In April of 1967 Aretha Franklin released her big hit, “Respect,” which found its way to the top of the Billboard Pop Singles chart. On Saturday the Vallejo High football team from that same year will ...

The Texas football program dates back to 1893. Each day, we look at a little piece of Longhorn history. We’re starting by looking at each Longhorn football season. Texas returned to the Associated ...

The 32nd NFL Draft was the first common draft held following the June 1966 merger agreement between the National Football League, which had been in existence for 46 years, and the American Football ...

Every Friday, The SEC Blog will feature one classic game from the storied history of SEC football. The Iron Bowl is one of the nation's fiercest rivalries. Some argue that the state championship game ...

In the annals of Texas Tech football, the 1967 team might go underappreciated. They finished third in the nation in rushing offense, thanks in no small part to an interior line with Phil Tucker and ...

When Doug Dickey was announced as Tennessee’s new football coach on Dec. 2, 1963, he signed a four-year deal at $16,000 per year. Dickey offered media members a cogent assessment of the challenge he ...

Chuck Bednarik was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on August 5, 1967. Below is his Hall of Fame speech. Bednarik was introduced by former Eagles head coach Earle “Greasy” Neale. I had the ...

The attendees of the Balboa High School Athletic Hall of Fame awards banquet Saturday will be led in prayer by one of the evening’s honorees. Pastor Calvin Jones Jr., an existing member of the Balboa ...

In a career that spanned 40 years and culminated with a bust in Canton, Ohio, Marv Levy won championships, competed in Super Bowls and coached future Hall of Famers. But when he flips through his ...

November 14 marks 50 years since the Australian men’s national football team – which was not yet known as the Socceroos – won its first international trophy in Saigon in the middle of the Vietnam War.