Another Philadelphia Phillies star is ailing.

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Dan Wheldon couldn't win his third Indianapolis 500. Dario Franchitti did it for him.

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Zach Johnson won the Colonial for his first victory since also winning at Hogan's Alley two years ago, pulling ahead Sunday when Jason Dufner finally faltered.

Easy to understand why Andy Roddick never enjoyed playing on red clay all that much.

James Arthur "Jim" Zorn, born May 10, 1953 in Whittier, CA, was quarterback of the expansion Seattle Seahawks from ’76-’84 despite going undrafted out of Cal Poly Pomona. Now a quarterbacks coach, and once a head coach of the Washington Redskins, Zorn was the energetic southpaw throwing t… Read full post »

Referenced in a song, by a Minneapolis avant garde jazz trio known as Happy Apple, entitled "Take Wes Chandler For Instance," Wesley Sandy "Wes" Chandler (born August 22, 1956) was one of the game's most exciting receivers in the 70s and 80's.  

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"Bo knows….." was the phrase we all knew well in '89 and '90 courtesy of the unbelievable athletic exploits of one Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson, born November 30, 1962 in Bessemer, Alabama.

The first athlete to be named an All-Star in two major American sports, Bo won college football's c/… Read full post »

Part of the Oakland Raiders' famed left side of a vaunted offensive line in the 1970's was guard Gene Upshaw.

One of just a few players who didn't… Read full post »

There isn't much available in NFL history starting with the letter "Q," but there was Mike Quick, formerly of the Philadelphia Eagles.

Born Michael Anthony Quick on May 14, 1959 in Hamlet, North Carolina, Quick played his entire career with the Eagles (1982-1990).&nbs… Read full post »

The shining example of into what student-athletes should evolve is Alan Page. Born Alan Cedric Page in Canton, Ohio…..birthplace of the Pro Football Hall of Fame….on August 7, 1945, Page is now a justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court. In addition, he is a member of the Pro Football Hal… Read full post »

80's receivers were known for getting yards after the catch in bunches.

Meet Otis Taylor.

A fifth-round pick in the '65 draft by both the Kansas City Chiefs of the AFL and the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, Otis Taylor, at 6-foot-3 and weighing 215 pounds, was the prime example… Read full post »

Jim "Big Jim" Nance, born James Solomon Nance on December 30, 1942 in Indiana, Pennsylvania (and passed at the age of 49 on June 17, 1992), was a collegiate and pro fullback.

A versatile athlete, Nance started for three years at Syracuse and along the way tied the school… Read full post »

The epitome of a dynamo was 5-foot-5 inch, 170 pound running back Mack Herron, born July 24, 1948 in Biloxi, Mississippi. A sixth-round pick by New England in the '70 draft, the Kansas State product produced impressive numbers with the Patriots after a three-year stint in the Canadian Football League… Read full post »

Selected with the 15^th pick overall of the '61 draft by the San Diego Chargers, Ernie  Ladd (born November 28, 1938 in Rayville, Louisiana....also the hometown of NBA Hall of Famer Elvin "The Big E" Hayes") provided quite the task for offensive linemen at 6-foot-9, 315 pounds. He was arguably th… Read full post »

The speedy Harold Jackson (born Harold Leon Jackson on January 6, 1946 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) ranks 26th in NFL history for career receiving yardage. Jackson played for a number of teams form '68 to '83, but he is most remembered for his stints with the Philadelphia Eagles ('69-'73 and to whom… Read full post »

During his run in the NFL (1973–1984), the Cincinnati Bengals’ Isaac Curtis (born Isaac Fisher Curtis October 20, 1950 in Santa Ana, California) was one of the game’s premier deep threats. Curtis played three years at the University of California, Berkeley where he was especially su… Read full post »

Ted Paul Hendricks was born November 1, 1947 in Guatemala City, Guatemala). The Hall of Fame linebacker played for 15 years with the Baltimore Colts (1969–73 and on the '71 Super Bowl championship team), the Green Bay Packers in '74, and his most well-known run, with the Oakland and Los… Read full post »

 "The Kansas Comet." How fitting a nickname for the NFL's 1965 Rookie of the Year for the Chicago Bears. Gayle Sayers burst on the pro football scene that season with the Chicago Bears and finished with 22 touchdowns (14 rushing, six receiving, and one each on punt and kickoff returns). Gayle… Read full post »

 Born on the Fourth of July, 1942, Floyd was a three-time All-American running back at Syracuse University. Inducted into the Hall of Fame on August 7, 2010, he was the sixth selection of the first common AFL-NFL draft and he was the first ever first-round draft pick to sign with the… Read full post »

Yes, that is THE Ed "Too Tall" Jones (born February 23, 1951 in Jackson, Tennessee) last seen on a late 2009 GEICo commercial. As it the GEICO style, it is asked in rhetorical fashion if he is indeed too tall and a nurse attempts to measure his height, but breaks the… Read full post »

David "Deacon", the famous #81 defensive end of the Los Angeles Rams, was born in Eatonville, Florida  and all three major sports in high school.  His college football career featured a season at South Carolina State University in '57, a year off, and season at Mississippi Vocational Colleg… Read full post »