Murray homered twice on Aug. 3 in Oakland and 26 games passed until his next, on Sept. 4 in Chicago. Eddie wasn't as steady during his first season.

Murray played with the Detroit Lions for 12 seasons after being drafted in 1980. While still a rookie, Murray was selected to the Pro Bowl and named MVP. He was also selected for the Pro Bowl in 1989.

Like his last kick yesterday, Eddie Murray's answers were short. Murray, the Washington Redskins' 44-year-old place kicker, was perfectly polite. It simply wasn't easy to speak about a kick that ...

Many forget, though, that remarkably, one year to the day later — 20 years ago Tuesday — Ripken’s close friend and teammate Eddie Murray had his own moment of Sept. 6 history when, in a rain ...