IT was the NFL's greatest generation, a battered and bloodied assortment of football pioneers from blue-collar cities, Midwest farmhouses, bayou swamplands and every other corner of America. The ...

When coach John Madden's Oakland Raiders arrived at the Rose Bowl for the Super Bowl in 1977, the toughest part of the job was already done. After years of falling short of the title game with ...

Quarterback Bob Avellini, who led the Chicago Bears to their first NFL playoff berth in 14 seasons in 1977 and handed off to Walter Payton during the running back’s greatest seasons, died Saturday. He ...

There should be a plaque commemorating the day in December 1976 that Ed Garvey walked into room 1507 of the Madison Hotel in Washington, D.C. A bronzed wingtip, maybe, set down among the busts in ...

One of the joys of collecting is to find a group of like-minded passionate people in the smallest corners of the hobby. You can’t find one smaller than the Topps 1977 Mexican Football set. Sold mostly ...

The 1977 Topps Football release is one of the stronger releases of the 1970s, and the arguement could be made on it's behalf on rookie cards alone. The set contains Hall of Fame rookies cards through ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. When coach John Madden’s Oakland Raiders ...