George was a brave Raider and a close friend of Raiders owner Al Davis. Our heart goes out to his wife, Betty, and the Blanda family, and we grieve with them for our great friend." ...

By now, even the 700 million red Chinese who normally don’t care about such things must know that George Blanda did it again. There were 1,000 people jamming the long corridor at the Oakland ...

George Blanda was Brett Favre without the waffling.Blanda, the quintessential old-school NFL player, played until he was a month shy of his 49th birthday as a kicker.

George Blanda essentially had three careers in professional football, the last with the Oakland Raiders. Blanda, a quarterback, and kicker who started for legendary Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant in ...

George Blanda did a little of everything for a lot of years in the AFL and NFL. Now, we check in with him in our next Where Are They Now?

George Blanda, the Hall of Fame quarterback and kicker who played a record 26 seasons of professional football and once almost single-handedly won five consecutive games for the Oakland Raiders ...

In tribute to the recently passed George Blanda, USA Today decreed Brett Favre to be the George Blanda of today. If that’s still a compliment these days, it doesn’t go far enough.

Playing originally with the Chicago Bears, George Blanda played nine seasons, plus a part of the Baltimore season in 1950, handling linebacker duties at times.

George Blanda was 46 before he stopped kicking field goals for the Oakland Raiders. Some players today are giving the old man a run for his money . . . 1. EDDIE MURRAY The much-journeyed kicker ...

It should have been 17-13 but Bobby Howfield missed the extra point. In the end, that miss gave the Raiders the opportunity of winning it with Blanda’s field goal but George used his arm instead.

George Bland set an unmatched standard for longevity in professional football. On Monday, the Oakland Raiders announced the passing of Blanda, who last played for Oakland in the late 1960s and 1970s.

The last of George Blanda’s five consecutive “miracle finishes” may have been his easiest as his 16-yard field goal with eight seconds left pinned a 20-17 loss on the visiting San Diego ...