51.   Just about everyone in the league believes Favre possesses the strongest arm in the game, maybe the strongest in football history.

52.   Jimmy Johnson will be named head coach of the Miami Dolphins Thursday, succeeding the winningest coach in pro football history, Don Shula.

53.   Lewis, despite being hailed as a defensive genius and coaching one of the top five defensive units in pro football history, was left with nothing.

54.   Mason, his coaching staff and his players are in the process of writing one of the most improbable success stories in college football history.

55.   Nickerson Field, which has a long football history, will still be used for soccer and field hockey games.

56.   No player in football history has come back so quickly from a torn anterior cruciate ligament, the most feared injury in the game.

57.   NEW ORLEANS - Brett Favre was talking about his place in football history when several members of the national press looked up from their notepads and exchanged sidelong glances.

58.   Night Train Lane, a fearsome tackler who was perhaps the finest cornerback in pro football history, died Tuesday in Austin, Texas, his hometown.

59.   No one wants to offend perhaps the greatest receiver in football history.

60.   No quarterback in football history has ever been as fanatic as Kendra about pushing his body beyond accepted limits.