Fritz Pollard was the first Black head coach in pro football history. He led the Akron Pros of the American Professional Football Association, later renamed the NFL, in 1921. (Dave Pickoff/AP ...

Nations in this region such as Brazil and Argentina live and breathe football and have had significant success on the ...

On this date in Texas history, UT senior Juliann Faucette led the Longhorns past Baylor's volleyball team with an offensive ...

According to the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), football - or soccer as it is known in North America - is played by upwards of 240 million people worldwide. Records ...

CARSON HAYEK, STAFF WRITER While students today pile into the Reilly Center for basketball games, students in the early 1900s ...

Tom Brady is regarded by many as the greatest quarterback in NFL history, having won a record seven Super Bowl titles and ...

The Minnesota Golden Gophers have one of the oldest programs in college football. Founded in 1882, the Gophers were an original member of the Big Ten conference in 1896. Minnesota has won three ...

date their history at 140+ years and more, as the new sport took hold in the colonies from the late 1850s onwards. The first club was formed in South Australia in 1860 and the first club in Queensland ...

At 6–0 in the American Athletic Conference ... toughness and a history of winning. He was a two-way football standout who also excelled at throwing the discus in track and field—perhaps ...

Long field goals are some of the hardest obstacles in college football, as the amount of kickers ... outstanding field goals in the sport’s history, including one from a staggering 69 yards ...

Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with Dr. Louis Moore, professor of History at Grand Valley ... discussing the pioneering African American NFL football players who changed the face of ...

This photo appeared in the American magazine 'Life,'" he added. The book's cover contains a photo of a fragment of a sculpture of football players that once stood proudly in front of the local stadium ...