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Who do you like to beat, and hate to lose to the most, the Aggies or the Sooners?

If you measure greatness by a coach's innovation and creativity, then Tom Landry, Paul Brown and Bill Walsh would be good choices, as the league was filled with their disciples. For their contribution to the league, George Halas' forty seasons of coaching stands alone. For success (titles)...

...over the closing credits? The closing credits of this episode mention the tune "Let it Flow" by Grover Washington, but this is not the tune playing while host Ken Howard and Julius shoot hoops at the climax of the show. This song is an upbeat, very familiar R and B tune, probably from the...

In the 43 years since their first playoff appearance, Dallas has had many great moments but also some agonizing setbacks. Which was the hardest one to accept? I ask this because I see playoff losses as being defined several ways. One is the breakdown between heartbreaking close defeats or...

In the 1960's and early 1970's, there were many Red Barn fast food outlets in the eastern US and Canada. Then the restaurant was bought out by another company which decided to absorb its assets but close down the restaurants. Does anyone have a sense of why this business decision was made? Were...