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"The Gale from Kansas" had a career that spanned only 62 games and parts of seven seasons but he amassed one of the most remarkable records of any back in NFL history. He is considered by many to be the best pure runner ever because of a running style that one NFL Hall of Fame defender described as being able "to run full speed, turn on a dime, and make change." Sayers won rookie of the year honors in 1965, edging out teammate and draftmate Dick Butkus, as he scored 22 touchdowns that included a record-tying six in one game vs. San Francisco. Sayers averaged 5 yards per carry for a career that was severely curtailed by a serious right knee injury in 1968 and ended by another to his left knee...
"The Gale from Kansas" had a career that spanned only 62 games and parts of seven seasons but he amassed one of the most remarkable records of any back in NFL history. He is considered by many to be the best pure runner ever because of a running style that one NFL Hall of Fame defender described as being able "to run full speed, turn on a dime, and make change." Sayers won rookie of the year honors in 1965, edging out teammate and draftmate Dick Butkus, as he scored 22 touchdowns that included a record-tying six in one game vs. San Francisco. Sayers averaged 5 yards per carry for a career that was severely curtailed by a serious right knee injury in 1968 and ended by another to his left knee in 1970. He ranks fourth all-time in Bears rushing, posted 20 games of 100 or more yards in his career and set 23 Bears records and seven NFL marks. He became the youngest player (34) ever elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and went on to a successful post-football career with his own computer firm.
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Jacobs gets Giants' ground game going early
caitlin.strang@newsday.comIn a matchup between the Giants' top-rated rushing offense and the Ravens' top-rated rushing defense, the Giants' backs prevailed, running at will and demoralizing a unit that entered the game giving up only 65.4 rushing yards per game. Bruising...Tags: Baltimore Ravens, National Football League, New York Giants, Football, Lawrence Tynes
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Giants overrun vaunted Ravens defense
tom.rock@newsday.comHere's the headline Justin Tuck wants you to read this morning: "The Giants are the worst 9-1 team in football." Of course, they're the only 9-1 team in football, but that's beside the point. What the defensive end wants is to be ignored,...Tags: New York Giants, National Football League, Ray Lewis, Football, Pittsburgh Steelers
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Ravens left feeling Blue
The Ravens delivered one of the most memorable defensive performances in NFL history when they obliterated the New York Giants in the January 2001 Super Bowl.
Eight seasons later against the Giants, the Ravens' defense produced one of their most...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, New York Giants, National Football League, Ray Lewis, Football
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Sayers sounds off
Bears great Gale Sayers believes Devin Hester may be running scared.
"It looks like he's afraid to run back kickoffs," Sayers said.
Sayers, a Hall of Fame running back, returned six kickoffs and two punts for touchdowns in his first three years. Hester'...Tags: Danieal Manning, ESPN, Devin Hester, National Football League, Football
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Four downs with David Haugh
A 1-0 start According to the new NFL calendar Lovie Smith unveiled last week, the Bears won their season opener. They did so by beating an inferior team that was even worse Sunday than the officiating — and the refs had a bad day. The Bears' 24-...Tags: Danieal Manning, Devin Hester, National Football League, Football, Anthony Adams
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Chicago Bears rookie Matt Forte model of consistency
Having taken a direct snap from center once Sunday in the Bears' 27-3 victory over the St. Louis Rams, Matt Forte was asked if he had an arm in case a play out of that trick formation ever required him to pass.
"I've got two arms," Forte replied with a...Tags: National Football League, Devin Hester, Football, Olin Kreutz, Josh Beekman
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NFL HOT READS
Brian who? For years, Bears middle linebacker Brian Urlacher has been one of the NFL's top defensive players. But at age 30 and fighting an arthritic back condition, Urlacher simply isn't the same player he once was. He is third on the team in tackles...Tags: Tiki Barber, Philadelphia Eagles, NBC, Multi-Sport Events, New York Giants
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Rookie running backs' special feet
The good folks at NFL.com were taking a look at Sunday's Bears game and noticed something interesting. For the first time in 39 years and just the third time ever, rookie running backs ranked in the top 10 with more than 600 yards rushing were playing...Tags: Chris Johnson, Chicago Bears
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Bears issue at hand: The kick coverage, minus Ayanbadejo
ChicagoTribune.comHaven't done one of these in a few weeks because of a combination of baseball, Gale Sayers and blanket coverage by the Tribune reporting staff. But someone contacted me sometime in the past month -- either through email or the Bear with Us comment board,...Tags: National Football League, Devin Hester, Football, Baltimore Colts, Brendon Ayanbadejo
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Refrigerator Perry fights serious illness
Could it be that 23 years have passed since William "The Refrigerator" Perry burst onto the "Monday Night Football" scene as a 350-pound defensive lineman who also could run and catch passes for touchdowns? "Yes, it does seem that long ago," Perry said...Tags: National Football League, Kellen Winslow, Football, Jim McMahon, Marv Levy
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Take 5: Football Biopics
andy.edelstein@newsday.com' The Express," which opens Friday, tells the story of Ernie Davis, the Syracuse University running back who, in 1961, became the first black to win college football's prestigious Heisman Trophy. Here are five other notable football biopics: KNUTE ROCKNE...Tags: National Football League, International Olympic Committee, Football, Pittsburgh Steelers, Ronald Reagan
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Dusty Baker's 'big sympathy' for Cubs
Dusty Baker feels your pain, Cubs fans. The former team manager who's now with the Reds says he empathizes with the plight of the 2008 NL Central champions, who were swept by the Dodgers in the first round of the playoffs after winning a league-best 97...Tags: NBC, Gary Matthews, Football, Philadelphia Phillies, Cancer
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