New Testament

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  Jul 21

  by Gordon Thiessen

  The Triumphant Team

  The Packers of the 1960s were one of the most dominant NFL teams of all time. Coach Vince Lombardi took over a last-place team in 1959 with the worst...

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  Jul 20

  by Gordon Thiessen

  The Beast

  It’s probably unsurprising that someone was named “The Beast” in professional wrestling. Yvon Cormier is perhaps the most famous wrestler with that nickname. He and his three wrestling brothers...

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  Jul 17

  by Gordon Thiessen

  The Win

  “The Jets will win Sunday. I guarantee it.” Those were Joe Namath’s words in 1969, just a few days before his underdog New York Jets played the Baltimore Colts...

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  Jul 16

  by Gordon Thiessen

  Protection

  When I coached high school basketball, most teams I faced played man-to-man or zone defense. Like most coaches, I knew either system could protect the goal with the right...

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  Jul 15

  by Gordon Thiessen

  Timeout

  Timeouts are a crucial part of any basketball game and can be the difference between a win and a loss. As a basketball strategy, they can stop the other...

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  Jul 14

  by Gordon Thiessen

  The Four Horsemen

  Grantland Rice, a famous sportswriter, helped make four Notre Dame football players famous when he named them the Four Horsemen in his newspaper column in 1924. “Outlined against a blue-gray...

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  Jul 13

  by Gordon Thiessen

  How Much Longer?

  Nothing feels more painful than a losing streak for the teams that endure it or their fans. The suffering never seems to end. Here are just a few examples. The...

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  Jul 10

  by Gordon Thiessen

  The Mark

  For sports franchises, logos have existed since the earliest days of professional sports, with “The National League” in baseball in 1876. Across the NBA, MLB, NFL, and NHL, there...

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  Jul 9

  by Gordon Thiessen

  The Warning

  The two-minute warning originated in the NFL’s early years, when the official game time was kept by a member of the officiating crew and the stadium clock was unofficial....

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