Football Digest articles from December 2000

Football Digest archives from December 2000

Knowing When to Say When.
December 1, 2000... ATTENTION, JERRY RICE. PLEASE take a look at the plight of Darrell Waltrip, another legend in another sport. Similar to Rice in football, Waltrip was the king of the road in NASCAR. Waltrip won 83 races and two series championships, but he...

The Fans Speak Out.
December 1, 2000... Of Brown and the Browns There is no question in my mind that the Cleveland Browns will be Super Bowl contenders within the next few years. They are building a strong nucleus that will only improve. The player I particularly like is rookie...

Inside the House of Speed.
December 1, 2000... DON BEEBE HAS THIS CLAIM: He can make anyone faster. Anyone who's willing to work, that is. I decided to take him up on that challenge. And so here I am, leaping like a 200-pound bullfrog and dripping more fluid than a faucet. Beebe is...

New Moons Rising.
December 1, 2000... As the quarterback nears the end of his brilliant career, the pioneering influence he had on his position can be seen throughout the league THE MIND-NUMBING VOLUME of quarterback Warren Moon's numbers would overwhelm even the most ardent...

Take That!
December 1, 2000... Featuring plot twists more outlandish than those you'd find in the WWF, the Patriots and the Jets have developed the league's most intense rivalry THE NFL LONG HAS BEEN FERTILE ground for blood feuds. The Green Bay Packers-Chicago Bears...

ALIVE AND WELL.
December 1, 2000... The AFL has been gone for decades, but the impact it had on the NFL still exists today IT'S GENERALLY ACCEPTED THAT the Baltimore Colts-New York Giants overtime championship game in 1958 started the pro football boom in America. But while...

MORE THAN A PASSING FANCY.
December 1, 2000... Our All-Time AFL Team is filled with bigger-than-life characters like Don Maynard [right], who typified the renegade league's high-flying style IF THERE'S ONE PLAYER WHO will always be synonymous with the AFL, it's Joe Namath. Namath's...

"I CAME IN HERE FIGHTING".
December 1, 2000... After going undrafted in 1998, Rams linebacker London Fletcher has been on a mission ST. LOUIS RAMS GENERAL MANAGER Charley Armey remembers sitting in the big conference room at Rams Park a few days after the 1998 draft. He was about to...

A Lost Art.
December 1, 2000... The days of players who can do multiple jobs are fading into history, but the game still features some versatile performers, like Tampa Bay's Mike Alstott WITH ALL OF THE THIRD-down backs, pooch punters, nickel backs, and slot receivers,...

WHO'S HEADED TO THE HALL?
December 1, 2000... We have the definites and the maybes, starting with the incomparable Cris Carter FOR STEVE YOUNG, DAN MARINO, Kevin Greene, and Michael Irvin, the next stop is Canton, Ohio. These recent retirees, as well as the late Derrick Thomas, have...

Jack Ham.
December 1, 2000... The 1974 AFC Championship Game against the Raiders was the ultimate battle of wills for the linebacker and the Steelers SO MUCH GOES INTO A FOOTBALL game: all the physical and mental preparation, all the dissection of the other team's...

LaVell's Last Stand.
December 1, 2000... LaVell Edwards is putting the final touches on his remarkable coaching career at BYU LAVELL EDWARDS' DIZZYING, 29-YEAR RIDE TO the mountaintop in Provo, Utah, will end after the 2000 season. But the legacy of one of the greatest coaches...

Team-by-Team Single-Season Records.
December 1, 2000... ARIZONA CARDINALS Category Name, Year Record Rushing Yards Ottis Anderson, 1979 1,605 Passing Yards Neil Lomax, 1984 4,614 Passing TDs Charley Johnson, 1963 28 ...

Quick Quiz.
December 1, 2000... 1. True or false: Prior to the Cowboys in 1960, the NFL tried to place a team in Dallas, 2. Washington Redskins defensive end Bruce Smith played his college ball at: Notre Dame, Virginia, Virginia Tech, or Syracuse? 3. Les Steckel is...