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50 superstar athletes who played for one team in their careers

Kobe Bryant and other great athletes who played for one franchise in their storied careers.

Kobe Bryant spent his entire career as a Los Angeles Laker. He never wore anything other than the purple and gold. What other superstar athletes played for one team in their great careers?

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26 of the weirder and wilder moments around Super Bowls

Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, fake Tom Brady are among some of the zanier Super Bowl moments.

The Super Bowl brings out the best and weirdest in football and the events surrounding the big game. Some of those that have made it to the top.

Thurman Thomas forgets his helmet

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It was surprising when Kenneth Davis took the first handoff of that Super Bowl from Jim Kelly. Why? Because Thurman Thomas was the Bills’ main back. Meanwhile, the Bills’ equipment staff was searching for Thomas’ helmet. “I firmly believe that one of his teammates picked up Thurman’s helmet thinking it was theirs and walked to the other end of the bench and realized it wasn’t his helmet, put it down and then went to find his own,” said equipment manager Dave Hojnowski in 2011. Thomas’ helmet was found on the defensive side of the bench in time for Buffalo’s third offensive play.

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Every quarterback who has played in a Super Bowl game

Every quarterback who has played in a Super Bowl game

 

 

What is Tom Brady’s sweet, clever message to retiring Eli Manning?

New England Patriots QB Tom Brady offered a fun, sweet message to Eli Manning, who has retired.

Eli Manning and Tom Brady have history … Super Bowl history. The retiring New York Giants quarterback got the best of the New England Patriots’ signal-caller twice. So what was the G.O.A.T.’s message to Manning as he steps away from football after 16 seasons?

Check this clever tweet:

Brady’s Patriots and Manning’s Giants dueled in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI, with Big Blue winning both games, 17-14, and 21-17, respectively. Manning threw for 551 yards and three TDs combined to Brady’s 542 and three TDs.

Brady, meanwhile will head to free agency. Oh, the Giants have hired Joe Judge, the Patriots’ former special teams coordinator/wide receivers’ coach. Could Big Blue, which has 2019 No. 1 draft pick and sixth overall, Daniel Jones, be in the market for a veteran QB?

… Nah!

Every quarterback who has played in a Super Bowl game

We are on to Super Bowl LIV. How many quarterbacks have played in the championship game thus far and who has fared best?

The Super Bowl is upon us once again. America’s biggest single sporting day will feature the Kansas City Chiefs against the San Francisco 49ers as Patrick Mahomes and Jimmy Garoppolo join the quarterbacks to play on the biggest stage.

I: Packers 35, Chiefs 10

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Bart Starr led the Packers to victory and was replaced late in the game by Zeke Bratkowski. Starr went 16-of-23 for 250 yards with a pair of TDs. Bratkowski’s only pass was an incompletion. On the Chiefs’ side, Len Dawson was 16-of-27 for 211 yards with a TD and a pick. Pete Beathard threw five passes with one completion for 17 yards.

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12 stirring memories from Eli Manning’s career as a New York Giant

Eli Manning is retiring as a New York Giant after 16 seasons with the team. A remarkable run.

Eli Manning is retiring as a New York Giant after 16 seasons in Blue. The college star from Ole Miss brought the Giants a pair of Super Bowl rings and many thrills. Between brother Peyton and himself, the Manning Bros. threw for a combined 128,963 yards and 905 touchdowns. Eli Manning was twice Super Bowl MVP to Peyton’s one.

Forcing the trade to the Giants

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Eli Manning — and his family — were not going to be pushed around from the start. The San Diego Chargers drafted the quarterback from Ole Miss No. 1 overall in 2004. He wanted no part of the West Coast and made the Bolts send him to the Giants. The deal saw Philip Rivers head to San Diego with the Giants’ third-round pick in 2004, and New York’s first- and fifth-round picks in 2005. Those players turned into Nate Kaeding, Shawne Merriman and Roman Oben.

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NFL playoffs: Ranking all 53 Super Bowl MVPs

Tom Brady, Steve Young, Joe Montana, Larry Csonka. Where do the superstars’ MVP performances in the Super Bowl rank?

The Super Bowl MVP is a pinnacle for a player. Each year someone earns the award. There have been great efforts and some that were merely right spot, right time. A look at how they all stack up.

53. Dexter Jackson (XXXVII)

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Dexter Jackson had a pair of picks for 34 return yards in earning honors. The DB didn’t have the most return yards of interceptions on his team as Dwight Smith had 94 and a pair of Pick-Sixes. Meanwhile, Derrick Brooks also had a Pick-Six but Jackson was given the award.

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NFL Draft 2016: The 44 players somehow chosen before Derrick Henry

NFL Draft 2016: The 44 players somehow chosen before Derrick Henry

 

 

NFL Draft 2016: The 44 players somehow chosen before Derrick Henry?

Derrick Henry won the Heisman Trophy at Alabama. That did not convince NFL teams, which saw him go 45th in the 2016 draft.

Derrick Henry has led the Tennessee Titans to the AFC Championship Game Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs. He has become one of the top running backs in the league with speed and power. Somehow, despite winning the Heisman at Alabama he slipped to 45th in the 2016 NFL Draft. Here’s a look at those drafted before him.

44. Oakland: Jihad Ward

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Jihad Ward has already been with three teams since being drafted by Oakland in 2016.

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The ugliest moments in sports history

Myles Garrett of the Browns hit the Steelers Mason Rudolph in the head with a helmet in an awful scene Thursday.

The rivalry between the Pittsburgh and Cleveland turned beyond ugly and brutal in the fourth quarter Thursday when Browns defensive lineman Myles Garrett swung and hit Mason Rudolph in the head with the quarterback’s helmet in the final seconds.

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Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield was forceful in his comments about the melee with Erin Andrews after the game.

This joins some of the ugliest moments in the history of sports.

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