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When it comes to endurance, Warren Willis has a lot more than the XFL ever did. He has had a website devoted to the defunct pro football league for about 10 years. The league itself went toes up in 2001 after its first and only season. Willis, ...

FALLING 1. Miami Dolphins' poise: The Dolphins (0-6) are setting records for being inept. They are the first team to blow a 15-point lead in the final three minutes since the NFL-AFL merger, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Once Denver Bronco...

Former AFL star fullback Cookie Gilchrist has died of cancer at 75.

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The Buffalo Bills have announced the next name to be posted on their Wall of Fame. No, it won't be Lou Saban or Cookie Gilchrist. The Bills will honor cornerback Booker Edgerson at halftime of the Week 4 game against the New York Jets. While...

This must be some sort of record. In three straight posts, I mention NFC West blogger Mike Sando. The guy's all over the place. Sando has completed a project to determine the five greatest draft classes since 1967, when the NFL and AFL combi...

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham The New York Jets have unearthed some info that shows just how rare it is for a rookie quarterback to win a season opener on the road. Mark Sanchez became only the fourth since the NFL-AFL merger to accomplish th...

"Madden 10" goes old-school with the downloadable AFL Legacy Pack.

Herb Scharfman/Sports Imagery/Getty Images The AFC East will feature several 'Legacy' games in the upcoming season, where the players will wear the jerseys of their AFL predecessors, similar to th...

Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky Back on March 24th, given what we knew about the Legacy Games celebrating the 50th anniversary of the AFL, we attempted to piece together when the Titans would wear the uniforms of the 1960 Houston Oilers. Turns...

The New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills have released statements on Sunday's passing of legendary AFL coach Lou Saban at 87. Saban was the first head coach in Boston Patriots history. "On behalf of the New England Patriots organization and my ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Bill Williamson Check out the AFC West teams' new uniforms -- well, for two games. As part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the American Football League, all eight of the original teams will wear throwback AF...

The Super Bowl champion Steelers will open the 2009 NFL season in Pittsburgh on Sept. 10 against the Tennessee Titans.

On Monday, league officials of the AFL announced that they were canceling the 2009 football season. The league hopes to return in 2010. The AFL has given many players an opportunity to go undrafted out of college to the NFL. Some examples include, ro...

Could the AFL go the way of other football leagues started alongside or in direct competition to the NFL? Here's a look at the notable leagues, how they fared and where they might have gone wrong.

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham It's hard to argue with rankings put together from appropriate statistical data. That's why Page 2's power rankings since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger look dead on to me. Print it out. Fold it into eighths and stick it your...