The Jets defeated the Oakland Raiders, 27-23, in the ninth American Football League championship game in windy, freezing ...

Marlin Briscoe, who became the first Black quarterback to start in the AFL when he played the position for the Broncos in 1968, passed away Monday at the age of 76, The Athletic confirmed. Briscoe ...

The New England Patriots recovered a backwards pass on Sunday in the AFC Championship in Denver. After a challenge by Bill Belichick, the Pats were given the ball and subsequently scored a touchdown ...

In 1968, a small quarterback from Omaha, Nebraska, took the field for the Broncos and made history as modern American pro football's first Black starting quarterback. He dazzled and delighted crowds ...

After a rookie season in 1968 when he set a franchise record for touchdown passes for the Denver Broncos that stands to this day, Marlin Briscoe was in for a rude awakening. That season, Briscoe stood ...

Marlin Briscoe may not have been from an HBCU, but black sports enthusiasts across America applauded his ascension to become the first black starting quarterback in the NFL. The days of discrimination ...

Marlin Briscoe, former NFL wide receiver and the first black starting quarterback in the American Football League (AFL), died on Monday at the age of 76. According to Briscoe’s daughter, Angela ...

Former Oakland Raiders safety George Atkinson, who helped the team to five consecutive AFC Championship Games, has died, the team announced. He was 78. Atkinson's cause of death was not revealed.

Daryle Lamonica, the deep-throwing quarterback who won an AFL Player of the Year award and led the Raiders to their first Super Bowl appearance, has died. He was 80. The Fresno County Sherriff’s said ...