New Testament

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  Dec 17

  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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  Dec 16

  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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  Dec 13

  by Gordon Thiessen

  The Win

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

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  Dec 12

  by Gordon Thiessen

  Protection

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

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  Dec 11

  by Gordon Thiessen

  Timeout

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

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  Dec 10

  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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  Dec 9

  by Gordon Thiessen

  How Much Longer?

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

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  Dec 6

  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. Between all the professional teams within the NBA,...

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  Dec 5

  by Gordon Thiessen

  The Warning

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

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