A danger to players . . . not in keeping with the spirit of the game . . . virtually unstoppable.” That’s what they were ...

This led to the brutality of the game creating numerous fatalities, so bad that the Flying Wedge was outlawed in 1894 and in 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt had to step in to tell football it had ...

Not a clue, but Allen has rushed for 1,576 yards and 18 touchdowns on 274 carries (5.8 yards per attempt) against those three ...

But modern football is entirely the product of ever ... ban illegal assistance for a runner from his teammates. The “flying” wedge play was forbidden in 1893, partly because it was duller ...

For eight years and more the salient feature of Republican politics has been based on an old football formation, the flying wedge: The team holds hands and plows together into their opponents, maximum ...

I’m all for the NFL becoming a bit more physical on both sides of football (and still remaining as safe as possible). There isn’t evidence to suggest that the tush push is a dangerous play. But it’s a ...

In an age of football specialization, the finest of all 1960’s college quarterbacks might seem as far out of date as the flying wedge. Most of his quarterbacking rivals simply fire passes or ...