Imagine if this year's Super Bowl was played on 11th Street in Rock Island, on land cleared for a stadium instead of a Walmart. Imagine if the Quad Cities had an NFL team.
They did.
The Rock Island Independents were a real football team, and a founding member of the National Football League when it first formed as the American Professional Football Association...
With the NFL season kicking off on Thursday night, it bears remembering that Rock Island was the location of the first ever NFL game, between the Rock Island Independents and the St. Paul Ideals. I've written before about Rock Island's pedigree as a founding member of the National Football League...
Another drizzly day...
1 - More misty, drizzly stuff this morning with cool temps. Sun and warmth return for Friday. Forecast details are here.
2 - Thursday Night Football will be postponed on our sister station ESPN 93.5 so we can bring you NLDS Game 5 between the Cubs and Nationals...
~~~doin' a little weekend dance right here~~~
1 - Another run of spectacular weather begins today. Sunshine is on the docket for the next 5 days with temperatures hovering around the 80º mark through next Thursday. Forecast details from the National Weather Service are here, such as they are...