John Riggins
30-Year Anniversary of The Diesel Running Over The Dolphins
Wednesday, January 30th, 2013Thirty years ago today the Washington Redskins celebrated their first ever Super Bowl victory. The seminal play of that game was a gutsy fourth down call from coach Joe Gibbs that gave the ball to all-awesome running back John Riggins. Riggins got much more than the first down, the Skins won, and Riggo would go [...]
John Riggins 1972 Topps
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012This list of the worst football cards ever tickled me so I thought I’d share.
Two Old, Boozy John Riggins And Mark Rypien Stories For You
Thursday, November 29th, 2012Here with a guest post for nailing his Eagles game prediction is Mr. Irrelevant reader/commenter Donk Donkerson.
I have a confession: I’m a band nerd. But there are perks to being in a band.
I spent 10 years in the Redskins Band, from 1986 to 1996. During that time, I never missed a home game. [...]
Watch The Trailer For NFL Films’ New John Riggins Documentary
Thursday, November 15th, 2012Set your DVRs for NFL Network, next Wednesday at 8 p.m. as they debut a new John Riggins doc, which includes this quote from Riggo about Joe Gibbs:
“I would not recommend this to anybody — meeting the boss with a beer in each hand, but, me being me … so, I drank my beer and [...]
John Riggins And Dexter Manley Grill A Turkey (PHOTO)
Tuesday, June 5th, 2012Via good old @riggo44:
Had Dexter Manley over yesterday 2 help me eat the wild turkey I got in Kansas. He didn’t disappoint!
That may be the turkey Riggins took down a couple weeks back, which may have been for his upcoming outdoors-y TV show, Riggo on the Range. Hopefully Dexter is his sidekick, always adorned [...]
Photos: Theismann in Fur, Riggo in Briefs
Monday, September 27th, 2010@si_vault is the best thing on Twitter, and here are two recent examples of that. First, Joe Theismann in 1982:
Second, John Riggins in ‘81 (WARNING: SOME THINGS YOU CAN’T UNSEE):
Vintage Photo: Riggins Owns This Joint
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010There are approximately 44 things to love about this circa 1980s photo (via Warpath Confidential via @MarkNewgent). Can you spot them all?
My Bro Thought This Was Dexter Manley
Thursday, September 24th, 2009When played the audio of this clip and asked to name that D.C. Sports personality, Chris guessed Darrell Green. When given a chance at redemption, he went with Dexter. Yeah, no.
Hear for yourself on Blogs With Balls Radio, which Chris went on to discuss his role at the new SB Nation among other things. And [...]
DMV: Portis Gives It Right Back to Riggo
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009Clinton Portis and I share a birthday, and we celebrated by, as 26 explains, “just being fly.” He also explained other things, mostly revolving around being hated on by legend-turned-broadcaster John Riggins. Money quote:
“He was a great running back, but think of who else was around, you know? Really not hard to be a great [...]
Washington’s Real #44, Now and Forever
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009I love Barack as much as the next lefty (see: this, see also: this), but Riggo’s got dibs on that shit.
(Photo via Getty Images, taken before Super Bowl XVII)