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

Filling you in on what you may have missed on the "other" side of the ball this week Two years ago, NFL teams combined for just 1.82 interceptions per game, the lowest total since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger by a wide margin. Through the first seven w...

Behind Darren McFadden's four touchdowns, the Oakland Raiders scored the most points in their 50-year history Sunday with a 59-14 thrashing of the demoralized Denver Broncos.

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...

Floyd Little reflected Thursday on what it would have been like to be teammates with Merlin Olsen. It could have happened. In 1962, Olsen was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL and the Denver Broncos of the AFL. Olsen selected the secur...

Page 2 celebrates the 35th anniversary of the star-crossed World Football League's only championship game.

If the Colts win Sunday, they will be the 12th team (and the Saints could be the 13th) to start a season 10-0 since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970. That would offer no guarantees about their potential for postseason success, however. Only five of t...

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.

Posted by ESPN.com's Bill Williamson The NFL announced there will be 16 AFL Legacy Games in 2009. Half of the games will involve the four AFC West teams. All four teams in the division were AFL teams and all four teams will be part of the 50th...

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 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...

Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker AP Photo/Tony Dejak Bernie Kosar hopes to bring a championship to Cleveland. As fans of the Cleveland Browns can attest, conference championship games have never brought much luck to Bernie Kos...

Former NFL player Neil Smith is now an AFL owner. Welcome to The Show! On Friday, Kansas City Brigade co-owner Neil Smith will stop by to chat about the 2008 AFL season. Smith and his Brigade team host the Chicago Rush on Monday (8:30 p.m. ET, ES...

Chat | April 10, 2008

The Dolphins still might become only the 12th team since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to finish a full season with fewer than two victories. There are colorful stories behind the Excruciating Eleven.

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?