Redskins Cream-puff Schedule Surpasses '54 Giants Oct 16, 2009
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'MNF' alum Gifford misses the old days Aug 24, 2009
Frank Gifford is shown with wife Kathie Lee Gifford in New York this past June. A former broadcaster on Monday Night Football, Gifford prefers the franchise's coverage during the ABC years. (USA Today -- Sports)
New celebrities ready for 'Dancing With The Stars' Aug 19, 2009
Sportscaster Frank Gifford is 79. Singer Eydie Gorme is 78. (Fresno Bee)
Pieces coming together Aug 16, 2009
Jones invented the move because teammates Alex Webster and Frank Gifford had been fined for throwing the football into the stands after scoring. What s more fun in the World Series: Pedro and the Phillies or Manny and the Dodgers. (Boston Globe)
A Lasting Legacy Aug 12, 2009
In the nascent days of Special Olympics, athletes such as Rafer Johnson and Frank Gifford got involved, recognizing, as Eunice did, that competition was exactly what the mentally challenged athlete would need. That's how the organization grew into a worldwide force. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Defense highlights new Hall of Fame class Aug 9, 2009
l Frank Gifford, halfback. l Sid Gillman, coach. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Celebrate good times: Athletes, teams master art of 'look at me' Jul 17, 2009
Jones says he always wanted to throw the ball in the stands after a TD, a move made famous years earlier by Frank Gifford and Alex Webster, who were nearing the ends of their Giants careers as Jones was beginning his. "But (NFL Commissioner Pete) Rozelle changed the rules, and it was a $500 fine if you threw the ball in the grandstand," Jones says. (USA Today -- Sports)
Penguins' draft pick will be playing in gramp's shadow (Yesterday) Jul 6, 2009
In that era, while Mickey Mantle and Frank Gifford and Brooklyn's Boys of Summer were making New York the gravitational center of sports glamour, the NHL still needed every image upgrade that could be shoved down its throat. "We might have seen those guys at banquets and things," Bathgate said, "but in that era there was baseball and football that that was pretty much it. The NHL wasn't baseball or football. When I got my first goal as a Ranger, the attendance was 6,100. And when we made the... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
