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...pass the previous mark, 28 touchdowns, set by Seattle's Shaun Alexander last year. (Tomlinson finished with 31.) He broke Paul Hornung's 46-year-old record for most points scored in a season and finished the year with 1,815 rushing yards--tops in the NFL--and 508 receiving yards. Tomlinson carried the Chargers to a franchise-best 14-2 record, and since they hold home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, which start Jan. 6 (the Chargers have earned a first-round bye), the Bolts are favorites to fly to Miami, representing the American Football Conference...
KILLED. Darrent Williams, 24, rising NFL star and defensive back for the Denver Broncos; in a drive-by shooting that wounded two others in the limo in which he was riding, following a dispute at a nightclub on New Year's Eve; in Denver. Police said they had no reason to believe that Williams, who finished the season with four interceptions, was a target...
DIED. Lamar Hunt, 74, soft- spoken oil heir who founded the American Football League; in Dallas. Hunt enlisted fellow millionaires to start a new league in 1960, after the NFL refused to sell him a team. He became owner of the Dallas Texans and in 1963 moved the team to Kansas City, where it became the Chiefs. Hunt later coined the term Super Bowl for the big, season-ending match (the name came to him while he watched his daughter play with a Super Ball) and co-founded pivotal soccer groups, including the North American Soccer League and today...
ARIZONA CAN'T GRADUATE The Cardinals long bore the stigma of being the only NFL team to play on a college field (Sun Devil Stadium). Now it has its own turf, sporting the ironic name of a sponsor that paid $155 million: University of Phoenix Stadium...
...coach of the Denver Broncos—Mike Shanahan is.He’s the coach of a Denver team that sits at 7-4, tied for second in the AFC West and still poised to grab a Wild Card spot in the NFL playoffs less than six weeks away. And it was his decision to name rookie Jay Cutler the starter for the final five Bronco games, replacing the inconsistent, oft-criticized Jake Plummer at quarterback.Being from the Mile High City, it’s no surprise that I’m a pretty big Broncos fan. Besides...