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Farewell to 1968, A Year Like No Other

Between Super Bowl II and III, America experienced 12 months of unprecedented tumult and heartache, but also great achievement

Mar 1, 2021

Farewell to 1968, A Year Like No Other

Mar 1, 2021

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The Junction

Saving 1968

The Apollo 8 journey into the moon’s orbit gave a fractured America something to cheer as a tumultuous year came to an end

Feb 21, 2021

Saving 1968

Feb 21, 2021

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SportsRaid

Time For Pro Football’s New Frontier

After 10 years of proving itself equal, the AFL merged with the NFL at the start of 1970 and the sport soared from there

Feb 19, 2021

Time For Pro Football’s New Frontier

Feb 19, 2021

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SportsRaid

1969 AFL Championship Game: Chiefs 17, Raiders 7

Kansas City closed the book on the history of the AFL with a defensive gem against high-flying Oakland

Feb 17, 2021

1969 AFL Championship Game: Chiefs 17, Raiders 7

Feb 17, 2021

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Harvard Beats Yale 29–29

That was the famous headline in the Harvard Crimson after favored Yale blew The Big Game which felt every bit as bad as a loss

Feb 15, 2021

Harvard Beats Yale 29–29

Feb 15, 2021

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SportsRaid

In The Middle of The Mayhem For The Chiefs Was Willie Lanier

Some pro teams didn’t think he was big enough or fast enough, but he proved them all wrong and wound up in the Hall of Fame

Feb 15, 2021

In The Middle of The Mayhem For The Chiefs Was Willie Lanier

Feb 15, 2021

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SportsRaid

Bobby Bell Could Have Lined up Anywhere and Been a Star

The Chiefs’ all-time great ultimately became a Hall of Fame linebacker who helped Kansas City win two AFL titles and a Super Bowl

Feb 13, 2021

Bobby Bell Could Have Lined up Anywhere and Been a Star

Feb 13, 2021

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SportsRaid

1969 Game of the Year: Jets 34, Dolphins 31

You could almost see the futures of these two teams heading in opposite directions, good for Miami, not so much for New York

Feb 10, 2021

1969 Game of the Year: Jets 34, Dolphins 31

Feb 10, 2021

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SportsRaid

Madden Was a Coach, a Broadcaster and is Now an Icon

Super Bowl winner, analyst extraordinaire and video game legend, it has been quite a ride for big John

Feb 8, 2021

Madden Was a Coach, a Broadcaster and is Now an Icon

Feb 8, 2021

Sal Maiorana
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The Junction

Is This Really Home?

Patrick McDonald returned to the U.S. from Vietnam and was greeted as if he was a serial killer by mobs of protesters

Feb 7, 2021

Is This Really Home?

Feb 7, 2021

Sal Maiorana

Sal Maiorana

I’ve been writing about sports — mainly the Buffalo Bills — for the past 34 years for the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, N.Y. Also the author of 22 books.

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