Stage and screen actor Ed O'Neill is best known for playing Al Bundy, the coarse and sluggardly husband in TV's Married with Children, which aired originally on the Fox Network from 1987 to 1997. A…
Terrell Owens was a flamboyant wide receiver of the National Football League (NFL) from 1996 to 2011. Owens was drafted into the NFL by the San Francisco 49ers (1996) after an outstanding career at…
(Encyclopedia) Chamberlin, Guy (Berlin Guy “Champ” Chamberlin), 1894–1967, American football coach and player, b. Blue Springs, Neb., grad. Univ. of Nebraska, 1916. Chamberlin was one of the greatest…
(Encyclopedia) Havelange, João (Jean-Marie Faustin Godefroid de Havelange), 1916–2016, Brazilian business and sports executive, b. Rio de Janeiro. An Olympic swimmer (1936) and water polo player (…
(Encyclopedia) stadiumstadiumstāˈdēəm [key], racecourse in Greek cities where footraces and other athletic contests took place. The name is the Latin form of the Greek word for a standard of length…
Name at birth: Raymell Maurice RiceRay Rice is the football player who was suspended indefinitely by the NFL in 2014 after the release of video showing him hitting his fiancee in a hotel elevator.…
Burly, snarly and yet lovable, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson turned his pro wrestling popularity into an acting career with the lead role in The Scorpion King in 2002. The son of pro wrestler Rocky…
Walter PaytonJuly 25, 1954—November 1, 1999
by Michael Morrison Walter Payton, the former Chicago Bears running back and current all-time leader in NFL career rushing yards, died Monday…
