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In the inaugural season, Express ownership looked to the CFL to hire their first coach – his name was Hugh Campbell. Campbell just led the Edmonton Eskimos to their fifth-consecutive Grey Cup Championship in the CFL when the USFL came calling. Three teams were in the market for Campbell’s services including the Express of Los Angeles. “I liked the ideal of coaching in the off-season, this way I co...

Jim Mora was the defensive coordinator for the New England Patriots when the Philadelphia Stars came calling. Jim Mora was the defensive coordinator for the New England Patriots when the Philadelphia Stars came calling.

Charley Steiner, who was the play-by-play broadcaster for the Generals reminisced fondly of the spring league: "The USFL was going to be the next big thing; they signed a big contract with ABC and ESPN; the Generals were going to be the headline team in the league."

The 1967 National Football League Championship Game was the 35th NFL championship, played on December 31 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It determined the NFL's champion, which met the AFL's champion in Super Bowl II, then formally referred to as the second AFL–NFL World Championship Game. The Dallas Cowboys, champions of the Eastern Conference, traveled north to meet the Western champio...

Former NJ Generals offensive lineman Dave Lapham talks with Mike Damergis about moving from the NFL to the USFL. Lapham discusses former Heisman teammates Herschel Walker and Doug Flutie and was prophetic in calling Donald Trump "Presidential" in 2005.

Cowboys PBP Announcer Brad Sham discusses Herschel Walker's career with the Cowboys and then the Vikings.

The great offensive lineman for the Philadelphia Stars talks with Mike Damergis about the Glory Days of the USFL.

Former Jacksonville Bulls & Minnesota Vikings DE Keith Millard talks about why chose the USFL, the 80s Vikings and concussions.

Part II of the interview with former USFL and NFL star DE Keith Millard. Millard talks about USFL players like Herschel Walker, Gary Anderson, Reggie White and Doug Flutie.

Brian's Song is a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week that recounts the details of the life of Brian Piccolo (played by James Caan), a Chicago Bears football player stricken with terminal cancer after turning pro in 1965, told through his friendship with Bears teammate Gale Sayers (Billy Dee Williams). Piccolo's and Sayers' sharply differing temperaments and racial backgrounds made them unlikely to become...

On this date in 1976, the Yankees signed outfielder Reggie Jackson to a five-year contract. He helped the Yankees to three AL pennants and two World Series titles.

Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr., nicknamed "The Iron Man", is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles

Probably the most notable game in the 1980s was the “Bounty Bowl,” in which the Buddy-Ryan-led Eagles blanked Dallas, 27-0. Cowboys’ head coach Jimmy Johnson accused Ryan of placing bounties to injure kicker Luis Zendejas and quarterback Troy Aikman.

Thirty-five years ago today, Mike Tyson completed his rise to superstardom by destroying Trevor Berbick in two rounds to capture his first slice of the heavyweight championship. In doing so, “Iron Mike,” at 20 years 150 days, became the youngest boxer ever to win a widely recognized heavyweight title belt, although he wouldn’t earn full recognition until after he crushed Ring Magazine and lineal c...

The Hockey Hall of Fame inducted Lemieux immediately after his first retirement in 1997, waiving the normal three-year waiting period; upon his return in 2000, he became the third Hall of Famer (after Gordie Howe and Guy Lafleur) to play after being inducted.[2] Lemieux's impact on the NHL has been significant: Andrew Conte of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review called him the saviour of the Pittsburgh...

1962 — Wilt Chamberlain scores 73 points, including 45 in the first half, to lead the San Francisco Warriors to a 127-111 victory over the New York Knicks.

In 1981, Fernando Valenzuela woke up from a nap and began pitching, and winning, sparking the phenomenon known as “Fernandomania” and almost singlehandedly repairing a fractured relationship between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the city's Mexican American community. As an encore, the 20-year-old from rural Mexico helped pitch the Dodgers to their first World Series title in a generation.

1983 'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler retains world middleweight boxing title with a 15-round unanimous points decision over Roberto Durán at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas; first time Hagler taken the distance as champion

The matchup that everyone wanted to see, even if most fight fans suspected they knew what the outcome would be, was scheduled to take place on Nov. 8, 1991. It spoke well of the oddsmakers’ high regard for Holyfield that he was only a 2-1 opening-line underdog, but the wagering gap figured to widen as deep-pocketed backers of Tyson – who had followed the loss to Douglas with first-round stoppages...