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Robert Brazile says Walter Payton should've won Heisman. Will JSU produce first HBCU winner?
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRobert Brazile remembers sitting in a Jackson State dormitory decades ago, talking with a group of...
How Jackson State's Vernon Perry is leaving a legacy far beyond his NFL record playoff game
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo Sports· 4 months agoAs Vernon Perry sat at a cafe in Jackson, Mississippi, on Friday and tore into a plate of chicken,...
Remembering the night 7 former Jackson State football standouts played in the same NFL game
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo Sports· 3 months agoOn the night of Aug. 24, 1979, the New Orleans Saints took on the then-Houston Oilers in both teams'...
Joe Burrow and Dan Fouts now have something in common
Touchdown Wire via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoJoe Burrow had never thrown four interceptions in an NFL game. The most he had thrown in a game...
Remembering Walter 'Sweetness' Payton, 23 years after his death
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMonday was a hard day for people who love the man called Walter "Sweetness" Payton. They prefer to...
How Jackson State football teammate's tip to a scout launched Emanuel Zanders' 8-year NFL career
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo Sports· 2 months agoThe 1972 Jackson State football team had three future NFL offensive linemen in its starting lineup...
Over 3,300 youth pass a football from downtown Canton to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
The Repository via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCANTON ‒ "Without further ado, let's get this party started," proclaimed Bobby Taylor, a retired NFL...
4 ways the Texans can lower the casket and bury the Houston Oilers once and for all
Texans Wire via Yahoo Sports· 10 months agoIt wasn’t bad enough the Tennessee Titans decided to take the Houston Oilers throwback jerseys out...
Priest Holmes, Carlette Guidry-Falkquay among 2023 Texas Sports Hall of Fame class
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFormer Texas running back Priest Holmes and track star Carlette Guidry-Falkquay will be part of the 2023 induction class into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, it was announced Wednesday. The other ...
Jackson State's Leon Gray isn't in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Former teammates wonder why
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo Sports· 3 months agoAfter an All-American season for Jackson State football in 1973, Leon Gray was selected in the third...