Dec. 27 1953 — The Detroit Lions edge the Cleveland Browns 17-16 for the NFL championship. 1952 — Doak Walker’s 67-yard third-quarter touchdown run leads the Detroit Lions to a 17-7 victory over the Cleveland Browns for the NFL championship. He gained 114 yards on 27 carries in Baltimore’s 13-10 overtime victory against Pittsburgh, finishing the year with 2,066 yards …
Wayne Gretzky is about as revered as professional athletes get. “Listen, Wayne’s got plenty of records that nobody will touch, so I think he’ll be OK giving that one up,” one NHL player told The Athletic. It would be cool to have our names on the same game sheet.” “It’s going to be cool playing in the era where you …
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