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John Constantine Unitas played quarterback for 18 seasons in the National Football League.
Unitas, also affectionately known as "Johnny U," was a member of the Baltimore Colts for 17 years, and he finished his career with the San Diego Chargers. Unitas threw for 40,239 yards and 290 touchdowns in his career.
Uniats was born on May 7, 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pa., and died on Sept. 11, 2002, in Timonium, Md. Towson University's football stadium is named in honor of Unitas.
Unitas, also affectionately known as "Johnny U," was a member of the Baltimore Colts for 17 years, and he finished his career with the San Diego Chargers. Unitas threw for 40,239 yards and 290 touchdowns in his career.
Uniats was born on May 7, 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pa., and died on Sept. 11, 2002, in Timonium, Md. Towson University's football stadium is named in honor of Unitas.
John Constantine Unitas played quarterback for 18 seasons in the National Football League.
Unitas, also affectionately known as "Johnny U," was a member of the Baltimore Colts for 17 years, and he finished his career with the San Diego Chargers. Unitas threw for 40,239 yards and 290 touchdowns in his career.
Uniats was born on May 7, 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pa., and died on Sept. 11, 2002, in Timonium, Md. Towson University's football stadium is named in honor of Unitas.
Unitas, also affectionately known as "Johnny U," was a member of the Baltimore Colts for 17 years, and he finished his career with the San Diego Chargers. Unitas threw for 40,239 yards and 290 touchdowns in his career.
Uniats was born on May 7, 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pa., and died on Sept. 11, 2002, in Timonium, Md. Towson University's football stadium is named in honor of Unitas.
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Luck's toughest job is replacing Manning in Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Steve Young understands Andrew Luck's challenge in Indianapolis. The rookie quarterback will get peppered with comparisons to Peyton Manning, contend with supportive and critical fans who seek him out around town and will have...
Tags: Football, Sports, San Francisco 49ers, Cal Ripken, Jr., Green Bay Packers
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Unitas would be amused at feud about Flacco playing him in a movie
Having co-hosted a pre-game radio show with John Unitas for four years while producing the radio broadcasts on WCBM for the Baltimore Colts, I think John would be laughing over the family feud about Joe Flacco portraying him in a movie. John would...
Tags: Brad Pitt, Radio, Joe Flacco, Entertainment, Movies
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Johnny Unitas' sons divided on casting of Joe Flacco as their dad
John Unitas Jr. is not happy with his half-brother's choice of Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco to play their father, Baltimore Colts legend Johnny Unitas, in the football scenes of the upcoming biopic "Unitas We Stand." In an interview with...
Tags: Football, Sports, Baltimore Ravens, Peyton Manning, Johnny Unitas
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Joe Flacco has become a star despite derision of Baltimore media
Mike Preston has taken every chance to knock Joe Flacco since he was drafted five seasons ago ("Ravens shouldn't overreact when it's time to pay Flacco" Feb. 25). He says it's not him, it's Jacoby Jones or Anquan Boldin who made the plays. Joe has to have...
Tags: Sports, Football, Bill Walsh, Jerry Rice, Anquan Boldin
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The greatest on the greatest: Jim Murray on Michael Jordan
The late, great Times columnist Jim Murray opined about all the superstar athletes in the second half of the 20th century. It's what he did as well as anyone that came before or after him in America. So, on Michael Jordan's 50th birthday, we give you...Tags: Sports, Chicago Bulls, Hakeem Olajuwon, Baseball, Basketball
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Both with winning seasons, Ravens and Orioles offer rare celebration for city fans
When the Ravens rolled to their second Super Bowl victory, fending off the San Francisco 49ers in the final seconds of the game, the storylines that defined an improbable season all found happy endings. Ray Lewis carried the Lombardi Trophy into the...
Tags: Frank Robinson, Memorial Stadium, Jim Parker, College Sports, Brooks Robinson
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Baltimore's heart will always beat for No. 52
I have never met Ray Lewis, but I feel as if I know him. How many people say the same thing? My guess is that there are many. I wonder if there has ever been a professional sports legend who has bonded so intimately with the city he represents ("'My...Tags: Ray Lewis, Nottingham, Brooks Robinson
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Preston: Ray Lewis will retire as the greatest middle linebacker to play the game
There is really only one more appropriate ending for the Ravens' Ray Lewis, and that won't come for another five years when he takes his place in the NFL Hall of Fame as the greatest middle linebacker ever. Lewis, 37, made the announcement Wednesday...
Tags: Mike Singletary, Eddie George, Steve McNair, Cincinnati Bengals, American Football Conference
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Collin Klein learns the meaning behind his Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
The Baltimore SunCollin Klein may play quarterback for Kansas State, but on Friday he attended Johnny U. In town to receive the 2012 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, Klein spent part of the day viewing Unitas' memorabilia at the Sports Legends Museum, kibitzing with...Tags: Sports, Football, Museums, Heisman Trophy, Johnny Unitas
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Catching up with former Colts fullback Jerry Hill
He lined up at fullback, but from the moment he set foot in training camp in 1961, Jerry Hill understood his role with the Colts. "I was John Unitas' bodyguard," he said. For nine years, Hill policed the Baltimore backfield, protecting Unitas from...
Tags: Football, Sports, Super Bowl, Washington Redskins, Weeb Ewbank
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This was an embarrassing loss to an ancient QB
The Ravens were fortunate that Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger didn't play Sunday because the score might have been worse. Much worse. In the past couple of weeks, the Ravens had the football gods smiling down on them, but Sunday they were...
Tags: Football, Sports, Corey Graham, Heath Miller, John Harbaugh
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Ray Lewis will end his career his way
Pro Bowl inside linebacker Ray Lewis did not make it through his 17th season, but he will play in No. 18 next year. The Ravens announced that Lewis tore his triceps in his right arm in Sunday's game against Dallas ending what had been his worst season,...
Tags: Football, Sports, Super Bowl, Ray Lewis, Injuries and Wounds
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