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In 50 years since, nothing like 'The Greatest Game Ever Played'
It matters not that their gaits are slowed and frames stooped, the result of ancient wounds and the passing of decades. These former Baltimore Colts - the 1958 Baltimore Colts - are arrested in the collective mind's eye of generations of football fans...Tags: National Football League, Baltimore Ravens, Television, Art Donovan, Baltimore Orioles
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Ex-Colts connecting again
Look at the picture, taken in a dime-store photo booth in 1955. What do you see? A black-and-white snapshot of black and white buddies hanging out - in black-and-white, segregated times. They seem an odd pair. One wears a wide smile, a starched shirt...Tags: National Football League, Social Issues, Society, Multi-Sport Events, Raymond Berry
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Family, friends and fans remember football great
Sun StaffBlue and white were the dominant colors at Jim Parker's funeral yesterday. He lay in a blue casket, which stood in a sea of blue and white floral arrangements, one a Baltimore Colts horseshoe and another bearing his jersey number, 77. Blue and white were...Tags: National Football League, Baptist, The Ohio State University, Television, Family
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Making the conversion try
Sun StaffForty-some years ago, Baltimore wrapped itself in blue and white. Blue-collar workers toiled at steel mills and shipyards. White marble steps beckoned them home. Come fall, folks packed Memorial Stadium on Sundays to cheer the Colts, a club of castoffs...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Restaurants, Baltimore Ravens, Bethlehem Steel, Distilling and Brewing Industry
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Unitas statue unveiled at ceremony honoring Colts Hall of Fame players
Sun StaffRavens Stadium got the Unitas touch yesterday, from the 13-foot statue of John Unitas to a ring of honor induction for Baltimore Colts Hall of Famers to an eloquent halftime address by the late quarterback's wife. "He was very much looking forward to...Tags: Baltimore Ravens, Art Donovan, Sculpture, Raymond Berry, Football
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'We won't see another Johnny Unitas'
Sun StaffMourners said goodbye to John Unitas yesterday, evoking memories of a steely, Hall of Fame quarterback and a tender father who stayed close to his coal-shoveling roots. Cardinal William H. Keeler said he found "sanctity" in the man who threw footballs as...Tags: Government, Baltimore Ravens, Brooks Robinson, Brian Billick, Dan Rooney
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Turning 40, game still has great hold
Sun StaffEvery time Gino Marchetti takes a step, he remembers The Game. It was Dec. 28, 1958. Marchetti's Baltimore Colts were playing the New York Giants in what is now known as The Greatest Game Ever Played. It was fourth down. Marchetti had just made the...Tags: Restaurants, College Sports, Bethlehem Steel, Lifestyle and Leisure, San Francisco 49ers
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No. 19 was No. 1 in city, my house
Sun StaffThe first words I remember are "Get the baby out from in front of the TV." I was 3 years old when the Baltimore Colts beat the New York Giants in the 1958 NFL championship game, so it's a safe bet that my father wanted an unobstructed view of the man...Tags: Washington Redskins, Wrigley Field, Joe DiMaggio, Brooks Robinson, Bethlehem Steel
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Tackling his retirement
Sun StaffIn 1957, when he was drafted by the Baltimore Colts, Jim Parker was one of the country's most sought-after football players. He lived up to the hype, earning All-Pro honors eight consecutive seasons and getting inducted into the Pro Football Hall of...Tags: National Football League, Baltimore Ravens, Health, Retirement, Deacon Jones
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Ravens to honor Unitas, ex-Colts
Sun StaffForever embedded in the city's football history, John Unitas and his fellow Hall of Fame Baltimore Colts will now become permanent parts of Ravens Stadium. At the Ravens' next home game on Oct. 20, the team will unveil a statue of Unitas and dedicate the...Tags: Baltimore Ravens, Steve Bisciotti, Brian Billick, Sports, Arts and Culture
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For ex-Colts, the stable's not same
Sun StaffA few weeks ago, some fellow Pro Football Hall of Famers graced a fund-raiser for the foundation that Lenny Moore operates in honor of his late son. Art Donovan, a guy who loves salami, and Gino Marchetti, a giant who had a sandwich named for him,...Tags: National Football League, Air and Space Accidents, Art Donovan, Raymond Berry, Football
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Two Carroll schools find ways to work around water woes
Sun StaffThe drought that has drained residential wells, turned farm fields to dust and depleted streams and reservoirs has extended its reach into school classrooms as well. Two Carroll County elementary schools replaced drinking fountains with water coolers...Tags: Weather Reports, Lehigh Valley Weather, Maryland, Entertainment, Schools
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