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1983 Week 2 - Saturday, March 12, 1983 Attendance: 28,434  TV: ESPN  

George Allen and the Chicago Blitz were two-touchdown favorites when  they invaded Arizona to start Week Two of the United States Football  League season. Alan Risher and Jim Asmus threw that line out the window  and hung the Blitz out to dry...

From 2015, Amin and the Vassals review George R. R. Martin’s "The Last Super Bowl" in a spoiler  filled discussion that was recorded before the Super Bowl, which thus explain their pro-Seahawks hopes.

Sports are universally beloved. Geographically, athletic competitions take on various forms; the NFL, NBA, MLB are strong in America; NHL in Canada; Premier League in Europe; and Cricket in India.

But the now legendary George R. R...

A look back at the action of the inaugural week of the original USFL. 

From the public domain comes the premiere of original USFL preview show.

1983 Week 1 - Monday, March 7, 1983 Attendance: 38,352  TV: ESPN  

Monday Night and the Legion Field crowd was hyped as their Birmingham Stallions took on the Michigan Panther's in the first USFL Monday night game. The Stallions were spurred on by their crowd and stayed close.   On Monday, March 7, 1983; The Panthers opened the season with a 9-7 win over the Birmingham Stallions at Legion Field in Birmingham, AL...

1983 Week 1 - Sunday, March 6, 1983 Attendance: 45,102,  TV: KBTV Denver  

Chuck Fusina ran for a touchdown, David Trout kicked a pair of field goals - one from 50 yards - and the Stars held off a Gold rally in the fourth quarter before 45,102 at Denver.  Denver's last chance to win the game failed with 22 seconds left when substitute Gold quarterback Ken Johnson's pass to fullback Larry Canada in the end zone fell incomplete on fourth down from the Philadelphia two...

A wrap up of the USFL vs NFL saga that ends with a victory by the USFL in court and a financial settlement of one dollar. Mike Pesca, Slate, also joins to talk about the biggest risks facing the NFL, whether the Patriots are good or bad for the league, and what our culture would look like if football never took off as a professional sport in the first place. Plus, he talks about his latest book, Upon Further Review: The Greatest What Ifs in Sports History.

The battle between the NFL and the USFL finally comes to a head. Donald Trump has bullied his way to the top of the USFL and pressured his league into suing the NFL for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act.

But the NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle is not about to back down. If the NFL settles now, they’ll be opening the floodgates to a slew of new competitors, and costly trials the league can’t afford...

The USFL in the 1980s was not created to sell merchandise or rack up followers on Twitter. No, the league was one that only could have worked in the decade of excess, and though many debate as to who killed the league, the fact remains that though it failed, in a way it did show that spring football can work.

A poignant documentary that chronicles the 1985 season of the Tampa Bay Bandits of the USFL and of team owner John Bassett's battle with cancer.