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Years later, Colts star defensive lineman Bubba Smith claimed in his 1983 autobiography, "Kill, Bubba, Kill," that the game may have been fixed to aid the merger of the AFL with the NFL.
Aug 4, 2011 · Pro football great Bubba Smith, who died this week in Los Angeles, claimed for much of his adult life that the 1969 Super Bowl between his Baltimore Colts and the New York Jets was “fixed ...
Jan 31, 2013 · Bubba Smith was an outstanding, 6’7” defensive end who played nine years in the NFL for the Colts, Raiders and Oilers – from 1967 to 1976. He later became an actor, best known for his role as Moses Hightower in the Police Academy movies. In 1969, Smith started for the Colts in one of the most famous games of all-time, Super Bowl III. Before the game, Jets quarterback Joe Namath ...
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- 1919 World Series — Chicago Black Sox Scandal. “Say it ain’t so, Joe.” Eight members of the Chicago White Sox — “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, Eddie Cicotte, Claude “Lefty” Williams, Buck Weaver, Arnold “Chick” Gandil, Fred McMullin, Charles “Swede” Risberg and Oscar “Happy” Felsch — were banned from baseball for conspiring with gamblers and gangsters (notably New York’s Arnold Rothstein) to throw the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds.
- Super Bowl III — New York Jets upset Baltimore Colts. “We’re going to win Sunday. I guarantee it.” Joe Namath backed up his famous guarantee with the New York Jets upsetting the Baltimore Colts, 16–7, in Super Bowl III.
- Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston — “Phantom Punch” “Get up and fight, sucker!” Muhammad Ali stood over Sonny Liston shouting at him to get up, while ringside photographer Neil Leifer captured the iconic moment in what many have called the greatest sports photograph in history.
- 1985 NBA Draft Lottery — Patrick Ewing to the New York Knicks. In 1985, Georgetown center Patrick Ewing was a “can’t miss” NBA prospect. Ewing lived up to his advanced billing, as an 11-time NBA All-Star and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Aug 4, 2011 · Charles Aaron Smith, known since childhood as Bubba, was born in Beaumont, Tex., on Feb. 28, 1945. His father coached the high school football team on which he played; the elder man’s techniques ...
Bubba Smith. Charles Aaron " Bubba " Smith (February 28, 1945 – August 3, 2011) was an American professional football defensive end and actor. Smith played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders, and Houston Oilers . Smith played college football for Michigan State University, where he twice earned All ...
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Nov 9, 2013 · 1/12/69 – (SUPER BOWL) – MIAMI : The Nw York Jets quarterback Joe Namath is dwarfed by Baltimore Colts defensive end Bubba Smith in this second period action int he Super Bowl 1/12. The Colts put a vicious rush on Namath, perhaps realizing that as Namath goes, so go the Jets.
