The University of Michigan football team is one of the most storied collegiate football programs in the entire United States. The team has won five national championships, a great deal of Big Ten championships and more college bowl games than their fans can keep track of. Some of the greatest football players of all time have come from the University of Michigan including Tom Brady, Desmond Howard, Charles Woodson, Anthony Carter, Dan Dierdorf, Tyrone Wheatley, Tom Harmon, Elroy Hirsch, Ron Johnson, Rob Lytle, Butch Woolfolk, Dave Brown, Reggie McKenzie, Elvis Grbac, and more. Read more on Five Things You May Not Know About Michigan Wolverines Football…

The Florida Gators capped a very impressive NCAA tournament last night by thoroughly and utterly dominating the tradition-rich UCLA Bruins in the championship game, leaving the final score of 73-56 indicating a much closer game than it actually was. From the opening tip, the quicker and hungrier Gators, led by their do-everything sophomore sensation Joakim Noah, ran the ball down the Bruins’ throats and challenged every shot as if it were a game winning buzzer beater. Read more on GATORS SNAP BRUINS IN HALF…

The American Football League was started in 1960 by professional football enthusiasts, many of whom had been denied ownership of National Football League franchises, and was set up to compete against the more established NFL. The league consisted of ten teams, though only eight were in the league from the start, and most of them were placed in cities that had no competing NFL franchise. Read more on The Franchises Of The American Football League…

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The origins of the Australian Football League (AFL) can be traced back to 1896 when 8 teams decided to split from the Victorian Football Association (VFA) to form the Victorian Football  League (VFL). The VFA had been formed in 1877 but organised Australian Rules Football had been played in Victoria long before that with the first documented game taking place in August 1858 between Scotch College and Melbourne Grammar. Read more on AFL history…