Griese and the Don Shula-coached Miami Dolphins ran into a buzzsaw when they pushed to Super Bowl VI at the end of the 1971 season, getting pummeled 24-3 by Roger Staubach, Tom Landry, and the Dallas Cowboys. That hardly deterred them.

As Super Bowl 59 nears, here's a countdown of the 59 greatest teams to play on Super Sunday. Guess what? Not all are champions.

Some franchises have felt glory slip through their fingers, while others have never even reached the big game. Year after year, their fans dream of breaking the curse and making history in the NFL. Check out which teams.

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The Eagles are the only team that beat Vince Lombardi in the postseason, handing the legendary Packers coach a 17-13 loss in the 1960 NFL Championship. That was Lombardi’s second year as head coach in Green Bay and his first playoff game with the team.

Look for the New York Jets to target these free agents with ties to head coach Aaron Glenn and general manager Darren Mougey.

The captain of Delaware’s 2003 NCAA title team, Adams beat the odds as an undrafted free agent by playing 16 seasons, 228 regular-season games and making two Pro Bowls. His one Super Bowl was a disappointing 43-8 loss to Seattle after the 2013 season. The safety did his part with six tackles while on the field for every defensive snap.

The Detroit Lions have agreed to hire Denver Broncos assistant John Morton as offensive coordinator and promote Kelvin Sheppard to defensive coordinator

Bo Nix was offered a spot in this week’s Pro Bowl activities after Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson and Buffalo’s Josh Allen dropped out and first alternate Patrick Mahomes advanced to

Brian Schottenheimer (and his father, Marty) will mark the ninth father-son head coach pairing in NFL history.

Ahead of his Ball Arena run, Billy Strings stopped by Denver, CO's Grizzly Rose to sit in with recent collaborator Zach Top.

This stretch of January around Martin Luther King Jr. Day is usually peak evaluation time in the NBA front-office world. It’s one of the milestone points where teams will have full-staff pow-wows and talk things out,