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Today in Sports History: March 28th
(The Mayflower leaves with the Colts' stuff. Photo by Lloyd Pearson, AP Photos) 3/28/1984 - Irsay Moves The Colts To IndyRobert Irsay, the owner of the Baltimore Colts, had contemplated moving the team for some time. Memorial Stadium was in desperate need of renovations and could barely contain...
Today in Sports History: July 26th
7/26/1972 - Rams and Colts swap owners In a truly unprecedented move, Robert Irsay, the owner of the Baltimore Colts and Carroll Rosenbloom, the owner of the Los Angeles Rams, trade ownership of their NFL teams. Rosenbloom wanted to retain ownership of a team while living in a more profitable city,...
March 29, 1984: A Date in Baltimore Sports Infamy
On a snowy night back on this date in 1984, the ugly green and yellow Mayflower moving vans packed up the last remnants of the Baltimore Colts and snuck away in the dark to Indianapolis, Indiana. Robert Irsay, one of the most hated names in Baltimore, stole the team he had bought and ran into the...
Put Art Modell in the Hall of Fame
A little break from this week's matchup on prime time Sunday night against the Washington Redskins to focus on a topic that hits a nerve whenever it is brought up. A local sportstalk radio station (WNST-1570AM) is having a week long discussion on their afternoon drive show hosted by Rob Long about...
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