Editor’s note: Throughout the offseason, The Athletic is celebrating the 150th anniversary of college football, one decade at a time. For more on the 1970s, read Matt Brown on the best players, teams, ...

Editor’s note: Ohio State has never played a game on Dec. 19, so this week we will look back at an anniversary season in OSU history. Today: Gold, 1970. The seeds of the 1970 Ohio State football ...

The date was September 18, 1970. The United States was still embroiled in the Vietnam War. Richard Milhous Nixon was in his first term as President of the United States, four years before he would ...

When we left the Patriots, they were in search of yet another home. The AFL was now defunct and they were now members of the National Football League. Times were a changing. The Boston Patriots first ...

With 2020 marking the 100th anniversary of the first football game at what is now called Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium, GoHuskies.com is marking the milestone with a decade-by-decade look ...

Every so often, a national team comes along that embeds itself in a nation’s psyche. It can flood a country with hope. It can cause its inhabitants to temporarily forget about their day-to-day woes.

Two years after staging the Olympics, Mexico's high altitude and stifling heat was selected to host the 1970 World Cup finals. Fears that the conditions would hinder attractive play were totally ...

Varsity football players from 1956 to 1970 did not have an increased risk of degenerative brain diseases compared with athletes in other varsity sports, new research concludes. A Mayo Clinic study ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Chicago Tribune Silver Football — 100 years later — remains one of the highest honors a Big Ten player can receive. The list of winners includes future ...