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In this episode we have the honor to chat about a book called Boston Ball:and the Forgotten Cradle of Basketball Coaches by author Clayton Trutor about three legendary college basketball coaches: Jim…

Timothy Brown captures the importance of the 1949 All-America Team not just because there were some top-notch players from a historical perspective but because of how the top names were picked. Liste…

Step into a time machine where cleat meets mud, pigskins soar, and legends are born. The film archive is your portal to the golden age of pro football, where every snap crackles with history, and eve…

The Big Ten Conference Football Championship game is a must-see on many fans of college football's annual watch lists. The schools' traditions and football programs are almost as old as the game itse…

The World's Greatest Pro Gridiron Team: The 1903 Franklin All-Stars. got closer to a perfect season in American football than anyone else in the sport’s professional history. A young merchant constru…

Football celebrity broadcaster Eddie Dooley had some interesting angles on getting folks to listen to football. Tim Brown brings us the story from one of his past TidBits to entertain us with some pa…

The history of the Gridiron takes us to the exciting 1940 College season, when multiple teams had claims to the title, and the controversy of who was the best is still debated to this day.

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My name is Mark Morthier, and I host yesterday’s Sports on …

John Heisman led Georgia Tech to some successful seasons on the gridiron. They played in the Rose Bowl and won shortly after he left the school. This would be the first leg of winning each of the maj…

The two-point conversion has become a thrilling element in football, adding an extra layer of strategic decision-making and excitement. However, its history reveals a fascinating journey of experimen…

Winds of change were brewing in football and across the globe. As the world teetered on the brink of global conflict in 1939, the American Professional Football season roared to life. While the headl…

In this episode, we'll take you back in time to a pivotal moment in sports history, when the threat of war loomed large over the sporting world. We'll hear stories of athletes who had to train and co…

One of the more famous plays of late in the NFL is Philly's short-yardage play called the Tush Push. This play has a high conversion rate but is it safe for players and should it be legal? We will ex…

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Co-Host Joe Squires and I talk about some recent auctions on 1948 Leaf F…

Timothy Brown joins us to explore the Football Archaeology of a possible homicide that occurred on a gridiron field long ago.

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In many cases, the team assigns the jersey numbers of NFL players, adhering to the positional numbering restrictions afforded by the rules. However, there have been some special stories of players we…

The pass interference is one of the most game-changing enforcements in football. A spot foul in the NFL and a fifteen-yard walk-off at the lower levels have some serious consequences for offending te…

The 1938 college football season was among recent history's most exciting and unpredictable. No clear favorites were heading into the season, and several teams emerged as contenders throughout the ye…

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Today we talk to friend of the show, and personal friend, Darin Hayes. …

The timing of a football game has changed with the technologies available to fields of different eras. Timothy P. Brown takes us to early football before artificial light was used to illuminate the G…