of their existence, the Eagles had won a sum total of nine games...

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  2. 2012 NFL Draft: Future Rookies on What They Offer Dallas Cowboys in Need Areas

    The Dallas Cowboys have always been masters of the draft process. And innovators. At the 1960 Olympics, then-Cowboys GM Tex Schramm had been introduced to the use of IBM computers, ...

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  3. Senior Bowl: More Than Just an All-Star Game

    Before any fresh, raw football recruit arrives to lift weights, or the equipment and uniforms are unpacked, or new footballs are aired-up, every college football team goes through the first order of business: It sets goals for the coming season...

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  4. How the Dallas Cowboys Became Known as “America's Team”

    What makes any professional sports team great? The players? Usually. What about the loyal fans? Perhaps the team’s owner or management? Maybe. Championships? Certainly...

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  5. NFL: How All 32 Teams Got Their Names

    There is no spectator sport today that commands such an enthusiastic following as professional football. Every year, more and more sports and non-sports fans are drawn to the spectacle that has become America’s Game...

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  6. Million Dollar Backfield: R.I.P. Joe Perry and John Henry Johnson

    In the days before exorbitant contracts, product endorsements and overpriced personal appearances, pro football players played their sport for thousands per season. In addition, almost every player held a job in the offseason...

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  7. Indianapolis Colts Rookie OT Anthony Castonzo Gives 1-on-1 Interview with B/R

    Anthony Castonzo is what you expect he should be. Big. Wide. Tall. Massive. Most offensive tackles are. He happened to play college football at a school that virtually breeds true offensive tackles like an assembly line: Boston College (BC)...

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  8. Another Pro Football League?

    With the ongoing crisis of the NFL lockout, it's starting to look possible that the situation might not conclude this year...

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  9. Denver Broncos Rookie OLB Von Miller Gives 1-on-1 Interview with B/R

    If there is one thing every draft expert can tell you, Denver Broncos rookie outside linebacker Von Miller will be an instant first-year sensation in the NFL ...

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  10. Pittsburgh Steelers: How They Went from Pirates to Steelers

    The Pittsburgh Steelers have established themselves as one of the NFL ’s most dominant clubs season after season...

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