Here are the two key requirements in determining our region’s best local pro and college squads: Establish dominance and end with a championship.

Swaggart was best known for being a captivating Pentecostal preacher with a massive following before being caught on camera ...

The playoff and the Rose Bowl reached a compromise of sorts ahead of the 2024 season as the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowls will always be quarterfinal games and keep their New Year’s Day time slots ...

Plunkett brought the Silver and Black two Super Bowl Championships, and when we finally got his shot with the Raiders, he took full advantage of it and never looked back.

Jim Plunkett (16) quarterback for the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XV at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans against the Philadelphia Eagles, Jan. 25, 1981. The Raiders won 27-10. (AP Photo) ...

Super Bowl 15 In 1981, the Raiders stifled the Eagles 27-10 in New Orleans, as Jim Plunkett threw for three touchdowns, the most impressive of which was an 80-yard pass to Kenny King.

In Super Bowl XV, Plunkett passed for 261 yards and three touchdowns in another upset, 27-10, over the Philadelphia Eagles at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, and he was selected the game ...

In this Jan. 25, 1981, Oakland Raiders quarterback Jim Plunkett (16) throws during NFL football's Super Bowl XV in New Orleans against the Philadelphia Eagles. Plunkett took over the reins of the ...

Philadelphia's first Super Bowl appearance was a 27-10 loss to the then- Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl 15. Raiders quarterback Jim Plunkett threw for three touchdowns while Eagles signal-caller ...

The Raiders won 27-10. In this Jan. 25, 1981, Oakland Raiders quarterback Jim Plunkett (16) throws during NFL football's Super Bowl XV in New Orleans against the Philadelphia Eagles.

A 20-9 win over Michigan put the Buckeyes into the Rose Bowl with a 9-0 record. Hayes’ team lost to 12th-ranked Stanford and its quarterback Jim Plunkett 27-17 to ruin any chance of a consensus ...

Stanford's 27-17 upset victory in the 1971 Rose Bowl kept Ohio State from winning the national championship. “Well, we won,” Lazetich said. “It was great. A great event and a great feeling.