The Mafia learns that a new civic center will be built, and they buy all of the land for the site of the building—all except for one place: a karate school owned by Pop Byrd (Scatman Crothers). They arrange to have Pinky (Malik Carter) come by to force Pop to sell his land, but he is killed by them. It's up to the karate school's students to get the hero, Black Belt Jones (Jim Kelly), for help. Sydney (Gloria Hendry), the daughter of the late Pop Byrd, won't sell the building. Because both of them are martial arts experts, they join forces to "clobber the mob". The Main musical theme was performed by the funk guitarist Dennis Coffey.
This movie was done at the height of the "Blaxploitation" era. Michael Jai White has made a movie in honor of this one called "Black Dynamite." These movies represent the struggle of black actors to find movie roles in which they played the hero.
* 10× Pro Bowl selection (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998) * 6× First-Team All-Pro selection (1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997) * 4× Second-Team All-Pro selection (1992, 1993, 1996, 1998) * 1997 Co-NFL MVP * 1997 NEA NFL MVP * 1997 Co-PFWA NFL MVP * 1989 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year * 1988 Heisman Trophy * 2× NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1997, 1994) * 2× Bert Bell Award (1997, 1991) * Holds 10 Detroit Lions Team Records
#15 Jerome Bettis
* 6× Pro Bowl selection (1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004) * 3× All-Pro selection (1993, 1996, 1997) * 1993 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year * 1996 NFL Comeback Player of the Year * 2001 Walter Payton Man of the Year * Super Bowl XL Champion
* 6× Pro Bowl selection (1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989) * 5× First-team All-Pro selection (1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988) * NFL 1980s All-Decade Team * 1983 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year * 1983 UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year * 1986 NFL Offensive Player of the Year * 3× UPI NFC Offensive Player of the Year (1983, 1984, 1986) * NFL Record 2,105 Rushing Yards in a Single Season * St. Louis Rams #29 retired
Pro Football Hall of Fame
#10 Tony Dorsett
Career highlights and awards
* Super Bowl Champion (XII) * 4× Pro Bowl selection (1978, 1981, 1982, 1983) * 1× First-team All-Pro selection (1981) * 2× Second-team All-Pro selection (1982, 1983) * 3× First-team All-NFC (1978, 1981, 1982) * 2× Second-team All-NFC (1977, 1983) * 1976 Heisman Trophy Winner * 1976 Maxwell Award Winner * 1976 Walter Camp Award Winner * 1976 UPI Player of the Year * 1976 SN College Football Player of the Year * 1976 Harley Award Winner * 3× First-team All-American selection (1973, 1975,1976) * 1× Second-team All-America selection (1974) * Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor
Pro Football Hall of Fame College Football Hall of Fame
Now, don't get me wrong. I respect baseball. Baseball is a highly complicated sport. Only the talented few can be successful at the highest level. Some of the greatest athletes on the planet play this sport. It just doesn't pique my interest. I watch the pennant games and the world series...sometimes. But it just doesn't get me going. I admit that I'm biased. You can blame Division I college football for that. But, it can also be said that I am not alone in these thoughts. The NFL, which begins tonight by the way, is the most watched of the four major sports (NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL).
There can be several reasons for this (as George will explain in a bit). One of the main reasons, I believe, is the parody of the NFL. Right now, you probably can't tell me who the four conference championship teams will be at the end of the season. But let's take basketball for example:
Lakers, Celtics, Cavaliers, Spurs. How many of you came up with the same four teams that I did. Can't do that in football.
Back to the title of this discussion: Baseball vs. Football. I've given you my thoughts. Now let's hear Mr. Carlin on the subject.
* 5× Pro Bowl selection (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983) * 3× All-Pro selection (1978, 1979, 1980) * 1978 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year * 1979 AP MVP * 2× PFWA NFL MVP (1978, 1979) * 3× NEA NFL MVP (1978, 1979, 1980) * 3× NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1978, 1979, 1980) * 1978 UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year * 1979 Bert Bell Award * 2× All-American (1975, 1977) * 1977 Heisman Trophy * 1977 UPI Player of the Year * 1977 TSN Player of the Year * 1977 Harley Award Winner
Pro Football Hall of Fame
#11 Ladainian Tomlinson
Career highlights and awards
* College awards and honors * 5× Pro Bowl selection (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) * 4× First-team All-Pro selection (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) * 2× Second-team All-Pro (2002, 2003) * AP NFL MVP (2006) * PFWA NFL MVP (2006) * Co-Walter Payton M.O.Y (2006) * Best NFL Player ESPY Award (2007) * Best Record-Breaking Performance ESPY Award (2007) * Best Male Athlete ESPY Award (2007) * List of NFL records
Selected NFL statistics (through Week 17 of the 2008 NFL season) Rushing yards 11,760 Rushing average 4.4 Rushing TDs 126 Receptions 510 Receiving yards 3,801 Receiving TDs 15
Career stats Rushing yards 11,236 Average 4.7 Rushing TDs 61 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards
* 6× Pro Bowl selection (1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976) * 5× All-Pro selection (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976) * NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team * NFL 1970s All-Decade Team * 1968 Heisman Trophy * 1968 Maxwell Award * 1968 UPI Player of the Year * 1967 Walter Camp Award * 1967 UPI Player of the Year * 1973 NFL MVP * 1973 NFL Offensive Player of the Year * 1973 Bert Bell Award * 1973 Pro Bowl MVP * 3× UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year (1972, 1973, 1975) * 1973 AP Man Athlete of the Year Pro Football Hall of Fame
#13 Curtis Martin
Career highlights and awards
* 5× Pro Bowl selection (1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004) * 2× First-team All-Pro selection (2001, 2004) * 1× Second-team All-Pro selection (1999) * 1995 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year * Led NFL in rushing yards in 2004 with 1,697 * Fourth-leading rusher of all time
Career stats Rushing yards 18,355 Average 4.2 Rushing TDs 164 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards
* 8× Pro Bowl selection (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999) * 4× First-Team All-Pro selection (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995) * Second-Team All-Pro selection (1991) * NFL 1990s All-Decade Team * 3× Super Bowl Champion (XXVII, XXVIII, XXX) * 1993 NFL MVP * 1990 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year * Super Bowl XXVIII MVP * 2× NEA NFL MVP, (1991, 1992) * 1993 PFWA NFL MVP * Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor * 1993 Bert Bell Award * 5× Galloping Gobbler Award * 1989 SEC Player of the Year * Gator Football Ring of Honor * Florida High School All-Century Team * Florida High School Athletic Association Player of the Century
NFL Records
* 18,355 career rushing yards * 164 career rushing TD's * 78 100+ yards rushing games
#12 Marcus Allen
Career highlights and awards
* 6× Pro Bowl selection (1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993) * 2× First-team All-Pro selection (1982, 1985) * 1× Second-team All-Pro selection (1984) * 1985 NFL MVP * 1982 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year * Super Bowl XVIII MVP * 1985 NFL Offensive Player of the Year * 1993 NFL Comeback Player of the Year * 1981 Heisman Trophy * 1981 Maxwell Award * 1981 Walter Camp Award * 1981 TSN Player of the Year * 1981 UPI Player of the Year * 1981 Chic Harley Award
Career stats Rushing Yards 2,782 Average 5.4 Touchdowns 16 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards
* Pro Bowl selection (1990) * 1985 Heisman Trophy * 1985 Walter Camp Award * 1985 UPI Player of the Year * 1985 Chic Harley Award * 2× All-American (1983, 1985) Career ended by injury
#9 Marshall Faulk
Career highlights and awards
* 7× Pro Bowl selection (1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002) * 3× First-team All-Pro selection (1999, 2000, 2001 * 3× Second-team All-Pro selection (1994, 1995, 1998) * Super Bowl champion (XXXIV) * 1× NFL MVP (2000) * 2× PFWA NFL MVP (2000, 2001) * 3× NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1999, 2000, 2001) * 3× Daniel F. Reeves Memorial Award winner (1999, 2000, 2001) * Bert Bell Award (2001) * NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (1994) * UPI AFL-AFC Rookie of the Year (1994) * Pro Bowl MVP (1994) * Rams MVP (1999-2001) * St. Louis Rams #28 retired * 3× First-team All-American (1991, 1992, 1993)
1. Jim Brown 2. Barry Sanders (flipped a coin here) 3. Walter Payton 4. O.J. Simpson 5. Emmitt Smith 6. Earl Campbell 7. Eric Dickerson 8. Bo Jackson 9. Marshall Faulk 10. Tony Dorsett 11. Ladainian Tomlinson 12. Marcus Allen 13. Curtis Martin 14. Thurman Thomas 15. Jerome Bettis 16. Gale Sayers
This will be a double elimination tournament.
Click this link to view videos of each contestant.
Redd Foxx played Sanford as a sarcastic, stubborn, and argumentative antiques and junk dealer, whose frequent money-making schemes routinely backfired and created more troubles. Lamont dearly would have liked to enjoy independence but loved his father too much to leave him to his devices and schemes. Although each owned an equal share in the business and technically Fred was the boss, Lamont often found himself doing all the work and having to order his father to complete tasks and duties. Often, Sanford can be heard insulting his son, usually calling him a "big dummy". Lamont insulted his father also, sometimes referring to him as an "old fool".
Esther Anderson (LaWanda Page), also known as Aunt Esther, is the Bible-toting sister of Fred's late wife Elizabeth. Esther is a staunchly religious Baptist who finds little use for humor. Fred has an intense dislike for Esther, which she gladly returns. His trademark response to her entrance is to make an exaggerated grimace. He would then spew forth colorful insults and liken her to animals ("Why don't you go stick your face in some dough and make some gorilla cookies?") and fictitious monsters such as King Kong and Godzilla. Her usual reaction to his antics is to cringe her face and yell, "Watch it, sucka." Sometimes, cracking from the constant barrage of insults, she would swing her purse wildly in Fred's direction whilst angrily calling him a "fish-eyed fool" or "heathen". When leaving the Sanford home, she often hollers "Oh glory!" Her long-suffering but loving alcoholic husband Woodrow (played by Raymond Allen) began appearing infrequently later in the series. Woodrow eventually became sober so he and Esther could adopt a young orphan, played by Eric Laneuville. Fred and Esther did call a temporary truce, of sorts, in the episode "My Fair Esther". Page first appeared as Esther in early 1973, replacing her sister Ethel (Beah Richards), the first principal in-law character.
Probably two of the greatest sitcom foes of all time!
Time to start the first of the proposed "Best Ever" fantasy tournaments! I'm going to start this one off as a 16 player tournament. I have listed 23 awesome running backs in no particular order. Sooooo...7 will not make the final cut. I may have a play in "game". I'm going to seed the participants...suggestions are welcome. I'll post the participants in video format and list their stats. You can help decide the seeding by adding your comments. I'll start the first match in a few days. I'll place a polling system in the blog to decide the outcomes. Then we'll start the tournament. Let's go!
Barry Sanders
Career stats Rushing Yards 15,269 Average 5.0 Touchdowns 109 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards
* 10× Pro Bowl selection (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998) * 6× First-Team All-Pro selection (1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997) * 4× Second-Team All-Pro selection (1992, 1993, 1996, 1998) * 1997 Co-NFL MVP * 1997 NEA NFL MVP * 1997 Co-PFWA NFL MVP * 1989 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year * 1988 Heisman Trophy * 2× NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1997, 1994) * 2× Bert Bell Award (1997, 1991) * Holds 10 Detroit Lions Team Records Pro Football Hall of Fame
Jim Brown
Career stats Rushing Yards 12,312 Average 5.2 Touchdowns 126 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards
* 9× Pro Bowl selection (1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965) * 8× First-Team All-Pro selection (1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965) * Second-Team All-Pro selection (1962) * NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team * NFL 1960s All-Decade Team * 3× NFL MVP (1957, 1958, 1965) * 3× UPI NFL MVP (1958, 1963, 1965) * 3× Pro Bowl MVP (1961, 1962, 1965) * Lacrosse Hall of Fame Pro Football Hall of Fame
Walter Payton
Career stats Rushing Yards 16,726 Average 4.4 Touchdowns 110 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards
* 9× Pro Bowl selection (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986) * 6× First-team All-Pro selection (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985) * 3× Second-team All-Pro (1976, 1983, 1986) * 1977 NFL MVP * 1977 PFWA NFL MVP * 1977 NEA NFL MVP * 1985 UPI NFC Player of the Year * 1977 UPI NFC Player of the Year * 1978 Pro Bowl MVP * Super Bowl XX Champion * Chicago Bears #34 retired
Pro Football Hall of Fame
O.J. Simpson
Career stats Rushing yards 11,236 Average 4.7 Rushing TDs 61 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards
* 6× Pro Bowl selection (1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976) * 5× All-Pro selection (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976) * NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team * NFL 1970s All-Decade Team * 1968 Heisman Trophy * 1968 Maxwell Award * 1968 UPI Player of the Year * 1967 Walter Camp Award * 1967 UPI Player of the Year * 1973 NFL MVP * 1973 NFL Offensive Player of the Year * 1973 Bert Bell Award * 1973 Pro Bowl MVP * 3× UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year (1972, 1973, 1975) * 1973 AP Man Athlete of the Year Pro Football Hall of Fame
Earl Campbell
Career highlights and awards
* 5× Pro Bowl selection (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983) * 3× All-Pro selection (1978, 1979, 1980) * 1978 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year * 1979 AP MVP * 2× PFWA NFL MVP (1978, 1979) * 3× NEA NFL MVP (1978, 1979, 1980) * 3× NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1978, 1979, 1980) * 1978 UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year * 1979 Bert Bell Award * 2× All-American (1975, 1977) * 1977 Heisman Trophy * 1977 UPI Player of the Year * 1977 TSN Player of the Year * 1977 Harley Award Winner
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Emmitt Smith
Career stats Rushing yards 18,355 Average 4.2 Rushing TDs 164 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards
* 8× Pro Bowl selection (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999) * 4× First-Team All-Pro selection (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995) * Second-Team All-Pro selection (1991) * NFL 1990s All-Decade Team * 3× Super Bowl Champion (XXVII, XXVIII, XXX) * 1993 NFL MVP * 1990 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year * Super Bowl XXVIII MVP * 2× NEA NFL MVP, (1991, 1992) * 1993 PFWA NFL MVP * Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor * 1993 Bert Bell Award * 5× Galloping Gobbler Award * 1989 SEC Player of the Year * Gator Football Ring of Honor * Florida High School All-Century Team * Florida High School Athletic Association Player of the Century
NFL Records
* 18,355 career rushing yards * 164 career rushing TD's * 78 100+ yards rushing games
Bo Jackson
Career stats Rushing Yards 2,782 Average 5.4 Touchdowns 16 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards
* Pro Bowl selection (1990) * 1985 Heisman Trophy * 1985 Walter Camp Award * 1985 UPI Player of the Year * 1985 Chic Harley Award * 2× All-American (1983, 1985)
Tony Dorsett
Career stats Rushing yards 12,739 Average 4.3 Total Touchdowns 92 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards
* Super Bowl Champion (XII) * 4× Pro Bowl selection (1978, 1981, 1982, 1983) * 1× First-team All-Pro selection (1981) * 2× Second-team All-Pro selection (1982, 1983) * 3× First-team All-NFC (1978, 1981, 1982) * 2× Second-team All-NFC (1977, 1983) * 1976 Heisman Trophy Winner * 1976 Maxwell Award Winner * 1976 Walter Camp Award Winner * 1976 UPI Player of the Year * 1976 SN College Football Player of the Year * 1976 Harley Award Winner * 3× First-team All-American selection (1973, 1975,1976) * 1× Second-team All-America selection (1974) * Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Marcus Allen
Career highlights and awards
* 6× Pro Bowl selection (1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993) * 2× First-team All-Pro selection (1982, 1985) * 1× Second-team All-Pro selection (1984) * 1985 NFL MVP * 1982 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year * Super Bowl XVIII MVP * 1985 NFL Offensive Player of the Year * 1993 NFL Comeback Player of the Year * 1981 Heisman Trophy * 1981 Maxwell Award * 1981 Walter Camp Award * 1981 TSN Player of the Year * 1981 UPI Player of the Year * 1981 Chic Harley Award
Ladanian Tomlinson
Career highlights and awards
* College awards and honors * 5× Pro Bowl selection (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) * 4× First-team All-Pro selection (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) * 2× Second-team All-Pro (2002, 2003) * AP NFL MVP (2006) * PFWA NFL MVP (2006) * Co-Walter Payton M.O.Y (2006) * Best NFL Player ESPY Award (2007) * Best Record-Breaking Performance ESPY Award (2007) * Best Male Athlete ESPY Award (2007) * List of NFL records
Selected NFL statistics (through Week 17 of the 2008 NFL season) Rushing yards 11,760 Rushing average 4.4 Rushing TDs 126 Receptions 510 Receiving yards 3,801 Receiving TDs 15
Jerome Bettis
Career stats Rushing Yards 13,662 Average 3.9 Total Touchdowns 94 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards
* 6× Pro Bowl selection (1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004) * 3× All-Pro selection (1993, 1996, 1997) * 1993 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year * 1996 NFL Comeback Player of the Year * 2001 Walter Payton Man of the Year * Super Bowl XL Champion
Thurman Thomas
Career highlights and awards
* 5× Pro Bowl selection (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993) * 3× First-team All-Pro selection (1989, 1990, 1991) * 2× Second-team All-Pro selection (1992, 1993) * 5× First-team All-AFC (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993) * 1× Second-team All-AFC (1994) * 1991 NFL MVP * 1991 NEA NFL MVP * 1991 PFWA NFL MVP * 1992 NFL Offensive Player of the Year * 1992 UPI AFL-AFC Offensive Player of the Year * 2× All American (1985, 1987) * NFL 1990s All-Decade Team * Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Curtis Martin
Career highlights and awards
* 5× Pro Bowl selection (1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004) * 2× First-team All-Pro selection (2001, 2004) * 1× Second-team All-Pro selection (1999) * 1995 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year * Led NFL in rushing yards in 2004 with 1,697 * Fourth-leading rusher of all time
Franco Harris
Career highlights and awards
* 9× Pro Bowl selection (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980) * 7× All-Pro selection (1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979) * NFL 1970s All-Decade Team * 4× Super Bowl Champion (IX, X, XIII, XIV) * Super Bowl IX MVP * 1972 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year * 1972 UPI AFL-AFC Rookie of the Year * 1976 Walter Payton Man of the Year Award
Gale Sayers
Career highlights and awards
* 4× Pro Bowl selection (1965, 1966, 1967, 1969) * 5× All-Pro selection (1965-1969) * NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team * NFL 1960s All-Decade Team * 1965 UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year * 3× Pro Bowl MVP (1969, 1967, 1966) * Chicago Bears #40 retired
Marshall Faulk
Career highlights and awards
* 7× Pro Bowl selection (1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002) * 3× First-team All-Pro selection (1999, 2000, 2001 * 3× Second-team All-Pro selection (1994, 1995, 1998) * Super Bowl champion (XXXIV) * 1× NFL MVP (2000) * 2× PFWA NFL MVP (2000, 2001) * 3× NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1999, 2000, 2001) * 3× Daniel F. Reeves Memorial Award winner (1999, 2000, 2001) * Bert Bell Award (2001) * NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (1994) * UPI AFL-AFC Rookie of the Year (1994) * Pro Bowl MVP (1994) * Rams MVP (1999-2001) * St. Louis Rams #28 retired * 3× First-team All-American (1991, 1992, 1993)
John Riggins
Career highlights and awards
* Pro Bowl selection (1975) * 1× All-Pro selection (1983) * NFL 1980s All-Decade Team * 70 Greatest Redskins * Super Bowl XVII MVP * Redskins' Ring of Fame * 1978 NFL Comeback Player of the Year * 1983 Bert Bell Award
Eric Dickerson
Career stats Rushing Yards 13,259 Average 4.4 Touchdowns 96 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards
* 6× Pro Bowl selection (1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989) * 5× First-team All-Pro selection (1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988) * NFL 1980s All-Decade Team * 1983 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year * 1983 UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year * 1986 NFL Offensive Player of the Year * 3× UPI NFC Offensive Player of the Year (1983, 1984, 1986) * NFL Record 2,105 Rushing Yards in a Single Season * St. Louis Rams #29 retired
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Roger Craig
Career stats Rushing Yards 8,189 Average 4.1 Touchdowns 73 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards
* 4× Pro Bowl selection (1985, 1987, 1988, 1989) * 4× All-Pro selection (1985, 1987, 1988, 1989) * 3× Super Bowl champion (XIX, XXIII, XXIV) * NFL 1980s All-Decade Team * 1988 NFL Offensive Player of the Year * 1988 UPI NFC Player of the Year
Ricky Watters
Career stats Rushing yards 10,643 Average 4.1 Touchdowns 78 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards
* 4× Pro Bowl selection (1999, 2000, 2004, 2005) * 2× First-team All-Pro selection (1999, 2000) * 1× Second-team All-Pro selection (2004) * AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (1999) * Led NFL with 1,553 rushing yards in 1999 * Led NFL with 1,709 rushing yards in 2000 * Colts career rushing yards (9,226) * Colts career rushing touchdowns (64)
Selected NFL statistics (through Week 17 of the 2008 NFL season) Rushing yards 12,121 Rushing average 4.1 Rushing TDs 80 Receptions 430 Receiving yards 3,345 Receiving TDs 11
Priest Holmes
Career stats Rushing yards 8,172 Average 4.6 Touchdowns 94 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards
* 3× Pro Bowl selection (2001, 2002, 2003) * 3× All-Pro selection (2001, 2002, 2003) * Super Bowl champion (XXXV) * 2002 NFL Offensive Player of the Year * Ed Block Courage Award (2004)
Terrell Davis
Career stats Rushing Yards 7,607 Average 4.6 Touchdowns 60 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards
* 3× Pro Bowl selection (1996, 1997, 1998) * 3× First-team All-Pro selection (1996, 1997, 1998) * 2× Super Bowl champion (XXXII, XXXIII) * NFL 1990s All-Decade Team * 1998 NFL MVP * 1998 PFWA NFL MVP * 2× NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1996, 1998) * 1996 UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year * 1997 Super Bowl MVP
Campbell is widely acknowledged as one of the best power backs in NFL history. Described as a "one-man demolition team", Campbell was a punishing runner. His 34-inch (860 mm) thighs, 5-11, 244-pound frame, coupled with 4.8 speed, made him the most feared runner of his time. Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame defensive tackle Joe Greene claimed that Campbell could inflict more damage on a team than any other back he ever faced.
Former Heisman Trophy winner and Miami Dolphins player Ricky Williams ran the 4.4 40 was often compared to Campbell during Williams' days as a player with The University of Texas Longhorns. Even now, short running backs that use powerful legs to their advantage are occasionally nicknamed "Little Earl", for example Maurice Jones-Drew of the Jacksonville Jaguars or most recently to some publicity with Gary Russell of the University of Minnesota.[2]
The pride that prodded Campbell to stretch out every run over eight grueling seasons for the Oilers and New Orleans Saints also might have been responsible for his relatively short career. All of the pounding he absorbed, all of the bone-jarring blows from second, third and fourth tacklers wore down his body and prompted a premature drop-off in performance. Debate still rages as to whether Coach Bum Phillips hastened the end of Campbell's career by overworking him; nevertheless, the consensus is clear that during Campbell's heyday, few running backs were as productive or imposing.
Public Enemy was a pioneering group in many ways. Some of Terminator X's most innovative scratching tricks can be heard on the song "Rebel Without a Pause," and the Bomb Squad offered up a web of innovative samples and beats. Critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine declared that PE "brought in elements of free jazz, hard funk, even musique concrète, via [its] producing team the Bomb Squad, creating a dense, ferocious sound unlike anything that came before."[16]
Public Enemy was the first hip-hop group to make extended world tours, which led to huge popularity and influence in hip-hop communities in Europe and Asia. It also changed the Internet's music distribution capability by being one of the first groups to release MP3-only albums,[17] a format virtually unknown at the time.
Public Enemy helped to create and define "Rap metal" by collaborating with New York Thrash metal outfit Anthrax in 1991. The single "Bring the Noise" was a mix of semi-militant black power lyrics, grinding guitars, and sporadic humor. The two bands, cemented by a mutual respect and the personal friendship between Chuck D and his Anthrax counterpart Scott Ian, introduced a hitherto alien genre to rock fans, and the two seemingly disparate groups even toured together. Flavor Flav's pronouncement on stage that "They said this tour would never happen" (as heard on Anthrax's Live: The Island Years CD) has become something of a legend in both rock and hip-hop circles. Metal guitarists Vernon Reid (of Living Colour) contributed to Public Enemy's recordings, and PE sampled Slayer's "Angel of Death" half-time riff on "She Watch Channel Zero."
Akeem Joffer (Eddie Murphy), the prince and heir to the throne of the fictitious African country Zamunda, is discontented with being pampered all his life. The final straw is when his parents (James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair) present him with a bride-to-be (Vanessa Bell) he has never met before, trained to obey mindlessly his every command.
Akeem concocts a plan to travel to America to find a wife he can both love and respect and who accepts him for his personality, not his status. He and his servant & friend Semmi (Arsenio Hall) arrive in Queens County, New York, and after several scrapes, find an apartment in the neighborhood of Jackson Heights. They begin working at a local restaurant called McDowell's (the restaurateur's attempt to copy McDonald's) passing themselves off as students. When he first meets Akeem and Semmi, owner Mr. McDowell (John Amos) explains all the minute differences between his place and McDonald's, ending with the line, "They use the sesame seed bun. My buns have no seeds."
Akeem falls in love with Lisa (Shari Headley), Mr. McDowell's daughter, who possesses the qualities the prince is looking for. The rest of the film centers on Akeem's attempts to win Lisa's hand in marriage, while adjusting to life in America and dodging his royal duties and prerogatives. Unfortunately, Semmi is not comfortable with the life of a poor man and thus unintentionally causes a near-disaster when, alerted by a plea for more financial help, the Zamundian royal family travels to the United States. Lisa learns that Akeem is actually a prince and is at first angry and confused as to why he lied to her about it. At this point, she refuses to marry Akeem and Akeem returns to Zamunda with a broken heart. At the end, we see Akeem about to wed a bride who he discovers is Lisa. They ride off in a carriage after the ceremony.
I always thought that this movie really showed Eddie's full range of comedic skills. We all remember the characters: The prince, the barber, the old jewish man, Randy Watson, and so on.
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