In April of 1967 Aretha Franklin released her big hit, “Respect,” which found its way to the top of the Billboard Pop Singles chart. On Saturday the Vallejo High football team from that same year will ...

Editor's note: This is a continuing series of Eastern Iowa sports history 'Time Machine' articles. Mark Dukes worked at The Gazette from 1973 to 1998, the last 14 years as sports editor. Metro ...

Listening to Randy Allen, Kenny Stephens and Merrill Green talk about Cooper’s historic and controversial end to the 1967 football season, you’d think it was only yesterday – not 50 years ago. Even ...

TAUNTON — On a brisk, wet Thanksgiving morning in 1967, hoards of Tauntonians gathered at Hopewell Field for the annual edition of "The Game" between Taunton High and the then-Monsignor Coyle High ...

Often, while sitting through dialysis treatment for hours on end, Daryl Johnson harks back to his football days at Morgan State half a century ago, when victories were a given and championships the ...

Vic Lepisto, the tenacious captain of the 1967 UCLA football team that was ranked No. 1 in the country before a legendary run by USC’s O.J. Simpson vaulted the Trojans over their rivals, has died. He ...

IT was the 1967 football season, and expectations weren't high for the Oklahoma Sooners. After going 6-4 the prior season, the team was dealt a major blow by the sudden loss of head coach Jim ...

It’s not news that this year’s Super Bowl expects huge TV-viewership numbers: in fact, as Forbes has reported, the increasing price of commercial space during the game means that a whopping 120 ...

WICHITA FALLS – Cooper quarterback Jack Mildren ran for TDs of 9 and 1 yards in the fourth quarter as the Cougars rallied to beat the Coyotes in the season opener. Kenny Stephens had a 6-yard TD run ...