#elvis grbac

[mzilly123]

Quarterbacks of the Kansas City Chiefs (2000-2012)

2000:  Elvis Grbac (15) & Warren Moon (1)

2001-2006: Trent Green

2006: Trent Green (8) & Damon Huard (8)

2007:  Brodie Croyle (10) & Damon Huard (6)

2008: Brodie Croyle (3)  & Tyler Thigpen (11) &Damon Huard (2)

2009: Matt Cassel (15) & Brodie Croyle (1)

2010: Matt Cassel (15) & Brodie Croyle (1)

2011: Matt Cassel (9) & Tyler Palko (4) & Kyle Orton (3)

2012: Matt Cassel (8) / Brady Quinn (8)

[teddy-jam]

Tonight, I had to say my last goodbye to someone who had been on my caseload for five years in my previous role. It’s truly one of the toughest parts about the field I work in, since we’re normally responsible for keeping people alive and teaching them skills. But if we do great at the ‘alive and thriving’ part, we eventually have to navigate the death process with them. Tonight, a lot of this person’s family was there for those final moments, and we got to trade a lot of wonderful stories while waiting for the inevitable final breath. 

Since they were covered with their favorite football team’s blanket, I shared the time I was taking this person to their primary care physician on Halloween. Because it’s an important holiday, they insisted on wearing their Elvis costume, complete with wig and sideburns, to the doctor’s office. It was a cool and rainy Halloween, so they wore their favorite Kansas City Chiefs jacket over their Elvis costume and we sat in the waiting room with a silly grin plastered on his face.

Now, I’m not a football fan by any stretch, but the physician sure was. So when he saw the Elvis impersonator wearing a Kansas City Chiefs jacket in an exam room, he decided they were actually Elvis Grbac, who played for the Chiefs from ‘97-‘00. This doctor made it the best appointment possible that day (if not the best appointment I’ve ever been to). The doctor had the clinic nurses and physician assistants file in to ask for this person’s autograph (and of course they flirted Elvis-style, complete with their best lip curl when each nurse came into the room). The physician then took them on a tour of the rest of the clinic so everyone else could see the costume. When I dropped them off at their workplace two hours later, they were ready to tackle the world with the biggest grin I had ever seen.

I’m going to absolutely miss that grin.

[bndwgns]

The Sad, Hilarious Tale Of Elvis Grbac, 1998's "Sexiest Athlete Alive"

This is an epically comical story courtesy of SI's Jeff Pearlman, that includes the following absurd characters: Rich Gannon, Elvis Grbac, the Kansas City Chiefs, and a dim-witted People magazine photographer. Prepare to feel life-long sympathy for Grbac.

I didn’t recall this, but that’s too funny. 

[retrobaltimore]

The Sun Remembers This Week in Baltimore Sports: Sept. 6-12

Elvis Grbac looks toward the end zone during the fourth quarter of the Ravens' win over the New York Giants in the preseason. (John Makely/Baltimore Sun file photo)

By Mike Klingaman The Baltimore Sun

Sept. 9, 2001: In his first game as a Raven, quarterback Elvis Grbac completes 24 of 30 passes for 262 yards and a touchdown as the defending Super Bowl champs defeat the Chicago Bears, 17-6, at PSINet Stadium.

Sept. 10, 1985: Their five home runs in a doubleheader split in Boston (7-5 win, 5-3 loss) give the third-place Orioles a then club-record 182 homers for the season. “I’m proud of that,” manager Earl Weaver says. “But it’s a damned shame we’re not in the [pennant] race.”

Sept. 9, 1969: Light-hitting shortstop Mark Belanger drives in key runs in both games as the Orioles defeat the Washington Senators, 6-1 and 3-2, at Memorial Stadium. The sweep gives Baltimore 97 victories, tying a club record set in 1964 and 1966.

Sept. 7, 1960: Just 25 candidates show up for football practice at Johns Hopkins, the defending Mason-Dixon Conference champion. Only 15 of 27 returning lettermen are back, says coach Wilson Fewster, who blames academic woes and players getting married for the low turnout.

Sept. 7, 1944: The Maryland Scholastic Association rejects a football proposal that would allow passing from anywhere behind the line of scrimmage. The current rule requires the passer be at least 5 yards behind the line.

Sept. 8, 1937: Navy’s new football practice schedule, with a 5:30 a.m. start, is a hit with the players. “You can get a lot done in the cool of the morning and ... the exercise makes them enjoy their breakfast,” coach Hank Hardwick says.

Sept. 10, 1928: Forty Loyola College football players turn firefighters during practice, using water hoses to douse a blaze in a tool shed adjacent to the campus library.

Sept. 7, 1896: The first-place Orioles sweep a tripleheader from the Louisville Colonels, 4-3, 9-1 and 12-1, in National League play at Union Park. The games begin at 10 a.m. and continue until dark, with a 90-minute break for lunch.

Birthday

Sept. 11, 1978: Ed Reed, former Ravens All-Pro safety who played 11 years here (2002-2012) and whose 64 career interceptions rank sixth all-time in the NFL.

[retrobaltimore]

The Sun Remembers This Week in Baltimore Sports: Dec. 21-27

Ravens defenders Peter Boulware, left, and Rob Burnett, right, sack Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Jon Kitna on Dec. 23, 2001. (Lloyd Fox, Baltimore Sun)

Dec. 23, 1980: “Heck, I can take some time out this spring and go fishing,” Maryland men’s basketball coach Lefty Driesell says upon signing heralded Adrian Branch (DeMatha) for the Terps. Branch, a 6-foot-8 forward, will help Maryland win the 1984 Atlantic Coast Conference championship and finish as the school’s No. 2 all-time scorer.

Dec. 22, 1968: The Colts blank Minnesota for three quarters in a 24-14 victory over the Vikings for the NFL Western Conference title before an announced 57,779 at Memorial Stadium. Earl Morrall passes for two touchdowns and linebacker Mike Curtis races 60 yards with a recovered fumble to score.

Dec. 27, 1958: As his team leaves for New York for the NFL championship game, Colts coach Weeb Ewbank has the players read a quote from New York Giants quarterback Charley Conerly posted on the dressing room wall. “We just outgutted them,” Conerly said after New York’s 24-21 regular-season conquest of Baltimore. The Colts win the title, 23-17, in sudden-death overtime.

Dec. 23, 1947: Former world heavyweight boxing champion Primo Carnera wins a wrestling match at the Coliseum, defeating Frank Hewitt with a headlock after eight minutes. The event is telecast by WMAR.

Dec. 21, 1939: The University of Baltimore’s basketball team defeats Duke, 40-29, at the Coliseum. The Bees (4-1), who’ve lost only to Oregon, get 10 points from Nat Winitsky and seven from Red Holzman, who’ll go on to coach the New York Knicks to NBA championships in 1970 and 1973.

Dec. 26, 1925: Eddie Rommel, star pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, throws strikes in bowling, too. He rolls a 662 over five games for a state record in duckpin competition at Recreation Lanes. A Baltimore native, the 28-year-old right-hander — who won 21 games for the A’s in 1925 — bowls 137, 155, 140, 124 and 106 for the set.

Dec. 21, 1933: Wrestling on horseback? Nine bareback riders of The First Battalion, 110th Field Artillery stage a mounted wrestling match at the Pikesville Armory. Sgt. Calvin Brandenburg wins after the others are forced out of the ring.

Birthday

Dec. 22, 1987: Zach Britton, the Orioles closer in 2014 who saved 37 games with a 1.65 ERA.

[michiganathletics]

Church.

[zer0radiogifs]

[zer0radiogifs]