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The History of the NFL’s Pro Football Hall of Fame
The Pro Football Hall of Fame (HOF) was established in 1963 in the city of the sport’s birth, Canton, Ohio. Players are voted into the Hall of Fame by a 44-person selection committee mostly consisting mostly of sportswriters. While team executives and owners can be...
What Each Position on an NFL Defense Does
DEFENSIVE END (DE): A defensive player who lines up at either end of the defensive line. The job of the defensive end is to contain the running back on running plays to the outside, and rush the quarterback on passing plays. DEFENSIVE TACKLE (DT): A defensive player...
What Each Guy on Offense Does
QUARTERBACK (QB) The player who receives the ball from the center at the start of each play before either handing (or tossing) it to the running back, throwing it to a receiver, or running with it himself. The quarterback is usually the player in charge of running the...
NFL Football Field 101
Yard markers: Little white markings on the field help the players, officials and fans keep track of the ball and how close the offense is to scoring. End zone: It’s an additional 10 yards on each end of the field and probably, the most important part as this is...
The 10 Best NFL Players from 2010-2012
In order to name the best active players from the last three years, there had to be some parameters put in place. First and foremost, anyone who missed all or a good part of 2010, 2011 or 2012 for injury or other reasons was basically ineligible. For that reason, a...
NFL Fourth-Down Strategies
If a team fails to gain the required yardage on third down, several things could happen on fourth down: A team can elect to “go for it” on fourth down and try to pick up the remaining yardage, but they run the risk of turning the ball over to the other team if they do...
How to understand baseball stats in a game
Have you ever noticed the people at a baseball game who look like they're taking notes? That's the lost art of scorekeeping and it's key in keeping track of every single play on the baseball field and recorded as a stat. Stats are everything in baseball and rooted in...
Did you know the lines on Red Solo Cups are for measuring?
College kids are usually christened with a liquid that comes from a red plastic cup known as the Solo Cup. But after all this time, we've finally discovered that those little lines you use to see if someone is cheating at beer pong actually stand for something:...
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