Dan Marino Biography

Dan Marino Biography

  • Many football experts believe that Dan Marino was the greatest quarterback in the history of the NFL
  • Marino was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he also played college football
  • What made Marino such an amazing football player was his quick release and accuracy in throwing the ball, along with his ability to read defenses
  • Any Dan Marino biography must also mention his work in broadcasting

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Who Are the Most Popular Baseball Players in US?

Most Popular Baseball PlayersWhen choosing the most popular baseball players one must take into account the different eras they played in. Are we picking popular baseball players of all time or of the current crop of players that take the field each week? Let’s do both. We’ll look at the most well-known players in baseball, most popular in the fan’s eyes or even those who are infamous. Below we have listed what we consider to be the five most popular baseball players of all time and the five who are the best well-known today.
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The Five Best Trick Plays in Football

Trick Football Plays

  • Trick football plays are among the most entertaining aspects of the game from a fan’s perspective. Because so many standard football tactics are repeated again and again from week to week, a trick play is like a breath of fresh air.
  • Trick plays must be practiced thoroughly, because the room for error is great and the potential loss of yards can be disastrous.
  • Five trick plays that have been successful in major games include the Statue of Liberty, the hook and ladder, the flea flicker, the fumblerooski, and the fake punt.

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Cubs Haven’t Had World Series Title For 100 Years

World Series TitleIt’s been a while since the Chicago Cubs won any baseball World Series titles. Actually, it has been a little longer than that. In fact, it has been over a century since the “lovable losers,” the Cubbies looked like they would be on the path to win the most world series titles.
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Harris Interactive Poll Shows that UNC and Duke are Most Popular Basketball Teams

The most popular basketball teams are also the best basketball teams in college basketball, according to a Harris Interactive Poll conducted online during the 2009 NCAA Tournament. The University of North Carolina and Duke were chosen in an online poll as the most popular and second most popular college basketball teams, a flip flop of last year’s results when Duke was chosen as the most popular team and UNC came in second. The two neighbors are routinely some of the top programs in the country.
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Three Great Moments in NFL History

american-football-moments-1“Broadway Joe” Guarantees a Super Bowl Win

In the first two Super Bowls, the National Football League (NFL) routed the American Football League (AFL), with the Green Bay Packers winning both games. As the third Super Bowl loomed in January 1969, there was talk that the AFL teams were significantly weaker than their NFL counterparts. The NFL representative in Super Bowl III, the Baltimore Colts, went into the game a 20-point favorite over the AFL’s New York Jets.
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Medieval Stoolball Was the Grandfather of Modern Game Baseball?

Medieval Stoolball

  • Medieval stoolball was a game played by milkmaids as early as the 11th century
  • While the rules are somewhat primitive, it certainly can be the “seeds” to how baseball originated
  • If nothing else it appears stoolball was the ancestor of cricket

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