Colts owner Jim Irsay includes John Elway but not Peyton Manning in puzzling all-time NFL top-5 players list

Getty Images People express grief or sadness in many ways, and Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay chose to express his regarding the death of Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown by declaring he was the greatest player in NFL history.  Irsay, who turns 64 on June 13, listing Brown as the greatest football player … Read more

Jim Brown: an immovable fixture in American life with a complex legacy

100 Rifles is a spaghetti western that begs for judgment in its own time. Burt Reynolds smirks through his starring role as a biracial Native American hero. Raquel Welch, the full-blooded indigenous damsel in distress, adopts a horrific Mexican accent. But the thing that really offended sensibilities was Jim Brown getting top billing as the … Read more

Jim Brown, football great and activist, dies at 87

May 19, 2023, 03:31 PM ET Jim Brown, one of the greatest professional and college football players of all time, has died. He was 87. His wife, Monique, announced Brown’s death in an Instagram post Friday afternoon. She said Brown “passed peacefully” Thursday night in their home in Los Angeles. “To the world he was … Read more