Awarded each year to the winners of the Super Bowl, the Lombardi Trophy is the most coveted award in American football. The Super Bowl was known as the AFL-NFL World Championship Game in the early years of the event, until a merger between the American Football and National Football Leagues led to the renaming of the championship game in 1970. Likewise, in the first two championship games between the rival leagues, the Lombardi Trophy was inscribed with “World Professional Football Championship.”
In 1997, Houston’s many football fans were suddenly left without a hometown team to cheer on for the first time since 1959. Their previous team, the Oilers, were taken by team owner Bud Adams to their new location in Tennessee (where they were renamed the Titans), and Houston fans faced the gloomy prospect of being without professional football for many years into the future. After all, the National Football League gave every indication clear that there were no expansion plans in the offing. Soon thereafter, however, the fateful decision was made to return pro football to the city of Cleveland, which would then be the thirty-first franchise in the NFL. The League’s preference for an even number of teams presented Houston with the opportunity to pursue a new franchise, which they subsequently won.
Chris Johnson Tennessee Titans running back was named National Football League’s 2009 Offensive Player of the Year. He is the sixth player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season.
Johnson received 38 1/2 votes from a nationwide panel of 50 sports writers and broadcasters who cover the NFL. Saints quarterback Drew Brees came in second with 9 votes.
Johnson, 24, rushed for a franchise-record 2,006 yards to join Eric Dickerson, Jamal Lewis, Barry Sanders, Terrell Davis and O.J. Simpson as the only NFL running backs to reach the 2,000-yard mark in a single season.
The New Orleans Saints are having a great year in spite of their first loss of the season to the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys came out strong right from the beginning, yet it looked as if the Saints would make their comeback, again, in the last few minutes. The Saints took their first loss of the season 13-1.
(Bloomberg) — The Dallas Cowboys beat New Orleans 24-17 to prevent the Saints from becoming the fourth team to start 14-0 in National Football League history, two days after the Indianapolis Colts became the third.
Even with their first loss of the season, the New Orleans Saints are having a great year. The Cowboys came out with a bang right from the start. It looked like the Saints might make their comeback, again, in the last few minutes, but the Saints took their first loss of the season 13-1.
(Bloomberg) — The Dallas Cowboys beat New Orleans 24-17 to prevent the Saints from becoming the fourth team to start 14-0 in National Football League history, two days after the Indianapolis Colts became the third.
NFL stands for National Football League. It is the premier association of american football and super bowl is the championship game of NFL. Most of television audiences in America watch NFL super bowl. The day on which this game is played is considered as the national holiday in America and is also known as Super Bowl Sunday. This day is also the second largest food consumption day in America. The popularity of NFL championships is comparable to Thanksgiving Day. Major television networks of America compete to get the exclusive broadcast rights to broadcast this game.
NFL stands for National Football League. It is the premier association of american football and super bowl is the championship game of NFL. Most of television viewers in America watch NFL super bowl. The day on which this game is played is known as the national holiday in America and is also considered as Super Bowl Sunday. This day is also the second largest food consumption day in America. The popularity of NFL championships can be compared to Thanksgiving Day. Major television networks of America compete to get the exclusive broadcast rights to broadcast this game.
Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid signed a three-year contract extension, four days before a showdown with the New York Giants with a possible postseason spot on the line.
Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed in a news release from the Eagles, who are 8-4 and tied for first place in the National Football Conference East with the Dallas Cowboys.
The extension, which keeps Reid with the National Football League franchise through 2013, comes a season after his team reached the NFC championship game, eliminating the top-seeded Giants in the first round.
Most contemporary football fans are unfamiliar with the name John Mackey. He was a rugged tight end for the 1960s Baltimore (now Indianapolis) Colts. Chicago fans may be skeptical, but in his heyday Mackey was just as tough as his Bears’ counterpart, Mike Ditka. The Sporting News rated Mackey the top tight end in National Football League history; Ditka was third.
But since retirement, their personal histories have diverged. Today, Ditka is a vigorous, high-profile pitchman doing network football commentary. Mackey resides in an assisted-living facility, unable to care for himself.
