It has been said that few things are inevitable, like death and taxes. It is also inevitable that Quirky Research will use any day on the calendar to draft a thematic all-pro team. No deductions for poor puns, and H.R. might block our passwords, as we audit the rosters and
Oddities
All-time NFL team of players with female first names
March 8 is International Women's Day. The sports world has made many leaps towards inclusion and equality -- and numerous setbacks in the process. We salute the trailblazers who kicked the doors down and to those who are removing barriers every single day. As a fun little exercise, we have assembled
All-time NFL Valentine’s Day game lineups
Quirky Research has scoured the annals of NFL history to assemble the top players for a Valentine's Day head-to-head. Today's referee is John Hussey. 💕 Virginia Lovers starting lineup Head coach: Lovie Smith Offense Defense QB Jim Hart LDE Leo Sugar RB Eddie Lacy RDE Rosey Grier RB Warren Loving DT Vincent Valentine WR Louis Lipps DT Romeo Bandison WR Edwin Lovelady LLB Mike Weddington TE Johnny Huggins MLB NaVorro Bowman LT Harper Card RLB Marquis Flowers LG Bubba Paris CB Dick LeBeau C Hunk Anderson CB Valentino Blake RG Duval Love FS Tommy Casanova RT Candy
Catcher’s interference in the postseason
Jacoby Ellsbury became the first player ever to draw multiple catcher's interference calls in a postseason career. Ellsbury also holds the regular season career record (31) and the single-season record (12). Dates are linked to the box score at Baseball Reference. Catcher's interference, postseason Batter Team Date Series Catcher Roger Peckinpaugh WAS Senators 10/15/1925 WS Earl Smith Bud Metheny NYY 10/6/1943 WS Walker Cooper Ken Boyer STL 10/12/1964 WS Elston Howard Pete Rose CIN 10/10/1970 WS Elrod Hendricks Richie
Veterans who crossed the picket line, 1987 NFL strike
Georgia Tech 222, Cumberland 0: a gamebook
What follows is an NFL-style gamebook for the 222-0 Georgia Tech-Cumberland game that happened 100 years ago this October. Notes: The play-by-play is almost entirely taken from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution game story as seen on this archived page from Cumberland's website. Unknowns and obvious errors from the original play-by-play: The play-by-play
