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Are we doing a League NFL this year?? i Want in
well just look at my Bears throughout the years and be glad that your Hawks are still winning.
It's nothing that we will ever be able to fix but it's just something that bugs me. I see little guys get indoctrinated into this vicious spiral every spring and they are otherwise good kids who are just treated like mules.
and if they can't tow the rope any longer, they are replaced with another mule.
It leaves them devastated and angry, then they just turn to violence because it's the only thing anyone taught them and it's almost impossible to break them out of that chain.
I try but once you're in the system there's pretty much no turning back.
I'm glad the Seahawks never tried for him. Although we a have the very crappy Geno Smith who drives drunk and threatens officers. He's not a lot better.
It's so disgusting. I know that I'm different but I was brought up to respect women and always ran with that.
There's too much of this stuff going on nowadays and they just green light the whole thing. Nobody ever puts themselves in the position of those young women, ever.
That guy walked away and has a multi million dollar deal signed, because he can chuck a football.
It sucks and it's wrong. If Ted Bundy or Charles Manson were able to score multiple touchdowns or slam a damn basketball, would their life been different?
It's tiring and it's wrong.
Agree on all counts.
Deshaun should be in jail. Second chances my ass. The Cleveland fans should be incensed at the shit their owner pulled. Watched it with Mike Vick and Ray Rice. Only the first two off the top of my head.
So many more, but this stuff starts early. Like parochial grade schools that give you a pass and colleges that allow you to attend just because you're an athlete protect you and pad your grades so you can keep eligibility while you're out partying and abusing women.
Now we got the fucking Herschel Walkers of the world. It's madness.
Brittney's very good. Not as good as Bird but maybe in time. I do hope she gets freed from Russia soon.
you make a good point. I remember Sue Bird but I don't follow the game enough to remember her career.
All the stuff I see now is about Brittany
OK- let me follow on from the women's side.
SEATTLE — Sue Bird will retire from the WNBA following this season, Bird and the Seattle Storm announced on Twitter Thursday morning.
The Seattle legend, who was drafted by the Storm with the first overall pick in 2002, is the only WNBA player to win championships in three different decades. The 5-foot-9 point guard's resume is lengthy: four-time WNBA champion, 12-time all-star, five-time all-WNBA first-team selection, WNBA all-time assist leader, five-time Olympic gold medalist and four-time World Championship gold medalist.
https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-storm-star-sue-bird-announces-she-will-retire-following-wnba-season
yeah, I'd rather not. Congrats to Steph and the rest of the team.
MJ would still dunk on his ass all day!
I just saw that video and let a little of my young self go. So many memories and such a great player. Say what you want about his personal life but that man was the reason I was cheering in front of a TV in the middle of June in Florida.
Tiger really messed up, He could have been even better. He had the white boy pony set all secured and pissed it all away. If I ever get to see him again, the first question I'll ask is WHY DUDE???
No one uses it anymore- but we still have this board. We could always bring it back to life.
https://investorshub.advfn.com/The-BALLS-in-YOUR-court!-15150
he was just so awesome and a joy to watch.
I have to just leave this here because I don't know where else to put it.
haven't watched a game since he left us and probably never will. GOAT!
I just feel like posting some dope MJ footage 🐐 (via @NBA) https://t.co/BafeCC8rYB
— Overtime (@overtime) June 14, 2022
Attorney: Houston Texans will be added as defendants in Deshaun Watson civil suits
https://sports.yahoo.com/attorney-houston-texans-will-be-added-as-defendants-in-deshaun-watson-civil-suits-221644902.html
Before you give me that massage would you mind signing this NDA.
The billionaire Rob Walton has reached a tentative agreement to buy the Denver Broncos. The sale to Walton and members of the Walton and Penner families, who amassed their fortunes largely through their stakes in Walmart, is expected to top $4 billion, a record price for an N.F.L. franchise. The announcement by the Broncos and Walton ends a long tussle between the children of the team’s longtime owner, Pat Bowlen, who died in 2019 at age 75.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/08/sports/football/denver-broncos-walton-penner-family-auction-sale.html?
I felt the same way about Bobby Knight until he went off the rails and started attacking Coach K.
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=167910571&txt2find=bobby%20knight
An apparently sad ending to some wonderful teenage memories for me. I'll prefer to keep those instead of what I just witnessed here.
Legendary Chicago Bears football Coach Mike Ditka makes a ringing endorsement of his friend running for School Board: “If you got nothin better to do, vote for him.” pic.twitter.com/j6PBYP4p28
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 28, 2022
He should have gotten a bonus for completing the pass.
That's hilarious! Never seen an end-zone celebration like that! I'll bet there is no actual written rule against it either- who'd have thought it?
I found the Bears new Free Agent QB... LOL He got cut from his Arena team so he's available That'll bring some fans back to the stands.
https://twitter.com/shannonsharpeee/status/1529413595083468800
My favorite of all the old-time Raider QBs was George Blanda.
Daryle Lamonica, Hard-Throwing Quarterback, Is Dead at 80
Known as the Mad Bomber for his powerful arm, he led the Oakland Raiders to the Super Bowl and was among pro football’s top passers in the late 1960s and early ’70s.
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The quarterback Daryle Lamonica in 1967. He embarked on a string of brilliant seasons after being traded to the Oakland Raiders that year.
The quarterback Daryle Lamonica in 1967. He embarked on a string of brilliant seasons after being traded to the Oakland Raiders that year.Credit...AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett
By Richard Goldstein
April 21, 2022
Daryle Lamonica, the quarterback known as the Mad Bomber for his powerful arm, which led the Oakland Raiders to a berth in Super Bowl II, died on Thursday at his home in Fresno, Calif. He was 80.
His son Brandon said that he died in his sleep. He said that he did not know the cause, but that his father had not been in ill health.
Lamonica became one of pro football’s leading passers in the late 1960s and early ’70s. But initially, after playing for three seasons with mediocre Notre Dame teams, he hardly seemed destined for an outstanding pro career.
The Buffalo Bills selected him in the 24th round of the fledgling American Football League’s 1963 draft, and the Green Bay Packers picked him in the 12th round of the National Football League draft.
Lamonica signed with the Bills, figuring he was more likely to supplant Jack Kemp as their starting quarterback than to take over for the Packers’ Bart Starr.
Playing for the Bills from 1963 to 1966, he could never dislodge Kemp, who led Buffalo to a pair of A.F.L. championships. But he embarked on a string of brilliant seasons after the Bills traded him to the Raiders.
He led the 1967 Raiders to a 13-1 regular-season record and the A.F.L. championship, throwing for 30 touchdowns and 3,228 yards. He passed for two touchdowns in the Super Bowl, which the Raiders lost to the Packers, 33-14.
Lamonica was part of an offense that emphasized precise timing between the quarterback and a receiver running his route. It was designed to create open space in the defense’s secondary, making it especially vulnerable to deep passing plays.
He played under the head coaches John Rauch and then John Madden with the Raiders. But he gave most of the credit for the offensive scheme to Al Davis, the Raiders’ owner, general manager and former coach.
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“Al convinced me that the vertical game would work,” Lamonica told the newsletter SportsRaid in 2021. “He wanted me to throw the ball downfield. I’m thinking end zone all the time.”
Davis, in turn, adapted a scheme run by Sid Gillman, the San Diego Chargers’ head coach when Davis was one of his assistant coaches in the early 1960s.
Howard Cosell, who provided commentary for ABC’s “Monday Night Football,” bestowed the Mad Bomber nickname on Lamonica.
“The mad bomber; they named him right,” Len Dawson, who was the Kansas City Chiefs’ quarterback when Lamonica was with the Raiders, said in 2021. “He went back and unloaded that ball. He was going for broke on every play.”
Lamonica was selected for the Pro Bowl once with the Bills and four times with the Raiders.
His favorite targets included the Raiders’ wide receivers Fred Biletnikoff and Warren Wells as well as the tight end Billy Cannon. He was protected by a strong offensive line featuring Gene Upshaw at guard and Jim Otto at center.
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Lamonica in action for the Buffalo Bills against the Jets at Shea Stadium in 1966. He played for the Bills from 1963 to 1966.
Lamonica in action for the Buffalo Bills against the Jets at Shea Stadium in 1966. He played for the Bills from 1963 to 1966.Credit...Focus on Sport/Getty Images
A sturdy 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds, Lamonica threw for 25 touchdowns and averaged nearly 250 passing yards per game in 1968. Perhaps his finest moment that season was seen by few: He threw the winning touchdown pass with 42 seconds left in the mid-November Raiders-Jets matchup at the Oakland Coliseum that became infamous as the “Heidi game.”
The Jets were leading, 32-29, with 1:05 remaining when NBC cut away from the game to begin its scheduled telecast of the children’s movie “Heidi.”
Lamonica combined with halfback Charlie Smith on a 43-yard touchdown play with 43 seconds left, his fourth scoring pass of the game, giving Oakland a 36-32 lead. The Raiders scored again after the Jets fumbled the ensuing kickoff, and Oakland emerged with a 43-32 victory.
Viewers flooded the NBC switchboard to vent outrage over missing the game’s exciting ending, prompting the network to issue an apology.
The Raiders met the Jets again in the 1968 A.F.L. championship game. Lamonica threw for 401 yards and a touchdown, but the Jets, led by their brash and flashy quarterback Joe Namath, won, 27-23, and went on to an upset 16-7 victory over the Baltimore Colts in the Super Bowl.
The Raiders were 12-1-1 in 1969 with Lamonica throwing for 34 touchdowns, including six in the first half of an October game against the Bills. He threw for another six touchdowns when the Raiders trounced the Houston Oilers, 56-7, in a playoff game, while Namath struggled in the Jets’ loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the other first-round matchup.
When Lamonica was asked to compare himself to Namath after those games, he told Sports Illustrated: “I don’t pop off and I don’t go for the mod clothes. I’m not saying I don’t love to have a good time, but I’m discreet. My idea of the way to relax is to take off into the woods on the Monday after a game, go hunting or fishing.”
But, he added: “I respect him. He works hard at being a good quarterback.”
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Lamonica spoke at a news conference as part of an Oakland Raiders alumni weekend at the team’s training camp in Napa, Calif., in July 2018.
Lamonica spoke at a news conference as part of an Oakland Raiders alumni weekend at the team’s training camp in Napa, Calif., in July 2018.Credit...Jeff Chiu/Associated Press
After the A.F.L. and N.F.L. merged in 1970, the Raiders reached the N.F.L.’s American Football Conference championship game, facing the Colts, now in the A.F.C., in the last rung before the Super Bowl. But Lamonica was knocked out of the game in the second quarter when he was hit by the Baltimore defensive end Bubba Smith, and the Raiders lost, 27-12.
Lamonica’s last playoff appearance came against the Pittsburgh Steelers in December 1972, when, on the game’s final play, Franco Harris snared a pass from scrambling quarterback Terry Bradshaw that had ricocheted off his intended target, Frenchy Fuqua, and scored to give the Steelers a 13-7 victory in what would be remembered as the “immaculate reception.”
Lamonica lost his starting job to Kenny Stabler in 1973 and joined the California Sun of the newly formed World Football League in 1975. He saw limited action before retiring during that season.
Daryle Pasquale Lamonica was born on July 17, 1941, in Fresno, Calif., and grew up in the nearby city of Clovis. His father owned a fruit ranch, and his mother was a dietitian.
Lamonica was an all-state quarterback for Clovis High School. Playing under Coach Joe Kuharich at Notre Dame from 1960 to 1962, he threw for only eight touchdowns on teams that went 12-18 overall.
In his four seasons with the Bills and eight with the Raiders, Lamonica threw for 164 touchdowns and 19,154 yards. But he wasn’t elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, perhaps because he never played for a Super Bowl championship team and because he compiled his most impressive statistics in a relatively short span, from 1967 to 1972.
After leaving football, Lamonica owned a trucking business and pursued fishing and hunting. He was a host for the Fox Sports Net fishing program “Outdoors With the Pros.”
In addition to his son Brandon, he is survived by his wife, Mary Ditzel Lamonica; another son, Brian; his sister, Judy Nash; and three grandchildren.
Lamonica, who was not given to bombast, was taken aback when Cosell first called him the Mad Bomber.
“I heard it and said, ‘What a dumb name,’” he recalled to The Las Vegas Review-Journal in 2020. But in his next game, as he recounted it: “I got out over center and looked out at the left corner. We made eye contact, and he backed up two steps. I thought, ‘Ooh, I like that. Maybe that’s not such a bad nickname.’ It stuck.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/21/sports/football/daryle-lamonica-dead.html
How to Watch the 2022 N.F.L. Draft
Teams will select new players over three days in a football pageant being held for the first time in Las Vegas.
The time for speculation and mock drafts is over: The 2022 N.F.L. draft gets underway in Las Vegas on Thursday at 8 p.m., Eastern time.
Over the course of three days and seven rounds, the N.F.L.’s 32 teams will select 262 prospects to join the league. The league awarded 39 compensatory selections to this year’s draft, and seven picks were awarded to six teams — the Browns, Ravens, Saints, 49ers (who got two), Kansas City and the Rams — as part of an initiative to reward diverse hiring of head coaches and primary football executives (general managers).
How to Watch the Draft
The first round of the draft will be broadcast on ABC, ESPN and NFL Network and streamed across N.F.L. and ESPN mobile apps. The second and third rounds will be held Friday, starting at 7 p.m., and Rounds 4 through 7 will be held Saturday, beginning at noon.
Teams to Keep an Eye On
For the second consecutive year, the Jacksonville Jaguars have the No. 1 overall pick. Jacksonville (3-14 last season) has a total of 12 draft picks and is in need of help at just about every position. The team’s biggest priorities are on the offensive and defensive lines, but it could also be looking for a wide receiver.
With the second and 32nd picks, the Detroit Lions are looking to pack their defensive line, and a new cornerback could be in their future. They are among the eight teams that have two picks in the first round. Another, the Houston Texans (Nos. 3 and 13), may be scouting for a wide receiver.
The Jets currently have five draft picks in the first three rounds, including the fourth and 10th selections. Along with the Giants, who have the fifth and seventh picks, the Jets are said to be interested in trading some of their existing draft stock to acquire a veteran player. (With teams reportedly shopping receiver Deebo Samuel and quarterbacks Baker Mayfield and Jimmy Garoppolo, there are options.)
Eight teams — the Rams, 49ers, Dolphins, Bears, Colts, Browns, Broncos and Raiders — do not have first-round picks.
Players to Watch
Of the 262 prospects, only 20 will attend the event in Las Vegas. Among them are Aidan Hutchinson, a defensive end from Michigan who finished second in Heisman Trophy voting and is in the mix as a potential No. 1 pick; Kayvon Thibodeaux, a pass rusher from Oregon; Ikem Ekwonu from North Carolina State, a speedy and nimble all-American offensive tackle; Evan Neal of Alabama, who over three seasons with the Crimson Tide played left guard and both tackle positions.
Travon Walker, a defensive lineman from Georgia and another contender to be picked first overall, will participate remotely. This year’s first round is expected to be low on quarterbacks: Only Liberty’s Malik Willis and Mississippi’s Matt Corral will be on hand in Las Vegas, and most prospects at the position are projected to be taken after the first round. The Carolina Panthers, the No. 6 overall pick, are thought to be the first team that may select a quarterback.
But with no consensus over the first few picks of the first round, prepare for surprises.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/sports/football/nfl-draft-how-to-watch.html
Yes and they haven't figured out why he was on the highway at the time.
That's crazy.....
Hit by a dumptruck ????
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins killed in auto accident
Published: April 9, 2022 at 1:57 p.m. ET
By Associated Press
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins plays against the Carolina Panthers during the first half of a preseason NFL football game Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. Haskins was killed in an auto accident Saturday, April 9, 2022, in Florida. Haskins’ death was confirmed by the Steelers. AP/JACOB KUPFERMAN
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins was killed Saturday when he was hit by a dump truck while he was walking on a South Florida highway.
Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Lt. Indiana Miranda confirmed the accident on westbound Interstate 595. Haskins was pronounced dead at the scene.
Miranda didn’t say why the 24-year-old Haskins was on the highway at the time. The accident caused the highway to be shut down for several hours.
“He was just walking on the highway and got hit,” Miranda told The Associated Press.
Haskins’ death sparked an outpouring of grief from multiple corners of the NFL, particularly with his former teammates with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Commanders.
“I am devastated and at a loss for words with the unfortunate passing of Dwayne Haskins,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. “He quickly became part of our Steelers family upon his arrival in Pittsburgh and was one of our hardest workers, both on the field and in our community. Dwayne was a great teammate, but even more so a tremendous friend to so many. I am truly heartbroken.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Kalabrya, and his entire family during this difficult time.”
Haskins was selected by Washington in the first round of the 2019 draft out of Ohio State. He started seven games as a rookie, going 2-5. He was 1-5 in six starts the next season for the team, then was released.
Washington coach Ron Rivera said he was “absolutely heartbroken” to learn of Haskins’ death.
“Dwayne was a talented young man who had a long life ahead of him,” Rivera said in a release. “This is a very sad time and I am honestly at a loss for words. I know I speak for the rest of our team in saying he will be sorely missed. Our entire team is sending our heartfelt condolences and thoughts and prayers to the Haskins family at this time.”
Ohio State posted a photo of Haskins on its Twitter feed. It read: “Leader. Legend. Forever a Buckeye.”
The Steelers gave Haskins a chance to resurrect his career in January 2021 when they signed him a month after being released by Washington. Humbled by the decision, Haskins stressed he was eager to work hard and absorb as much as he could from Ben Roethlisberger and Mason Rudolph. He made the roster as the third-stringer but only dressed once, serving as the backup in a tie with Detroit after Roethlisberger was placed into the COVID-19 protocol the night before the game.
“The world lost a great person today,” Steelers star T.J. Watt posted on Twitter. “When Dwayne first walked into the locker room I could tell he was an upbeat guy. He was always making people smile, never taking life for granted.”
Tomlin and general manager Kevin Colbert both praised Haskins for his improvement since joining the team, and the Steelers re-signed him to a one-year deal as a restricted free agent in March. He was expected to compete with Rudolph and Mitch Trubisky for a spot.
“Dwayne meant so much to so many people,” Steelers defensive lineman Cameron Heyward posted on Twitter. “His smile was infectious and he was a guy you wanted to be around. We are all in shock about losing him. We are going to miss the heck out of him as well. We lost you way too early. Luckily I got a chance to get to know you. RIP DH.”
ESPN was the first to report Haskins had died.
Haskins appeared to be working in South Florida this week with several teammates, including Trubisky, running back Najee Harris and tight end Pat Freiermuth.
“Devastated,” Rudolph said on social media.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/pittsburgh-steelers-quarterback-dwayne-haskins-killed-in-auto-accident-01649527025?mod=mw_latestnews
Flag football at the Olympics might be the key to the NFL’s overseas business plan
PUBLISHED SUN, APR 3 20228:00 AM EDT
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The NFL says it has a plan to grow its international business to $1 billion annually and attract its next set of fans.
The league projects it will attract 50 million consumers internationally over the next 10 years.
The league is pushing for flag football to be included in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/03/nfl-plan-to-expand-overseas-involves-flag-football-at-the-olympics.html
Colin Kaepernick to hold throwing exhibition at halftime of Michigan spring game
Colin Kaepernick will be the halftime entertainment of Michigan's spring game, in addition to his figurehead position.
Michigan football announced Wednesday that the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, who played under Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh for four seasons, will serve as the program's honorary captain for its Maize and Blue spring game on Saturday.
https://sports.yahoo.com/colin-kaepernick-honorary-captain-michigan-spring-game-jim-harbaugh-021828106.html
N.F.L. to Change Postseason Overtime Rule After Bills’ Playoff Loss
Each team will now get at least one overtime possession in playoff games.
By Jenny Vrentas and Ken Belson
March 29, 2022
PALM BEACH, Fla. — The N.F.L.’s 32 clubs passed a rule change on Tuesday to ensure that both teams would possess the ball at least once in overtime of postseason games. The measure comes months after Kansas City won a divisional round playoff game against the Buffalo Bills, who were not given a chance to score in overtime.
The change in the league’s overtime rules was their first since 2010, when clubs voted to allow teams that scored a touchdown on the opening possession of overtime in a playoff game to win. (Before that, the team that scored first in any way in overtime won.) The rule, which by its nature gave an advantage to the team that won the overtime coin toss, was extended to the regular season in 2012.
Since 2010, there have been 12 postseason overtime games, and the team that won the coin toss preceding overtime went on to win 10 of those 12 games. Seven of those 10 wins came on a first-drive touchdown.
The game between Kansas City and Buffalo in January might have been the most dramatic of all such games. The two teams’ high-powered offenses scored a total of four touchdowns in the final two minutes of regulation, and Kansas City won, 42-36, by scoring a touchdown on the first possession of overtime.
In the aftermath, commentators, fans and football executives lamented that viewers did not get to see the Bills and quarterback Josh Allen try to score in overtime, too, a furor that catalyzed the league to adopt the new rule.
“There has to be the latest example for change, and that was the last straw that now, hey, we need to move forward and do this,” said Bills Coach Sean McDermott, who called the rule change “bittersweet.” “It’s the right thing for the game.”
Both teams will now be guaranteed at least one possession, regardless of the clock. If both teams score a touchdown on their opening drives, then the team that scores next wins.
The original proposal for the rule change, which was made by staff members of the Indianapolis Colts and Philadelphia Eagles, would have covered both the 2022 regular season and postseason. McDermott said there was strong support for making this change only for the postseason, explaining, “That is where we were going to start.”
The rule change, however, will extend games. Some coaches, including John Harbaugh of the Baltimore Ravens, flagged it as a player safety concern, a reason for limiting it to the postseason, when teams’ seasons are on the line.
Kansas City proposed overtime changes after the 2018 season that would have given both teams a possession, after it lost the A.F.C. championship game to the New England Patriots, who scored on a first-drive touchdown.
McDermott said the Bills’ playoff game against Kansas City was cited several times in the meeting as teams discussed the rule change.
“It’s potentially the greatest 20 to 30 minutes of football that I’ve ever seen,” said Rich McKay, the Atlanta Falcons’ president and the chairman of the N.F.L.’s competition committee. “And to think it ended that way definitely brought up the idea of, hey, does that work for everybody?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/29/sports/football/nfl-overtime-rules-playoffs.html
I hear you. I didn't realize he covered the Seahawks as much as he did.
He had a remarkable career and was a really good one.
That one gave me the sads. Even more so than Madden. There will never be another one of them.
One John called the action while the other John read the weekly playbook before the action started.
John Clayton, longtime NFL reporter and radio host, dies at 67
Jeff Legwold
John Clayton, whose list of contacts in the NFL was matched only by his attention to detail and dedication to his craft, died Friday in Washington after a brief illness, his family said.
He was 67.
Clayton, nicknamed "The Professor," was one of the country's foremost NFL insiders in a five-decade career that included over 20 years with ESPN. Clayton's pursuit of news and information was done with such fervor that, as ESPN's Chris Mortensen said, "Anyone paying attention walked away a little more educated.''
"Long before he became an ESPN icon, John might have been the best news-breaking team beat reporter of his generation, the type who could sit on a story for months and then break it before others had any clue what was going on,'' said The Athletic's Mike Sando, a longtime friend of Clayton's. "He was that good. On a personal level, John was incredibly generous to me when I succeeded him as the Seahawks beat reporter at the Tacoma News Tribune many years ago. I owe so much to John and will miss him terribly.''
Clayton, a native of Braddock, Pennsylvania, began his career in 1972 as a teenager covering the Pittsburgh Steelers in a season that included the "Immaculate Reception.'' He then attended Duquesne University and was hired by the Pittsburgh Press when he was a senior at Duquesne. He continued his work up until just 10 days ago, when he broke down the Seattle Seahawks' blockbuster trade of Russell Wilson to the Denver Broncos for Seattle Sports 710 AM, where he was a regular contributor.
"We will all miss your words and brilliance @JohnClaytonNFL #RIPJohnClayton," Wilson wrote in a tweet, as he and former colleagues and friends of Clayton took to social media Friday night to offer remembrances.
"The Seahawks are heartbroken to learn of the passing of John Clayton," the team said in a statement. The Steelers called Clayton "a Pittsburgh media icon."
"The number of NFL execs and coaches that I've heard from have expressed an overwhelming theme of great respect and a sense of deep loss and shock,'' said Mortensen.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell honored Clayton as a "wonderful person" who "earned my tremendous respect and admiration as a journalist."
"John Clayton, one of the first 'Insiders,' helped bring fans closer to the game they loved," Goodell said in a statement. "For five decades, he covered the league with endless energy and professionalism."
Clayton spent over a decade at the Tacoma (Wash.) News Tribune before a more than 20-year run at ESPN. Clayton also wrote for several outlets, including the Washington Post, in recent years after his long stint at ESPN, and had been the sideline reporter for the Seahawks radio network for five seasons. He also contributed stories for KKFN-FM (104.3 FM) in Denver since February of last year.
Nicknamed "The Professor," John Clayton was one of the country's foremost NFL insiders throughout a five-decade career that included over 20 years with ESPN. Joe Faraoni/ESPN Images
"John was a pioneer as an NFL insider but also one of the kindest men you could ever work with,'' said Seth Markman, vice president and executive producer at ESPN. "He literally never said no to a show that asked him to come on -- from 6 a.m. to midnight, if you asked for the Professor, he was there for you. I'll also personally remember how he loved and cared for his beloved wife Pat as she has battled multiple sclerosis. We will all miss John greatly.''
Clayton received the profession's highest honor, now known as the Bill Nunn Memorial Award, in 2007. The award is presented annually by the Pro Football Writers of America in recognition of "long and distinguished reporting in the field of pro football.''
"It's the highest honor any writer covering this sport can receive,'' Clayton said at the time.
"The PFWA mourns the passing of John Clayton," the organization said in a statement. "John was the PFWA's 19th president (1999-2000) and the organization's 2007 Bill Nunn Jr. Award recipient. 'The Professor' was a friend to so many in our business. Our condolences to his wife Pat, family, colleagues and his many friends."
Clayton was also a longtime member of the Board of Selectors for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
ESPN hired Clayton in 1995 as a jack-of-all-trades for its NFL coverage. SportsCenter producers created a weekly segment called "Four Downs'' pitting Clayton against NFL analyst and former quarterback Sean Salisbury. It became must-see TV.
Salisbury reflected on Clayton as a "phenomenal man" in a tweet.
Sean Salisbury
@SeanUnfiltered
I am heartbroken. John was family to me. The very best TV partner. I’ve often said John would be the guy who would stop everything he was doing, to make sure anyone would have everything they needed. A loyal life friend to me. A phenomenal man. Our friendship was special. ????
Chris Mortensen
@mortreport
John Clayton passed away today at a Seattle area hospital. His wife Pat and sister Amy were at his side and communicated earlier he passed peacefully after a brief illness.
We loved John. We are mourning his loss.
Pat has asked the @Seahawks to release further information.
4:25 AM · Mar 19, 2022
Also memorable were Clayton's appearances on "This is SportsCenter" commercials for ESPN, which to this day are among the best of the popular segments. Clayton's appearance included a spot where he appeared as he would on SportsCenter, in a coat and tie, before he tore both off to reveal a Slayer T-shirt, let down his long hair, jumped on a bed and shouted, "Hey ma, I'm done with my segment.''
His love for football never wavered from those early days.
"Until they plant me, I guess," he told the Pittsburgh Post Gazette in 2018, when asked how long he would keep covering the NFL. "I love this stuff. What I love about it is there's so much more stuff we didn't have access to years ago and now we do -- the salary information, NFL Game Rewind where you can watch coaches tape. There's so much information and analytical stuff, it's phenomenal.''
Clayton is survived by his wife, Pat, and sister, Amy.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33541834/long-nfl-reporter-john-clayton-dies-67
RIP John Clayton... A huge part of my Sundays for as long as I can remember and this commercial was just off the hook.
The greatest SportsCenter commercial ever. RIP John Clayton. pic.twitter.com/84En0H7W8G
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) March 19, 2022
Holy Moly... Davante Adams traded to the Raiders!!! (K)Aaron can not be to pleased with this move.... wow.
I wonder if he might be on the block too????
Lots of big waves in Green Bay right now, I'm sure.
LOL, told ya........
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BREAKING: Tom Brady has announced that he's retiring from retirement. He plans to spend his unretirment by enjoying time away from his family.
BREAKING: Tom Brady has announced that he's retiring from retirement. He plans to spend his unretirment by enjoying time away from his family.
— Steve Hofstetter (@SteveHofstetter) March 14, 2022
Oh- Bleep, bleepity bleep!@!!
Tom Brady returning to Tampa Bay Buccaneers for 23rd NFL season
https://sports.yahoo.com/tom-brady-returning-for-23rd-nfl-season-with-tampa-bay-buccaneers-231707893.html
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We Demand Age Forgiveness Now!
By David Kamp
February 28, 2022
Dear President Biden,
March 13, 2022, will mark a full two years of covid-19-occasioned lockdown. Though P.P.P. forgiveness and student-loan forgiveness are part of the public discourse surrounding the pandemic and its fallout, too little attention has been paid to age forgiveness. As such, we, U.S. Citizens for Age Forgiveness Now!, are agitating for an executive order, to take effect on March 13th, which will officially decree that the past two years do not count toward the age of any American.
As such, an individual who is currently fifty-one years old would legally become forty-nine years old. A twenty-six-year-old would become a twenty-four-year-old. A new centenarian would revert to being ninety-eight, providing inducement to live to a hundred again.
In addition to the subtraction of two years from the age of every U.S. citizen, this order would stipulate the following:
Pro-Sports Forgiveness: The results of the past two seasons of professional sports, which have been characterized by stop-start play, skill regression, and covid-related roster churn, shall be erased from the records. Tom Brady shall revert to being merely a six-time Super Bowl champion. Gleyber Torres shall revert to being a budding star who can hit for power and average. Aaron Rodgers shall revert to being likable.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/03/07/executive-orders-to-get-the-world-back-on-track?
My visit to see a MLB game consists of going to NY to see the Yankees and that happens once in a blue moon.
And either minor league or college is great entertainment for WAY less money that the pros.
Minor league games are not affected so they will start on time.
I've got 2 teams I can go watch and one independent team right here where I live.
And there is always college ball going on right now.
LOL what if he chews tobacco? Or takes a knee......
I hope, like you do that the baseball season will start but it doesn't seem very promising. I think both sides are really out of control.
Hopefully the minor leagues will still have games. There's three of them around here and I love going to sit in the cheap seats and starting shit.
Is there even going to be a baseball season?
Let's hope so. It's a couple of hours of not worrying about the end of the world.
And the Giants will take any quarterback that can still walk and chew gum.
I loved Largent to the point of trying to emulate him. Us little white guys going over the middle without fear!
We have coach issues here so I won't comment on that but I think that Carroll is a great one. Of course it seems stale but he had a hell of a run and I wouldn't be unhappy if he came to coach the Bears.
Lots of shakeups going on. Is there even going to be a baseball season? Russians doping 15 year olds.
What a wonderful world.
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